Jydan - 19 Months

Age: 19Months

Weight: 9.6 Kilos 

Height: 80.5 cm

Learning:

 -Body parts (knows his nose, eyes, head, hair, belly button, feet, arms tongue and teeth... teaching him ears at the moment!)

-Animal Sounds (knows what an elephant, lion, tiger, bird, duck, dog, fish, snake makes)
- Different animals (focusing on elephants, giraffes, snakes and butterflies)
 -To climb (but not a climber)
-More and new things at swimming.

-To use a fork

-Learning to share.
-Nodding yes.. not just no all the time!

Milestones: 

-Learnt body parts.
-Animal sounds.
-Animal names.
-Following longer instructions.

 -Eating much better.

-Become more playful/ using imagination. 

-Getting better with sharing.
- We started him on milk instead of formula, but he lost weight, so we put him back on formula.

Teeth: 
Jydan has 16 teeth!! Just his two year old molars left!

Favourite Word/Sentences: 

-quack quack (he loveees ducks at the moment)
-Noo. Everything is No. Not Gonna. No way. haha! But he seems to have 'forgotten' his words?

Favourite Book: 

We have been hiring books from the library at the moment while we're packing , and he is loving all of them! Nothing like new books! 

Favourite Toy:

Anything chuggington!! Or anything that has ducks on it! And his slide, he is having so much fun with his slide!

Favourite Food: 

He is really liking his fruit at the moment, especially bananas!

Best Memory Of This Month:

Selling our house!! And buying a bigger one!! Definitely the best memory!

Child Health Nurse Appointment:

Jydan has lost another 100grams!! ANOTHER LOSS! Ugh! So so frustrating. Hopefully he picks it back up this month.

Doctors Appointment:
No need for a doctors appointment this month :).

Paediatrician Appointment:
 At the start of next month.

Dietitian Appointment:
Will find out if Jydan needs to continue seeing a dietitian at his peeds appointment since he is actually eating well now.

Speech Therapy Appointment:
Postponed for this month, but I do want to remake it.

Occupational Therapy Appointment:
 Waiting for an appointment.

Phyio Therapy: 

Went really really well, they don't want to see us again until the end of the year which is great. Jydan's ankle is turned in like I thought, he walks on the inside of his feet. We just have to make sure it doesn't get worse for now and keep him in boots to try and train his ankle straight. We also found that he has hips and knees are very flexible (we have found that his whole left leg kind of turns in), what people call 'double jointed', how funny is that? So his leg moving side ways ect is just normal for him! Maybe I do have my dancer on my hands???! 

Home Physio: 

Continuing to help Jydan sit correctly, I need to find more boots for him.

Jydan has stopped using a lot of his words lately, I know there is a bit of a speech regression at this ago, but he has gone from 2-3 word sentences, to just pointing and making sounds. I need to make another peads appointment, because it's not for another month, and another speech appointment and get it checked. The only reason I'm extra worried is because his head hasn't grown for a few months too.. with all his head problems, and us being on the look out for any problems with his speech because of  his head problems (meaning pressure on his brain) it's just ringing a few alarm bells. 

Will update though.

We are in the midst of packing up our whole house to move in a week & a half, and it's throwing out poor Jydan a bit. He doesn't understand what's going on obviously , and it's causing a few behavioural problems.  No tantrums as such, it's just in general. I'm sure things will improve when we settle into our new house. It also seems to be influencing how he's being sensitive to some sensory things, it seems more exaggerated in some aspects.

Aside from all that, Some how, I'm not sure how it's possible! Over the last couple of months I have completely and utterly fallen in love with Jydan MORE! I am so so in love with him. Not that I wasn't before, I don't know how that's possible, I think it's because he is at suuuch an amazing age right now. So so fun, imaginative, trying to explore and learn everything.. He has such an amazing personality. He is mastering climbing like a monkey, which is great because our new house has stairs! 

Jydan is at the age at the moment where he is really responding to kiddies his age (although he seems to love older kids more), he tries to say hello, hi-five's them, gives them cuddles, rubs them gently on their back, and looks right into their eyes. It's absolutely adorable watching him build these friendships!!

Jydan - 18 Months.

Age: 18Months

Weight: 10.22 Kilos (22.5 pounds)

Height: 80.5 cm

Learning:

 -Body parts

-New words and having conversations.
 -To climb (but not a climber)

-To use a fork

-Learning animals & animal sounds (favourite is 'quack quack', loves a rawing lion, an elephant, fffffffish, snakes & butterflies )
-Nursery Rhymes. (Row Row, Humpty Dumpty, Little Teapot & I'm trying to teach him Heads & Shoulders)

-Learning to share.

-To climb.

