15 Months

Calin had his 15 month check-up recently and here are his stats

Weight

15 months: 22lbs - 14th percentile

12 months: 20.4lbs - 16th percentile

Height
15 months: 30.3" - 19th percentile
12 months: 29" - 25th percentile

Head Circumference
15 months: 18.3" - 24th percentile
12 months: 18" - 31st percentile


I gave a quick update on him in my last post, but I still have lots more to share :)
Sorry if these pictures are boring, they're all I had

In addition to all the words I listed in the last post he also says "this" (thought it sounds more like "these") all the time, "eye" and "side" for outside. Oh, and he's been saying please all the time lately :) Facial features he can locate are eyes, nose, and mouth. Eye is definitely his favorite though since he says that word so well. He loves to point to eyes and say "EYE!!"


Just a random picture of Jordan and Calin running through the library. Isn't that something you're not supposed to do? :)

In the mornings when Jordan is up with him and I'm still asleep, I often hear Calin outside my door saying "sshhhh, sshhh" to Jordan. He even puts his finger up to his mouth, it's so cute (ok, I obviously don't see him put his finger to his mouth when I'm in bed, but he does it other times too, like if Jordan is napping, or if someone is whispering on tv).

He finally gave up one one of his naps, and is down to one per day. He's usually tired around 10, so I put him down with a book and he "reads" a book for a while before going to sleep, and usually wakes up around 1. When he wakes up, he likes to play in his crib for a while, so if we try to get him out too early, he throws a fit. Fine with me! I'm glad he likes his bed. He's still going to bed at 7 each night. So we start his bedtime routine at 6:30 with a bath, read scriptures, say a family prayer, and lay him down by 7.


This was his first experience with a drinking fountain. He thought it was so fun.

Some of his favorite foods lately are scrambled eggs, cheese (he hated cheese for the longest time. Then one day I gave him pepperjack, and now he's hooked. darn.), bananas, and oranges or clementines.

He still loves to climb and explore. And he still has no problem with us leaving him with other people. We've taken him into nursery for a little bit a few times, and he has so much fun playing with the other kids and toys that he honestly has no idea we are still in the room. He's so independent. He never went through separation or stranger anxiety, even a little bit. But maybe he still will?


We love our local library. They just remodeled it, and it's very nice! Calin heard kids in the isle over, so he was scoping out the scene. I love how he's on his tippy-toes :)

The other day when I was so so sick, I actually started to cry. It must have been the first time Calin has ever seen me cry because he looked so scared! He didn't know what to do, so I just put out my arms, and he ran right over to me and gave me the sweetest hug ever. Then after a moment, he pulled back and looked at me with wide eyes to make sure his hug made me feel all better and that I had stopped crying :) It was so precious!

Lately, when Jordan is getting ready to leave for school, Calin latches onto him like a leach, and starts waving bye to me. Jordan will usually pick him up, and he just keeps looking at me while waving, laughing, and saying "bye!" It's so funny to watch! When Jordan finally get's free from him, he'll give in and start saying bye to Jordan and blow him kisses before he leaves.


He loves ice cream. He doesn't get it too often, but Jordan likes to sneak him some once in a while :)

Oh, and I almost forgot the big one - He's allergic to peanuts!! UGH! How can that be? Jordan's not allergic to a single thing, and neither am I. Especially not peanuts! Are you kidding, chocolate and peanut butter is one of my favs! But Jordan gave him a bite of a peanut butter granola bar around 12 months, then I made some sort of dessert that had peanut butter in it, accidently dropped some on the counter, and he swiped it with his little finger and later that night had red spots around his mouth. They looked like hives, but he wasn't itching them. Then another night I was eating some peanuts while feeding him dinner, and I don't know if I dropped one, or what, but later he had the same hive looking spots around his mouth again. Thankfully he's never had a severe reaction. I'm not sure if he just mildly allergic, or because he has only been exposed to a small amount, but we did buy some children's benedryl just in case. Such a bummer! Hopefully he'll outgrow it, but I think it's something like only 20% of kids outgrow a peanut allergy. We have gotten used to watching things with peanuts since our nephew Tanner is severely allergic. I think that has helped us to be more cautious.

Well, today Jordan has 3 finals, and then he's done for the semester :) I'm very proud of him! It was a tough semester, yet he balanced his time so well! He spent so much time at home, and with his calling, and even worked a couple days a week. Oh, and of course submitted all those darn grad school apps, and took the GRE. It was rough, but he still managed to do very well in all his classes and other responsibilities :) Calin and I are looking forward to all the time we will get to spend with him over Christmas break!! And Jordan and I are planning our own little trip to Disnelyland while we're in California next week, just the two of us :) Should be lots of fun!