Griffin – The 18 Month old Comedian

Griffin is developing his personality every day.  I think he’s going to be a comedian, like his Papa. The faces he makes are soooo funny! Especially when it’s dinner time and he wants to get out of eating – since he never eats – and make us laugh instead.  I don’t know where he got this face from but he pulls his mouth down and looks at you for a moment…

And when we burst out laughing he laughs with us with a crazy look in his face….

Then, when he realizes he’s a funny boy, he tries to make the face again.  After the first two or three attempts, he stops being able to do the whole face because he starts laughing himself.  It’s awesome.

He is definitely my crazy boy. He loves to go sit on Sam, or push her away, or just throw a toy at one of us randomly.  Singing is one of his favorite things to do and when Sam starts singing, he gets louder trying to drown out her voice until they are both ‘singing’ at the top of their lungs together.

We went to the Dr last week AND this week because we switched Doctors. Again.  The last Doctor was so wonderful, thorough, and was great except for the fact I never got out of there before two hours. Since it takes 30min to get there (with parking – it’s next to the hospital) and then back again, it was ruining my day.  Plus the waiting time in those tiny tiny rooms.  I could not stand it.  So I decided to go to a Doctor in the old medical building we used to go to, one that we had interviewed before Sam was born.  I know of two parents that go to the group now and they all have good reviews. It was closer and I just decided to go with it.

Why I went to the old Doctor last week is beyond me because I had to redo the appointment with the new Doctor because we had a problem with G’s immunizations AND I wanted him to get the flu shot. Which the last Doctor had none of.  Oh well.

Last week G was in the 23lbs rang and today he was not. I also blanked on how tall he was *exactly* but I remember the percentage number so I just looked it up on the chart and fudged. I feel terrible. I always recorded this things perfectly with Sammie. LOL

Stats for G:

Birth: 7.6lbs, 20in
2 Month: 12.9lbs, 23 3/4in
4 Month: 15.10, 26 in
6 Month: 17.1, 27 1/2in
9 Month: 20.1, 29 in
1 Year: 21.14, 30 3/4
15 Month: 22.6, 31 1/2 in
18 Months: 22.14, 32 in
15% for weight, and 30% for height

Stats from Sam to compare:

Birth: 7.1 lbs, 20 in
2 Month: 10.6, 22 1/4 in
4 Month: 13.6, 24 in
6 Month: 15.9, 25 1/2 in
9 Month: 18.4, 27 1/2 in
1 Year: 19.14 lbs , 29 3/4in
15 Months: 22.1 lbs, 31 1/2in
18 Months: 24 lbs, 12 oz, 32 ½ in
In the 55% for weight and 75% for height.

He didn’t even gain a pound in three months.  This boy does not eat, it makes me sick.   I take that back. He would eat graham crackers and ‘apple bars’ (I need to get this on video, the way he says it… I die!) which are those breakfast bar things… He can eat those all day.

The new Dr I saw today was a young guy (he’s probably my age, I can’t believe I’m calling him young) (I also can’t believe I just said ‘my age’ it sounds like I’m 30.) (Wait a second.) and was great.  I have to come to terms with my thoughts on what Dr’s do exactly but more on that later.  He said that while Griff was skinny, he wasn’t super skinny and wasn’t that worried about it.  The ratio of his height to weight was good.  We also tend to give Griff a ton of milk, so he guzzles it all day. He’s probably drinking 30-35oz a day when he should be drinking around 24oz.  I need to stop giving him the milk and hopefully he will be hungry enough to eat something healthy.

Favorite Words: Apple bar (ad-da-dar! ad-da-dar!), Papa, no, Nana, Dora, map, swiper, backpack, pizza, pasta, ball, wet, water, more, all done.

He just started nodding his head for things he wants which is soooo cute! Looking back at Sam’s 18 month update, I think he’s ahead of her on actually saying words out loud.  I remember we were just starting to be concerned at the way she said words around this time.  I also think he said Grandma when we got to Grandma JJ’s house today so that might be another one to add on to the list. I think there are a few more I am forgetting.

I’m going to go right along comparing him to Sam since I’m staring at her update now. 🙂

Animal Sounds: Duck.  That’s about it. I think we got him to moo once but he’s not to hot on those animal sounds.

Favorite Foods: I can count on one hand practically… Cheerios, pancakes, bread, pizza, pasta are the semi healthy things he eats.  Then add in the apple bars, graham crackers, and cookies when he can find them. 🙂  The weird thing is that he won’t eat ice cream.  If he sees something or touches it and it seems weird to him, he won’t eat it.

Baby Signs – He knows please, more, and all done.  He can say more and all done while doing the sign now.

Naps – Two hours is average.

Milk – Soy milk and he guzzles it. Sippy cup but he is loving the big boy cups right now.

Bedtime: 8
Wakeup: 645

Lefty or Righty – Righty

Teeth – I can’t even believe Sam only had 6 still! I thought he was behind her! He finally has all the top ones in but there is a big gap in the bottom.  I think he has 9 total.  Makes it really difficult because he’s constantly not chewing all his food and choking and spitting it up. Ugh.

States we’ve been to – Oregon? Have we been anywhere else, I can’t even remember!!

Times to Disneyland? hahahaha 🙂 Waaaay to many!

Activities – Gymboree, art class, the park if he’s lucky! Also going to all of Sam’s activities 🙂 Can we call those activities for him? He likes watching!

Favorite Shows – He ADORES Dora and loves Elmo/Sesame Street

My Memory – I love this age.  I tell him to go get things or do things and he knows just what I’m talking about.

Other Fun Skills – He loves helping with laundry and the dishwasher too. Loves Playdoh.

Love my baby boy 🙂