Milestones: 

-Some three word sentence (Gonna call mum, there you go, Dad's at work, no not gonna, I want more, thank you mum, no don't want, I love you)

-New words all the time.

-Body parts (Head, hair, nose, teeth, tongue, hands, belly button, feet)
 -Eating much better.

-Become more playful/ using imagination. 

-Recognising animals.

-Getting better with sharing.

Teeth: 
Jydan has 16 teeth!! He got 5 teeth in the last month. Just his two year old molars left!

Favourite Word/Sentences: 

-More. -Ta. -Chun in ton (chugginton) - varrhhuum (Vacuum)

Favourite Book: 

Any animal book at the moment, he is loving learning about animals. And photo albums, pointing out all the people he knows.

Favourite Toy:

Anything chuggington!! Especially the DVD's. The vacuum is still a favourite toy too.

Favourite Food: 

Jydan is really love banana chips at the moment! Loves his nana chippies!!

Best Memory Of This Month:

Easter!! We had such a fun filled day, you can see my post here. Also Mothers Day was such an amazing day!! I felt so blessed.

Child Health Nurse Appointment:

The child health nurse is really impressed with the way Jydan listens and follows instructions. I asked him to put the toys in the box and then get in the pram, and he did exactly as follow. He also understood what was going on and when I said 'come look here Jydan, I found a lion'. I am pretty impressed myself!

Jydan has only gained 100grams in the last 6 weeks, but he did have a pretty bad bout of gastro, so we didn't expect him to gain much though. Hopefully he makes it up soon.

Doctors Appointment:
We had his immunisations at the doctors, because of his allergies we now have to get them done with the doctor if he has a reaction with some vaccines that egg may be present with. Jydan went really well with his immunisations, he just had a little jump as they went in, didn't even have a grizzle. He has a very high pain threshold!! 
We now have to see an allergy specialist doctor monthly too. Jydan had an allergy test this week and it showed up he is definitely allergic to egg. However we need to find exactly what he is intolerant too as he has always had bowel, tummy and eczema issues.  

Paediatrician Appointment:
 At the start of next month.

Dietitian Appointment:
Will find out if Jydan needs to continue seeing a dietitian at his peeds appointment since he is actually eating well now.

Speech Therapy Appointment:
Missed a call that I need to follow up.

Occupational Therapy Appointment:
 Waiting for an appointment.

Phyio Therapy: 

Wasn't able to make this months appointment, as they wanted the session to be without Jydan!! I can't get him looked after through the day. 

Home Physio: 

Continuing to help Jydan sit correctly, I have just bought him some boots to wear to try and help correct his ankles.

Jydan is using his imagination so much now, it's absolutely adorable, giving me pretend things, pretending to vacuum, pretending to eat. He is really starting to want to play 'games' too, handing me a ball or something he wants to play with as a game. He has also started to climb and try to climb, it's all fun and games everywhere right now.

After not sleeping through the night for a couple of months now he has gone back to sleep through... well 2 out of 3 nights he will. After getting five teeth though without many dramas, I don't blame him at all!!

I always hoped for an affectionate child that loves to cuddle.. and that's definitely Jydan!! He loves to cuddle & kiss. He snuggles after his nap and cuddles and kiss whenever he can. I love how he loves. His heart is full of love. It definitely makes up for all his tantrums of late (hehe). I have never seen a child that's so affectionate. Oh how I adore it!!

The poor little man and a bout of gastro this month which meant we went backwards in toilet training and I haven't had the chance to try again. It's on the agenda to get back into it soon though! I'm sure being the clever little man he is, he will pick it up again.

I think he is at THE best age right now! He is so fun at the moment, makes my life really really fun! It's actually, aside from the tantrums and trying to balance my business and attention for him, life with him is actually pretty easy at the moment. He can be such a calmer in my life (most of the time). 

Jydan - 17 Months.

Age: 17 Months

Weight: 10.11 Kilos (22.28 pounds)

Height: 79 cm

Learning:

 -Body parts-New words and having conversations.
 -To climb (but not a climber)-To use a spoon
.-To sleep with a blanket (slowly! preparing for winter!)-Learning animal sounds (loves a rawing lion & an elephant)
-Nursery Rhymes. 

Milestones: 

- (almost) Day potty trained!!!-Some three word sentence (Gonna call mum, more that one, no not gonna, I want more, thank you mum, no don't want, I love you)-New words all the time.-Gaining weight really well.
 -Eating three meals a day & it's not just cheese!-Started wearing jocks instead of nappies through the day.-Become more playful/ using imagination. 

Teeth: 
I have no idea!!He just bites me now when I check. There's 11 or 12.

Favourite Word/Sentences:-Chun in ton (Chuggington, he loves, loves chuggington. And it's usually moooorree chun in ton, all day long!!) 

