A bottle a day

I've been working on phasing out the bottles from Aidan's routine. A few "easy" goals before the next one gets here. Get Baby 1 off pacifiers, bottles, and out of the crib. We got rid of the pacifiers months ago, and I've got Aidan down to just one bottle a day now at bedtime.

I could probably get rid of that one too, but I have noticed that it's harder to get him down for a nap now that he drinks his milk from sippy cups. So for another week or so we'll keep that last bottle.

Next step? Introduction to toddler bed. Yipes!

18 Months - A Year and a Half!

We've been trying to figure out how many words Aidan can say, so I thought I make a list here. The one's with a star are those he also signs.
In no particular order...

1. Arrow
2. Mama
3. Dada
4. up*
5. down*
6. blanket
7. bear
8. lovey
9. star
10. moon
    
11. book
12. door
13. diaper
14. chair
15. light*
16. fan
17. car
18. fish*
19. ball
20. window
21. outside
22. truck
23. bird*
24. geese
25. coffee
26. bean
27. cup
28. stir
29. sugar
30. food*
31. hungry*
32. eat
33. cookie*
34. apple*
35. more*
36. spoon
37. bib
38. off
39. nose
40. ear
41. eye
42. toes
43. knee
44. arm
    
45. shoes
46. ride
47. keys
48. snap
49. no/nope
50. "copter," ie. helicopter*
51. soft
52. hole
53. hide
54. music
55. milk*
56. dog
57. hurt*
58. trash
59. tv
60. Elmo (heaven help me)
61. cold
62. hot
63. water*
64. bath
65. wash
66. watch
67. hat
68. glasses
69. grass
70. dirt
71. sheep
72. knob
73. help*
74. nice
75. dip
76. please*
77. banana*
78. mess
79. bee
80. ni-ni
81. hi*
82. bye*
83. juice
84. love*
    

Some he's been saying for quite a while and others are newly picked up, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. He claps when a song or tv show is over, brushes his teeth reasonably well on his own, will bring me something when I ask, and can point out his head, eyes, ears, nose, chin, cheeks, mouth, teeth, elbows, arms, hands, feet, toes, and knees. Even though he can't say all of the words for them yet. Aidan loves watching me sign the alphabet while we sing, and has started recognizing some of the letters and some of his numbers. We're still working on colors. I got him to say yellow once but haven't been able to repeat it or have him consistently point it out. Aidan also says lots of sounds that things make, like 'honk' for geese or beeping his nose. He also knows dogs say "woof" cats say "meow," and when Arrow licks him "eww." Elephants say "pphhtb" cars go "vrroom", and any unknown motor sound in the distance is a helicopter.

Aidan also just had his 18 month checkup this morning and is average for weight and above average for height. Only one shot today (hooray!) and the doctor said he's doing great.

I guess that's about it for this month, more on the new baby in the next few days.