I seem to have let three weeks go by again. It's crazy how fast time seems to be moving. The most exciting change that seems like it might be safe to call "normal" is that Jonah is sleeping through the night. I talked to the doctor about Jonah's sleeping at his 15-month checkup and the doctor basically told us to "Ferberize" Jonah. I hadn't wanted to do this because it seems mean, but we gave it a try and voila, he sleeps! It was a little rough at first and included him throwing up from being so upset, but he has finally gotten the hang of it. He goes to sleep easily again and is consistently sleeping from around 8:00 pm until almost 7:00 am. He is also napping about an hour and a half most afternoons. I like it. I don't know if they're related, but he has become incredibly clingy in the past couple of weeks, so he could be compensating for not falling asleep in our arms any more. We also dropped the final breastfeeding meal around the time we started Ferberizing him, so that could also be contributing to the clinginess. I'm sure it is a phase though, and will pass like phases always do, and maybe I will start to miss it (maybe).
Jonah walked reasonably well on his own for a couple of weeks, although he still required encouragement to do so. And in the past few days, he seems to have stopped. He will rarely walk on his own now, even with lots of encouragement. He loves to walk while holding someone's finger though, so maybe he just likes the company.
He's still not talking much. "What's this?" continues to be his main vocalization. He can also say mama, dada, mmm (moo), sheesh (cheese), and ice (yes). I know that soon enough all of the information he's been soaking up from asking "what's this?" will coming pouring back out at us. Until then, I will try not to get frustrated by his whining because he can't communicate his wants and needs (he's been whining a lot lately).
A cute thing that seems to have become normal happens at the end of Jonah's bath. It used to be that he loved the bath, but didn't seem too upset by having to get out. For the past week or so, he has actually stood up and indicated that he is ready to get out and is actually kind of excited about getting out. I'm pretty sure this is because he knows that he gets to brush his teeth after the bath and he absolutely loves that.
"He goes to sleep easily" is relative... I would prefer it if he didn't scream for five minutes, but five is certainly much easier to handle than 50.
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