Brock at 18 months

Brock is such a happy little guy! In the past three months he seems to have transitioned from baby to toddler.

He started walking full time right around 16 months. He recently started running and it's so cute!

Brock handled the move to Houston really well. He sleeps well in his own room and naps everyday for 2-3 hours. Brock has been a great sleeper for us, but a lot of that was thanks to his love for his pacifier. At 18 months Keri and I decided that the pacifier had to go. In a moment of extreme courage I gathered up all the pacifiers and threw them deep into the trash without looking back. Brock handled it much better than we feared! Now at naptime and bedtime we put him to bed with his blankie, Scout puppy, and a few board books. He happily looks at books, turns on his quiet music by pressing Scout's foot, and goes right to sleep!

Brock's eating habits vary from day to day. The one constant is that the boy loves his milk! It's the first thing he asks for in the morning and most days he lets me hold him and rock him while he drinks. I love that sweet snuggle time! As far as food goes he consistently eats fruit, yogurt, applesauce, almond slices, crackers, chicken, rice, cheese, popsicles, granola bars, raisins, dried fruit, scrambled eggs, homemade muffins and bread. He's not a huge fan of meat or many veggies. He just discovered juice and every once in a while I will let him have some, watered down.

Brock is a great communicator! He knows what he wants and it's very easy for me to understand him most of the time.

Words:
Mommy
Daddy
Addie
Bubba or Bubby
Dog
Up
Down
Ice
Quack
Meow
Woof
Moo
Go
Apple
Ball
Bubble
Big Bird
Elmo (ee-wo)
Bye


He uses sign language a lot!

Signs:
Airplane
Out
Car
Bicycle
Flower
Water
Hot
Milk
Cheese
Juice
More
Please
Mommy
Daddy
Sleep
ball
Bubble
Play
All done

Brock has the sweetest personality. He is a people person and loves to smile at everyone and have people notice him. He gives kisses to his family and loves to be around his sister and brother and other kids, too.

Brock loves to look at books. Sometimes he will climb the stairs to his room and sit and look at his books for 30 minutes at a time. This is also his favorite thing to do after bath time. He loves to be outside at the park or in the backyard. Brock likes to play ball and with cars too. I see so many similarities between all three kids and can't wait to see the little guy Brock will develop into!



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