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weight: 21 lbs  (35th percentile)
height: 30inches (72nd percentile)
head: 50th percentile – woot!

Interesting Tidbits

• he does an army crawl, sometimes keeping head up, sometimes forehead on hands.
• walks holding our hands
• he loves to play the drums, or anything that resembles a drum, or just straws in restaurants he can hit the table like a drum.
• sleeps through the night, stays up late
• his hair is so long in front it is in his eyes
• says ‘dada’ and ‘mama’ and ‘up’
• shakes his head no and waves goodbye
• understands ‘no’ when we say it to him. He shakes his head and stops (sometimes… )
• knows he’s not supposed to put things in his mouth. Sometimes without being told he’ll pull something out of his mouth and shake his head ‘no’
• makes the noises for ‘uh oh’ when he drops something but doesn’t have the right syllables for it
• about to outgrow some 9-12 month clothing (particularly pants)
• still only has 4 teeth but is currently teething
• “helps” while putting his clothes on (bends and straightens arm, legs, holds his feet out for socks)
• plays at the playground, scoots himself to the edge of slide to go down
• loves the swings
• dances to music, loves music
• he has had so much separation anxiety this month
• walks along furniture
• loves playing on his scooter, but can only scoot backwards
• “Mirror Ivan” might be his best friend
• he is trying all kinds of new food. His favorite snack is bread and hummus or cheerios
• can feed himself baby food pouches
• dislikes juice, watered down juice, flavored anything – prefers water out of his sippy cup
• he tried almond milk and cow’s milk – hated both of them
• tried peanut butter and loved it
• tried spicy curry and loved it
• tried vanilla soft serve icecream and gave us THE BIGGEST smile.. uh oh…
• can be calmed down by reading books
• he loves to ‘head bonk’
• he loves to give kisses, sometimes demands kisses
• he is the oldest baby in his daycare class now
• can transition from laying down to sitting
• crawls himself into small spaces (under desk, under chairs, under crib or beds)

Ivan Loves:

• eating
• looking at himself in the mirror
• banging on things
• hitting toys together to make loud noise
• reading books
• music
• the sounds of the coffee grinder

Ivan Hates:

• being left alone
• being dropped off at daycare
• when we take him out of the swing too soon
• when we take dangerous things away from him

A special note: no Cuccarese was in the hospital this month!! (except kinda Mike, who goes to one every day… )

extras from this month:

This video perfectly describes our parenting relationship. Mike is walking too far away from Ivan on the slide, I’m feeling anxious and encouraging him to get closer, Mike ignores me… parenthood!