I swear sometimes I think Wesley is a lot older than he really is. He just seems to "get it" much more than I thought a 14 month old ever could. I give a lot of the credit to the fact that by being the 2nd child he has been exposed to more and has had more opportunity for observation of things.
At 14 months Wesley weighs about 23 lbs. He has fairly blond hair and fantastic blue eyes. He wears size 5 shoe, size 3 diaper (when not in cloth) and 18 mo - 2T clothing. The child eats like a horse. Seriously! Just today for lunch he had a 1/2 PB and J sandwich, 5 large strawberries, about 15 veggie straws, and an entire sippy of water. Wes likes to eat all day long too!
Wesley's motor skills are far surpassing my expectations. He can:
- Get himself on and off of the toy truck all by himself as well as use his feet to push himself and ride it all around the house.
- Go down a set of stairs backwards.
- Climb almost anything that he's tall enough to reach.
- Put straws into small holes of a jar.
- Eat with a fork about 50% of the time.
- Open the trashcan with one hand, put something in with the other hand, then close the trashcan again.
- Make marks on the ground with a piece of chalk.
- Get a box of raisins from the pantry, open it, and proceed to have himself a snack.
- Push a racecar across the room with the accompanying "vroom" sound.
- Climb in and out of a small chair.
- Walk halfway across the room in adult shoes.
- Climb a set of stairs, then come down a slide (on his bottom or on his stomach) completely on his own.
Maybe these are age appropriate milestones, but I don't remember X doing these things as early. Wesley studies what X is doing and then tries to repeat it. X didn't have another little person to watch like that.
I guess it comes at a price though. For all the motor advances that Wesley has, he has very few real words. Apparently it's common for a 2nd child to be quicker with motor skills and slower with speech. Wesley babbles all the time and he'll look at you and purposefully speak his jibberish, but he can't form many understandable words. So far he's got Mama, Dada, yeah, ball, banana, and high chair (just barely, I'd probably be the only one to understand that one. It also doubles as Hot Tea).
Wesley certainly isn't lacking in understanding though. He understands verbal direction (go put this in the trash can) and will respond. He knows when he sees you with his shoes that he should sit down so they can go on. He knows if he sees his coat that he's gonna be a funny guy and run the other way! Wesley also knows the sound of the microwave finishing and will now run to it and want to be lifted up so he can open the door. (hmmm, I remember someone else doing that too!)
Our little Wessa has turned into a rock star sleeper too! Who knew all we had to do was put up with 13 months of no sleep? And he did it all on his own. (Which now proves to me that it's pointless to try and sleep train your children because both of mine have just done it in their own time). We put Wes in his crib awake around 8pm. He doesn't even want to be rocked at all anymore. He talks himself to sleep within about 10 minutes and sleeps until about 7-7:30am straight. He goes down for a nap around 12-12:30 the same way and sleeps 2-3 hours. He wakes up pretty happy too.
Wesley has a great personality. He's fairly easy going (except if you try to get him to come in from playing outside!) snugly, and loves to laugh. Wes is a daddy's boy and would let Walter carry him around all day long. He's in that stage where when he sees mom and dad he will run up and greet you with open arms. I love that!
Can't wait to spend the summer with you Wes! We know you're going to love the pool :)
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