Favourite Book: Any animal book at the moment, he is loving learning about animals.And photo albums, pointing out all the people he knows.

Favourite Toy:Anything chuggington!! Especially the DVD's. He loves wearing his chuggington clothes too.

Favourite Food: Chicken. He doesn't have a huge favourite food at the moment, but he is really loving chicken! He is loving trying new foods at the moment which is really rare for him.

Best Memory Of This Month: The Playschool concert! I was so excited for this! And Jydan had so much fun playing with his little friend, Felix!I will definitely take Jydan to the next one :).

Child Health Nurse Appointment:Jydan is STILL gaining weight really well. It's amazing!! He is doing everything he is suppose to be doing. I think we will stop going monthly now & go every second month.

Doctors Appointment:
No need this month.

Paediatrician Appointment:
 In two months time.

Dietitian Appointment:
 Few more tips on getting Jydan to eat as usual. Try a new months worth of tricks. Next appointment booked for 3-4 months time.

Speech Therapy Appointment:
No appointment this month, still trying to use all the tips they gave us from the last appointment, will make another appointment after we have done them all.

Occupational Therapy Appointment:
 Appointment next month, still working on sensory issues.

Phyio Therapy: Still waiting to be called for our referral.

Home Physio: Continuing to help Jydan sit correctly, he seems to have gone back to W sitting alot more, I think that's because of sitting on the potty (not having his legs out straight). Starting to walk better though. Bending his legs alot more and has bought his base in.

Jydan seemed to grow up all of sudden really quickly this month, It seemed to be a huge difference between 16 months and 17 months. I guess he's so close to 1 & a half now!  He is talking alot more and saying lots of three word sentences now, as well as lots of two word ones. Sometimes he's hard to understand but he can be very clear with his speech - especially when he wants chuggington!He is completely chuggington obsessed!! He is nuts about it, from the moment he wakes up, to when he goes to bed, he just wants to watch or play with something chuggington related.

Jydan has gone down to just one nap now, which he has after lunch and sleeps for about 90 minutes, sometimes longer (yesterday was three hours, but I'm pretty sure that's the longest he has slept in his life!!). He was just ready to cut his second nap out, he wasn't sleeping properly at night, and hard to settle. He is much better now he just has the one!

Jydan is using his imagination and playing really well these days, entertaining himself , making up games for himself.. it's crazy cute! And when he laughs at himself because he has made up something hilarious!! He just brightens up my day, such an awesome personality.

Jydan is in size one tops now, 12-18 months, finally! But he is still in size 0's for bottoms (6-12months), he has such a little waist. I can't buy any cute sets together because he is in two different sizes.  Now he is eating really well and gaining weight amazingly, I think we will go through sizes really quickly now!!

The little man is doing so well with his toilet training too, but I'll leave that for the journey to the toilet post. :)

Jydan - 15 Months.

Age: 15 Months

Weight: 9.6 Kilos
(21.1 pounds, we're finally over the 20 pound mark!)

Height: 75 cm
 

Learning: 
-Body parts
-New words and having conversations.

- Counting 1,2,3.
-Colours.

-To jump.

-To use the potty.

Milestones: 
-Officially started walking just after 14 months.

-Knows where his belly, feet, legs and head is.

- Gone into size 3 shoes.

-Learnt to Hi-5.

-Can say his name.

-Taking formula really well.

-Understands instructions really well.
-Can identify yellow balls and say 'ello' & 'boo' (Yellow & blue)
-Counts one, oo, wee.
 

Teeth: 10 

Jydan has scored one extra tooth this month!!

Favourite Word/Sentences:
-Honey (what Tim & I call each other)
-Hello
-Mum Mum.
-Mine (everything is 'mine')
-No.

-Jydan.
-More (This word is starting to drive me insane! He says it allll day!)
 

Favourite Book: 
We are reading a 365 nursery rhyme book at the moment.

Favourite Toy:
.... the hair dryer & necklaces. Last month was the vacuum cleaner. Maybe I shouldn't buy toys?!

Favourite Food:
Cheese!!! But that's about all he's eating :/

Best Memory Of This Month: 
Jydan starting to walk :). So precious!!

