Carson -20 Months

Carson is so full of life!  He has a big personality and does everything exuberantly - laughs, smiles, teases, protests, etc.  He is overall quite fearless and busy!  He has had a bit of separation anxiety recently which might just be a stage but I also think it might be related to me going back to work (it's worse with me than Victor).  I'm not sure!

Here are some highlights from the month....

-Carson LOVES the water! He takes "mom and me" swimming lessons each week (while the big kids are in their lesson).  He thinks it is the best thing ever and protests loudly when it is over. He is willing to put his face in the water and kicks his little legs like he is really trying to swim.  Cute!

-Carson LOVES trains!  We set up the train table in his room.  He is so so happy about this and frequently comes and pulls my hand trying to get me to go to his room and play trains with him (I oblige him fairly often of course.)

-Carson likes music.  He sings/hums along to the music in the car, and often seems to match the pitch and rhythm quite well.  When a song ends he sometimes pipes up from his backward seat, " All done!" He also dances/stomps to the music when we are home.

-Carson loves to eat!  Man that kid can eat!  For at least two months he has been eating more than Erik and Lainey, often more than them combined.  Some of his favorite foods are raisins, beans (any variety) and peanut butter. Ha! He also seems to like spicy foods (devours chili).

-Carson is continuing to make slow progress in the speech department.  He really had a rapid speech explosion the first 7-10 days post-tubes but now it's slowed a bit.  He does actually have 10 words or so that other people (outside the family) would understand which is helpful.

-We switched Carson out of his crib.  This just happened two nights ago.  Last night he was up exploring for 1 hour post bedtime, up again crying at 2:45, and then I found him out in the hallway at 5:55 AM carrying around a bunch of toothbrushes.  Haha!  Needless to say he was quite tired and slept well at naptime today.  He also went to bed without any problems.  We'll see how he does during the next few days.  (The other two were forced out of the crib around 18 months due to their impending siblings.  We switched Carson out early because we've always had such good luck with our kids going to bed easily.  I wonder if maybe it's because they switched to a big bed before they knew they could protest.  Carson tends to more eagerly challenge rules though so we will see!)

- Growing!  Carson still hasn't made it into his 18 month check up but according to my home measurements he is almost 35 inches which, if true, is taller than Erik or Lainey were at 24 months.  He's our biggest kid which explains all the eating! :)

(The video below displays one of his favorite activities - climbing!)

I just love my sweet bundle of joy, sass, and passion!!