13 Months and a Toddler
A couple of months ago (before his birthday), I received an email of baby tips for my toddler and I refused to believe that Jackson could be considered a toddler at that point. He wasn't walking yet. He wasn't a year old yet. In my mind, Jackson was still very much a baby. Chris disagreed with me. I even went to Twitter with the question of how to determine if my baby was in fact a toddler. Most agreed that I was OK to still consider him a baby. (He will always be my baby.)
Well, that is all changed since my two criteria for defining a toddler have now been met. I first started getting reports of steps from daycare about 2 weeks ago. Then I saw 4 steps myself that Saturday morning as J shuffled toward me. He would have gone further but Maverick created a roadblock by laying on the floor in front of the couch where I was sitting. Since then, we have seen a few tentative steps here and there. Not enough to call him a full on walker yet but we know we are just on the edge of chaos. I have also figured out that my child can walk when he really wants to get to something. He showed us that at Snip Its the other day when he toddled over to the table to get the plastic bear he had spied.
As of today, Jackson is 13 months old. We started the transition from formula to cow's milk after his one year check up. I am happy to have that chunk of my grocery bill back. Even with the samples and coupons received through out the year, formula was easily a third of our weekly grocery budget. We are also down to 3 bottles a day basically with meals. Fortunately for us, J does not need a bottle to sleep. He usually fusses a bit when we lay him down but he is normally out in a matter of 5-15 minutes.
My baby is growing up! He doesn't snuggle with me much anymore which makes me sad. There are days where I feel like he doesn't need me or want me but then I walk through the door from work each night and he fusses until I greet him. I will be spending my first night away from him in a few weeks and I'm not looking forward to it even though he will just be home with Chris. There are just some things I am not ready to let go of yet and trying to keep J tiny as long as possible is one of them. Truth is I probably need my baby time more than he needs his momma time.
Well, that is all changed since my two criteria for defining a toddler have now been met. I first started getting reports of steps from daycare about 2 weeks ago. Then I saw 4 steps myself that Saturday morning as J shuffled toward me. He would have gone further but Maverick created a roadblock by laying on the floor in front of the couch where I was sitting. Since then, we have seen a few tentative steps here and there. Not enough to call him a full on walker yet but we know we are just on the edge of chaos. I have also figured out that my child can walk when he really wants to get to something. He showed us that at Snip Its the other day when he toddled over to the table to get the plastic bear he had spied.
As of today, Jackson is 13 months old. We started the transition from formula to cow's milk after his one year check up. I am happy to have that chunk of my grocery bill back. Even with the samples and coupons received through out the year, formula was easily a third of our weekly grocery budget. We are also down to 3 bottles a day basically with meals. Fortunately for us, J does not need a bottle to sleep. He usually fusses a bit when we lay him down but he is normally out in a matter of 5-15 minutes.
My baby is growing up! He doesn't snuggle with me much anymore which makes me sad. There are days where I feel like he doesn't need me or want me but then I walk through the door from work each night and he fusses until I greet him. I will be spending my first night away from him in a few weeks and I'm not looking forward to it even though he will just be home with Chris. There are just some things I am not ready to let go of yet and trying to keep J tiny as long as possible is one of them. Truth is I probably need my baby time more than he needs his momma time.
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