15 months...language

For our friends out there with younguns of your own, thought I would give an update on some of the things our "biggin" (as I affectionately refer to our boy) is up to at 15 months so you might know what to expect. Primarily he is developing his communication skills. He now says: Mama, Dada, uh-oh, nana (for banana), upa (meaning up), Dah (meaning dog), and kitty (in some kind of crazy roll your tongue noise thing, but he is consistent to only do it for the cat). He can say bye-bye too, but typically does so with toys and waves a late bye-bye to people.

Even more cool, he can say: elephant, monkey, more, milk, and music with sign language. My lack of early commitment to baby signing with him is the only reason he doesn't already know more. About 14 months is when I realized just how ready he was for sign language and if I introduce a new one, he generally reproduces it immediately or catches on at the very least by the next day.

He also seems to have a favorite book that he brings me to read him and will sit through the whole story on my lap. It isn't a pop-up or interactive book, and he only got it for Christmas, so he'd never heard it before, but he sat through the entire story from the first time on. It is called J is for Jesus and is a story about candy canes.

I took him in for his 15 month check-up and immunizations today. He weighed 27 1/2 lbs and was 31 inches tall. He is big enough now that they stand him up against the wall to measure height instead of laying him down. :) Unfortunately the appt went terribly awry when he developed a fever of 101 and was congested when we got to the room. Even at the docs office he was happy and playful, but wow, am I glad we had that appointment because he went seriously down hill after we filled his prescriptions and got home.

One thing Fender rarely does is sit still! Only when he feels bad. And this one was bad. He napped in his crib, then he just sat on my lap and watched tv, fading in and out of sleep, never moving. Eventually I made a palate for him next to me on the couch, sat him there, wrapped him up, and he stayed there for two hours and never moved. Didn't want to eat or drink. When Daddy got home, he woke up from a nap for a few minutes so he could hold him, but then he laid Fender down on a blanket in the floor and he slept another couple of hours before I finally moved him back to his bed. :( Poor boy. I hope he gets better soon. Work antibiotics, work!!!!! We are scheduled to go back for immunizations in 10 days.