Child Health Nurse Appointment:
It went really well this month, Jydan is gaining weight brilliantly and doing so well. His head had grown too. Doctors Appointment: No need this month.
Paediatrician Appointment: (They missed up, next app is for March)
Dietitian Appointment: 
(app in two months).
Speech Therapy Appointment: I think they've forgotten about us?!
Occupational Therapy Appointment: Same as above.
Home Physio:
When I say 'legs out' to Jydan he most of the time moves them properly to a good sitting position now. :)


Jydan has THE best personality. He is such a giggle pot. He laughs and laughs. At anything really.
 My photographer posted a blog from Jydan's first birthday watermelon smash and I think it totally shows how much personality he has!
Check it out HERE
Jydan has grown really really well now, he has finally grown out of his 00 (3-6 month) shorts and fitting into 0's (6-12 months) really well!  I'm so happy for him! I think it's all to do with him being on formula now, he drinks between 400-500mls a day, sometimes more. The formula has also helped with his sleeping.. win win win!
His eating is still not the best.. but he is having afternoon tea now. So that's a little bit of improvement.
A typical days diet for Jydan is:
About 1/2 a slice of toast for breakfast, some fruit, some cubes of cheese and some ham for lunch (today he had a handful of penna pasta), and for afternoon tea he might have a couple of biscuits, or mini rice cakes or a handful of grapes - depending on what he has had in his diet during the day. For dinner it's meat and veggies, his favourite veggies is carrot and corn cobs. He doesn't have heaps. Sometimes not much at all. He might have 4-5 little pieces of meat and half a corn cob.
So he isn't a big eater at all! But there's a little bit of improvement.
He is learning so many things, working out so many things and using his imagination really well.
We've introduced the potty this month too, which you can read about HERE. I'm pretty excited about starting the toilet training journey! Can't wait to share each month how it's going too.

Jydan - 14 Months.

Age: 14 Months

Weight: 9 Kilos (19.8 pounds)

Height: 75 cm

Learning: 
-Still learning to walk
-Body parts
(points to his head when you ask where his nose is and sticks his tongue out and says tongue when you ask about his tongue)
-New words.
-Putting two words together and sometimes three.
-How to sleep all night.
- Counting 1,2,3 (one oo weee)

Milestones: 
-Trying to walk everywhere.
-Finished breastfeeding.
-Sleeping all night.
-Eating three meals.

Teeth: 10 (I think)

Jydan has cut 4 teeth this month! So crazy! And he has delt with them so well, didn't even know he had cut number 9. He sleeps so much better when he's teething. We've only had to do panadol for one tooth out of nine, that's really good. Except he wont let us count his teeth, so I'm guessing!

Favourite Word/Sentences:
-Hello/Hey/Hi
(You will get all three when you walk through our door or walk past him)
-Mum
-Mine (everything is 'mine')
-Birdie
-Tickle
-Breee (Not exactly sure what this is, we think it's Millie?)

Favourite Book: 

Jydan is loving any book at the moment.

Favourite Toy: .... the vacuum cleaner.

Favourite Food: Still Grapes. And corn cobs.

Best Memory Of This Month: 
Christmas!! Was such a fun day.
Child Health Nurse Appointment:
Jydan put on 700grams, in about 1 & 1/2 months! He is still little but we are super pleased with his weight gain!! Go my little man, I feel better about giving up the booby feeds now Ive seen his weight improve so well. 
Jydan is doing all the right things for his age.
Doctors Appointment: No need this month.
Paediatrician Appointment: (They missed up, next app is for March)
Dietitian Appointment: 
Jydan saw his dietitian last week and they were also impressed about his weight gain, but understand that Jydan does this cycle and will see him again in three months time. We got so tips on how to help Jydan have his milk, which has really helped too.. he's loving his formula now, he hated it to start with.
Speech Therapy Appointment: (next month)
Occupational Therapy Appointment: (hopefully soon)
Home Physio:
I mentioned last month about Jydans sitting and also wrote a post about W sitting.We are working on it everyday and since we have Jydan has started walking! He is also starting to respond when we say 'legs out'

Jydan has been eating soo well now, he is finally eating three meals, well, for the most part! He's eating better, drinking better, sleeping better, gaining weight.. everything is working out really well! This month has been pretty cruisy actually, Jydan is at such a perfect age! I'm really enjoying this age.

Jydan is such a little explorer! Explorer with getting into everything, working everything out - like how to build and pull apart blocks, and working out his emotions. He loves frowning at the moment - it's hilarious! I laugh every time!! But he is literally getting into everything! Pulling everything off the coffee table and bookshelf and draws, and throwing everything off the highchair! Tipping everything out of his sippy cup throwing everything around! No wonder he is sleeping better, haha! He is also trying to walk every where now. He took a few continues steps a couple of weeks ago and now he is walking back and forth to things.. he is still very much a crawler, and uses crawling to be faster but he LOVES walking. I always know he is walking to something because he giggles his little head off!

Jydan amazes me all the time with his speech. I mention it all the time, I know! But he talks soo much it spins me out and makes me SO proud. He says things like 'How are you?' and 'Here go'... 'Hang on' 'I love you' and sooo much more!! Ive completely lost count on how many words he says, I don't know how he learns half of them!!

Happy 14 months to my beautiful intelligent gorgeous little man who I'm utterly in love with xxxxxxxxx