everett's 1-year update

posted by mommy

1. food - ev's eating of regular food over the past month has definitely increased. suddenly, spoons aren't so bad (depending on what's on the other end!), but variety is still the name of the game (never too much of any one thing). he has started to cut back on nursing in favor of climbing, crawling, playing, dancing, etc! we are down to 3 to 4 times during the day (more if I spend a lot of time down on the floor with him), and sometimes once a night.
2. growth - ev is still mainly lengthening out and starting to trim down a bit, especially since his mobility has really increased with him crawling on hands and knees.
3. development - this past month brought with it a number of new developments. ev began crawling on hands and knees instead of just pulling himself along. he also does a lot more supported walking (using his lion, the cart, dining table chairs, whatever!). another tooth popped through, one of the bottom lateral incisors. we are still waiting for the other one to break (which based on his recent fussiness should be coming any day now!). ev also began doing a few signs. one of our favorites is "pray" - he actually puts his hands together when we say "let's pray" (never even taught him that one, he just sees us do it with owen many times a day)!! he also sort of does "all done" and "more". still no real words yet except for an occasional "ma ma".
4. sleeping - after the last update, ev settled into waking mainly once each night to quickly nurse and then going right back to sleep. however, in the last week, he has slept all night four nights straight and then woke once last night. so he's definitely making some changes in his sleeping! now if only i could get to bed early and begin to catch up on my lack of sleep over the last year!
5. overall demeanor - after tooth 7 cut through, ev settled back down and became more fun again! he is also showing us he is very curious and becoming much more determined. He recently figured out how to climb onto our ottoman coffee table and the small kids table we have in the kitchen...oh dear! he is of course still a mama's boy and wants to be held, loved, cuddled, nursed by me whenever i'm around.
6. favorite things - something ev really loves to do is be crazy with his brother on o's big boy bed. they both get on there and roll around, bury their heads in pillows, laugh, and play together. it's hilarious to watch! he has also become quite the lover of music - loves playing with all his new instruments as well as dancing to any type of music he hears (even if it's just his brother singing his crazy songs!). some of ev's other recent favs include sticking his tongue out, making spit bubbles, yelling, and climbing.