15 months old

My baby is 15 months old. I'm not sure how much longer I can call him my baby, but for now he doesn't know the difference so I'll enjoy it. Anyways it's a lot nicer than what his sister calls him. Her nickname for him is, my smushy little potato, lol. To her credit it is kind of a compliment since she loves smushed potatoes (mashed potatoes). 

Luke is big and still hanging onto his baby chubbiness. I think it makes him look younger with the chubby baby cheeks :-). He wears 18 months clothes and walks everywhere now.

Sleep is going well. So well in fact that the other day it hit me that I no longer have to wear something nursing friendly to bed! I don't even remember the last time I fed him at night. It did take a couple nights of training/crying for a few minutes, but was so worth it. We still nurse three times a day, before naps, and bed, but I honestly think if I stopped offering he would wean himself very quickly. We're continuing because it is good for his immune system in the winter, and because mama is sentimental and has mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, looking forward to not being pregnant or nursing, on the other hand, feeling very sad about those things. It's complicated! Going back to eating, Luke eats 3 meals and 2 snacks every day. None of them are very big though. He loves bananas, oatmeal cookies, pizza, chocolate, and is very into being given a bigger thing like a sandwich to eat by himself.

Probably the most difficult thing with Luke is communication. Haha, I should say with just about anyone not just Luke,  but what I mean is he doesn't talk and trying to communicate wants and needs can be very frustrating. The odd thing is he could talk. He randomly says words very well, then will refuse to repeat them! He does say, uhon, unn-unn for yes and no which is very helpful. The word he says the most is God. He loves to be asked, who made you Dukie? Probably because we praise him so much for it!

What Luke does if he is not happy. Child has a temper and gets frustrated very easily.

Luke's schedule now is -
Get up about 7, breakfast,  crib time,  nurses,  and nap from 8:30-10:30.
Get up,  snack of crackers,  play till lunch at 11:30. Play downstairs,  nurses, then nap at 1.
Get up at 3-3:30, snack, play, hang on mom's leg and cry while she makes dinner. 

Dinner at 5. Then family worship and play till 7 when we nurse and go to bed.
And there's a look at Luke's last month.