Fifteen Months in the Life of Levi

You'd think 15 months wouldn't be all that different from 12 months, but Levi has been making big developmental jumps lately! At least that's what it seems to me. He is more determined to explore, his tantrums seem to have plateaued (or we're getting better at not being bothered by them?), and he's not as afraid of strangers. All this is making 15 months a surprisingly fun age!

Growth & Development

• 19 lbs. 1.9 oz. (6th %ile), 30.4 inches (21st %ile)
• Clothing size: 12 mo.
• Diaper size: 3, 4 at night
• Crawling on hands and knees, fast!
• Pulls up and climbs on everything he can
• Says "na-na" for "banana" and "shhhh" for cheese; will say these words when I sign them to him
• Can sign "more," "done," and "bye-bye"
• Drinks from an open cup with some spilling (mostly uses Miracle cup and straw cup)

Likes

• CLIMBING
• Baby Einstein TV show
• Putting things in and taking things out
• Cottage cheese, watermelon, cantaloupe, cheese, baby food pouches, smoothies
• Exploring the park, library, offices, and hallways
• Petting animals

Dislikes

• Bathtime. Suddenly, and with a fiery burning passion, he HATES baths. <-- still true
• Trying to figure out how to use his shape sorter toy
• Mommy not wanting to pick him up or hold him in her lap while she's at the dining table
• Vegetables

Fun Facts

• We stopped nursing at about 13 months
• Visited Washington (Seattle), Alaska, and Canada for the first time on our Alaskan cruise

Eating
Levi has become more of a picky eater. He's boycotting vegetables, but he loves any kind of baby food pouch and he'll eat vegetables when they're cooked into a larger dish. He gets breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, and milk during bedtime stories. Our current go-to meals/snacks are open-face peanut butter sandwiches, leftover cooked chicken or chicken nuggets, pasta, bananas, Cheerios, cheese, melons, yogurt, and applesauce.

Sleeping
We're still on two naps but will likely transition to one nap soon, and he's growing too big for his Zipadee Zip as well. We've tried introducing a lovey as simply another transition tool, but he couldn't care less about it. He slept great on our trip to Milwaukee and our cruise, even taking 30 minute naps while being back-carried in our Onya carrier. He's not a fan of sleeping on airplanes, though.