Potty Trained.

I have not had a pee accident in 2 weeks now.  This includes a week in Florida where I peed in my grandparent's potty, bathrooms at football stadiums and tennis complexes.  I even brought my potty chair to my great-nana's and peed there with no accidents.  The only time I wear a diaper now is at night, which I tolerate but usually want off right away in the mornings.   Poop is still a little more questionable, I can poop in the potty but it still freaks me out some.  I would say I am about 75% trained with poop, sometimes I go right at bedtime after I get my diaper on.

Also here is a video of me reading "Brown bear, brown bear what do you see" 


My language has improved slowly over the past couple months as I am talking more, but it is still hard for most to understand my language.  I have distinct names I call animals consistantly, but they arent what you call them (except horse).  Hopefully I will keep talking and making progress, I meet my speech lady every week to work on it.

I see.. (skip bear) doh (bird), quak quak (duck), blue horse, ba-bap (frog), maw (cat), haha (dog), maa (sheep), fooph (fish), mama!

My potty

This is my potty. I love it. I love to sit on it and throw toilet paper in it and flush it. After I go potty in my diaper, I tell you I went and then run to the potty to sit on it before getting my diaper changed. I have yet to actually use the potty prior to wetting my diaper. However today I went pee on command. I had just finished my bath and mommy asked me if I need to go pee pee. Well I thought about it for a second, looked down and then started to pee! Now I didnt pee in the potty, so I need to work on that part but I did pee on command which seemed to impress mommy and daddy a lot!

Toddler Bed

 

I helped Daddy change my crib into a toddler bed today. 

 Clearly I am a toddler now. Hopefully they stop calling me baby Dexter now.

First Real Haircut

It only took 19 months before I needed a real haircut.  Before this mommy had only trimmed around my ears.  You might be thinking, what hair!  But trust me it was getting long and in this house you need to have it short - military orders!  Mommy was going to take me to a fancy kids hair salon but in the end just cut my hair with the clippers and I stayed still through the whole thing.  She did trick me by putting on my favorite Signing Times DVD - she is so sneaky sometimes.

Doctor Visit

Today I had my 18 month old checkup.  It was a lot of fun.  I got to wait in a room with crayons and a little table and draw until the doctor was ready to see me. 

My official stats are:  Weight 25 lbs 3oz (20-25%), Height 32.6 inches (50-75%), Head circumference 49.7cm (90-95%)

My doctor was very pleased with my exam, said I was very healthy and happy.   The only area of concern was that I wasn't talking more.  I only say about 5 words and she wanted me to say more than 7 words and soon start putting 2 words together.  So I have to work on that for the next few months so when I see her at 2 years old I have a very big vocabulary. 

I was supposed to get some shots today also but when I went to the shot clinic they said I wasn't due until the 19th, so I get a few more days before I get shots!

Here is a little video mommy made of me this morning on her phone.  I am getting better at my body parts so I wanted to show off for you.

 

Real Steps!

Well I did it. Daddy let go of my hand and I didn't fall to the ground I just kept on walking over to mommy. I am offically a walking man now. I can't wait to practice some more tomorrow!

Walking progress

Walking is my favorite thing to do. I like to walk holding on to people or pushing my car. I can walk really fast and stable when holding on to my car but I am still pretty wobbly holding on to people. I am consistently walking holding on to one hand now. I have taken a couple steps on my own but really my feet just happen to moving as I lunge towards daddy. I am 14 months old today and all my cousins have been walking for months now, hopefully I can walk as good as them real soon!

1 year checkup!

Today I visited my doctor. I like to go to the doctor's office. I get measured and people look in my ears and eyes and listen to my heart and lungs - it is all very fun. My weight is 22 lbs 9 oz (50%), my height is 29.9 inches (50-75%) and my huge head is 49cm (>97%). My oxygen sats were 95%.

I passed all of my one year milestones except physically still not walking by myself and verbally I haven't spoken 3 words consistently. My doctor isn't worried though since I can walk holding on to people or things and I babble up a storm, he just can't understand what I am saying. My ears were not infected for once but the eardrums look "dull" (Chronic ear infections can lead to verbal delays and balance issues...) so he is glad I am seeing the Ear, Nose, Throat doctor next month and getting my hearing tested next month.

Then the fun part ended. I went into the shot room where 2 nurses attacked me with needles! I got 5 shots in under 10 seconds (Hepatitis A; influenzae type b; Measles, Mumps, Rubella; Pneumococcal & Chicken Pox). I cried for like 5 seconds and then I got band-aids and I was happy again.

Then the really not fun part ended. I had to get blood drawn to check my hemoglobin & hematocrit level. I sat in line at the VA hospital (that is where the Air Force gets all the blood work down) for over an hour with all sorts of crusty old veterans in silly hats. I tried to make a few laugh or wave at me during this time but they were very serious or asleep in their chairs. Finally it was my turn and the lab guy put something very tight around my arm and then poked me with a needle! He poked and poked until he gave up and this other lab person wanted to try in my other arm! At this point I am screaming as loud as I can to try and get out of there but she got it and then wrapped both my arms in colorful tape and said I was a good & brave little boy. Which at that point I had to agree with her and stop crying. When I left all the nice old people were wide awake in the waiting room and this time they all smiled and waved at me to make me feel better.

I am now home and sleeping - but keeping one eye open until I can trust mommy not to bring me back to the needle pokers!



No more doctors for a while. I see a Dentist June 15th and the Ear doctor June 30th - mommy said no shots those days!

New Shoes

In the one year old room you have to wear shoes.
So I am supposed to start practicing now.

So many rules in the one year old room.

teeth

I got my second tooth a while back and today mommy got a good picture of both teeth! Hopefully I will get some more teeth soon, I love to eat and I think more teeth would help with that.

Big Boy

I have upgraded to a bigger car seat now that my feet hang over the edge of my old one. Also at school I will be moving from a crib to a cot! When I am in the one year old room I have to be able to sleep in a cot and feed myself so we are working towards that. My life is so very exciting!

Learning to walk

I am feeling so much better now, so I have decided to learn how to walk. I have a fancy car that compacts into a walker that is just perfect for practicing on.



It is hard work but I see everyone else walking around and I want to join in on this.

Calling all Super Readers!

Dexter gets to watch 2 shows on TV: Super Why and Signing Time. Dan and I are always saying that we have a super big problem like they do on Super Why. So when I saw Dexter struggling to crawl forward (which he finally did today after 2months of crawling backwards!) I thought of Super Why. Hope you enjoy the video :)

Also congratulations to our friends Jon & Kristin who welcomed a baby girl into their family tonight - Aine Kay McCall 7lbs 1oz Yea!