Caden's 18 Months Update

Since Caden's 18-month well baby visit turned into a sick baby visit we are waiting until January for his actual well baby visit.  That being said we at least got his height and weight and I can look up his percentile online.  And I wanted to give an update from these past 18 months.

Weight: 25.46 lbs (42nd percentile)

Height: 32.5 in. (51st percentile)

These past 18 months have literally flown by.  I am constantly amazed how much Caden is learning and growing.  He is starting to look more like a little boy and less like a baby.  His communication skills have vastly grown during this past year.  He now knows all the letters in the English alphabet.  He gets them all right about 90% of the time.  He sometimes will get V mixed up with W, M with N, or Q mistaken for O.  However, overall he seems to really know his letters!  He also knows the numbers 0-9.  His vocabulary is exploding.  I lost track of all the words he knows.  He loves pointing to objects and naming them which is awesome.  He also points to pictures in books and tells me what they are and when he sees an animal or picture of an animal will say it or make the sound it makes. 

He is learning his colors.  For a while everything was blue.  Now he can distinguish between red, yellow, green, white, and blue.  He will repeat the names of the colors when you point them out but doesn't always say the correct color.  I know it is only a matter of time until he picks that up too. 

The newest thing he is doing is starting to sing.  He'll say something like, "row, row, row..." then we say, "your boat."  He'll repeat, "your boat."  Then he'll go back to "row, row, row."  It's so cute.  He also says, "patty cake, patty cake, row em..." and and will clap his hands or lay down and clap his feet together.

When it's bath time we tell him and he happily goes up the stairs, we undress him then he walks to the bathroom and gets in the tub himself and turns the water on.  This is both good and bad.  Good that he can do this, bad that we have to shut the bathroom door or he'll get in the tub during the day. 

We are also beginning to potty train.  Very gradually that is.  He is taking an interest in the toilet and is happy to sit on it.  He has also started telling us he went peepee or poopoo.  He doesn't always do this but sometimes and sometimes will also point to his diaper.  We are going to ease into the potty training but my goal is that by his 2nd birthday he is day trained.  We will see how things go over these next 6 months.  I also want him to get used to actually going on the toilet more before we potty train.  His newest thing is peeing in the bathtub before his bath.  Thankfully it's before and not during.  We were putting him on the potty before bath and will probably start doing that again.

Some of his favorite things are: playing with blocks, balls, driving his car, books, puzzles, eating, gymnastics, running, climbing, cutting up fruits and veggies (the plastic peel-apart kind), pretending to cook, and coloring.

He doesn't like having his diaper changed (thus the potty training) and would rather sit on the toilet than lay down for a new diaper.  He also doesn't like sitting still for very long.  So long car rides, sitting through church, and long dinners he sometimes struggles with.

Here are some pictures from the past 18 months.  My how he's grown!  We love you Caden!!

1 day old

6 months old

12 months old

18 months old