15 Months Old

Henry's Aunt Sarah gave him this train for his 1st birthday, but it wasn't until recently that it became one of his favorite toys.  He likes to push it across all of our furniture, coffee table, recliner, couch, bookshelf, kitchen chair, you name it.  I find it entertaining to watch him discover how things work, especially things that move with wheels. 

Henry LOVES water.  His very favorite source of water is Sophie's water bowl, which is off limits and usually behind a closed laundry room door (but every once and awhile when the door is left open he makes a break for it and SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH - water EVERYWHERE).  This weekend he discovered that the hose outside also is a source of water.  Very, very enticing for Henry. If only he could figure out how to turn on the tap.

A couple of weeks ago, Mama and Daddy took Henry to the Astor School (where Grandma Sherry teaches) carnival.  He had tons of fun watching all the big kids run around.  He also really liked touching all the door nobs and heater vents in the wall at the school.

This picture touches my heart.  In just a few years he'll be walking the halls of a similar elementary school to his kindergarten class room.  Why do they grow up so fast!?!



Mama's helper.  Henry helped me wash the car on Sunday.  He couldn't figure out what he liked more, the soap suds in the bucket or the hose attachment that sprayed water.  Eventually the hose attachment went into the soap suds, all the better to play with both at the same time.  By the end of the car washing adventure, Henry was wet from head to toe and had soap suds up to his arm pits and slathered in his hair.  He thought washing the car was awesome...if only he could learn how to actually do some of the washing. 

Henry turned 15 months on Monday.  We visited Dr. E on Tuesday.  Dr. E indicated Henry appears very healthy and physically on track.  Keep up the good work Mama.  : )  He did indicate that Henry may be SLIGHTLY delayed on speech.  Most 15 month old babes can say 3 to 6 recognizable words, while Henry can only say 2 ("Mama" and "Dada").  He said not to worry in the least.  We will talk about it again in a few months at his 18 month check up.  On the positive communication front, Henry is now following simple instructions like "put your toothbrush on the counter," "bring me a book," "get in your chair if you are hungry" etc.  It is amazing to witness his cognitive development.  I was instructed to wean Henry off the bottle.  Step one this week is to move from warm milk to cold milk.  There is a bit of resistance on Henry's part, but he seems to be adjusting.  Perhaps next week I will transition one bottle to a sippy cup and then go to two then to three.  Perhaps by the beginning of June we will be done with bottles.  Although Dr. E didn't ban binkies at this appointment, I anticipate it is coming soon.  We are trying to limit Henry's addiction to the binkie to nap/nighttime only.  It is hard sometimes though not to give in when his teeth are bothering him.  Dr. E said he saw a few more molars on the way.  His exact words to me were, "Oh, he's getting a few molars...oh, and he already has a few on this side....good luck with that."  Thanks, mister!  Henry received two shots at this appointment.  He was such a trooper.  He cried when he got poked, but then calmed down shortly after I picked him up.  About 45 seconds later, he let out a frustrated scream, just to be sure I knew he was mad that I let Nurse Cassie poke him, but then he was fine.  All in all, I left the appointment a proud Mama. 

15 Month Stats:

Height: 32 1/4 inches (80th percentile)
Weight: 27 lbs 4 oz (80th percentile)
Head: 19 1/4 inches (90th percentile)