Simon is 14 months

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What Simon is doing

• Walks: Simon started walking a couple weeks ago and has really taken off quickly. He chooses to walk more than crawl and is pretty good at maneuvering difficult terrain. He is sporting some great bruises on his forehead from a couple good falls! 
• Points at things he likes 
• Gives great kisses
• Throws trash away 
• Stands at the door banging on it and saying "BA ba" when he is ready to go bye bye. 
• Wants to do whatever Joy is doing (also eat, sit and play with). Monkey see monkey do. 
• Feeds himself: although not with a spoon yet. He tries and it gets everywhere. 

What Simon is saying 
Simon understand so much of what we say to him and about him. He has slower at talking but the last few weeks he is making more sounds/trying to communicate with words instead of SCREAMING (something about our genetics produces children who love to scream like a pterodactyl)

* ck : means trash can or yuck
*ma ma: sadly doesn't mean mama, it means MORE food
*da da: dog and daddy
* ba ba: bye bye followed by standing by the door and saying ba ba until we leave.

Teeth:6 teeth.. No new ones since July! 

Eats:
Nursing: one month of no nursing. The freedom I feel is not lost on me. It is so strange and great after 3.5 years of being pregnant or breastfeeding to eat, drink and wear whatever I want.
Solid food: Simon is a good eater. Although when he is sick he isn't so into it

• Loves: bananas (he can eat 2-3 a day!).  greens&keifer smoothies (he smiles and cheers the whole time I'm making them in the morning). Pasta and vegetables. Drinking with a straw 
• Verdict is still out on: beans

Sleeps:    Despite our best efforts and consulting various sleep books and websites Simon is just not the greatest sleeper. He has improved so much from what he used to do. He has slept through the night for quite a few months (from getting up 8 times in the night). However he wakes up at 5 am or 5:30am. He sleeps at night for 10-10.5hours. It is kind on the low average for his age but we can't seem to break it. 

He naps at 9am and 1pm. 1-1.5 hours each time. A couple times this week he slept 2 hours in the afternoon and I thought I died and went to heaven. I think we will start transitioning to one nap in the next month.  We can still get him to take a short morning nap in the car (on Sundays and Tuesday)...although he won't nap in the Ergo at all. 

Weighs: 

Likes: 

- Trash cans: No..he adores trash cans and will say "ck" (his version of yuck) as we pass them. He is always scanning for them! Throwing away his disposable diaper and banana peel each morning bring him so much delight. He also loves the toilet...and yes that is his toothbrush in it. Don't worry I threw it away. 

  

-The balcony; watching dogs people and construction.

-The stroller and going for walks. He will be really grumpy and fussy and then totally calm and quite the whole walk.

-Riding on daddy's bike: he EVEN fell asleep on the back of the bike.

- Books: Simon hasn't been as interested in books as Joy was. He will now sit through 4-5 board books before nap and bedtime which is HUGE. His favorites are any book with a lift flap (Dear Zoo), or touch books (mainly ones about animals). He also likes "Llama llama nighty night" and  "Goodnight Zoo".

- Playgrounds: loves walking up the slides and going in swings

Dislikes: He dislikes being very far from mommy.  He also dislikes it when Joy sleeping while he is awake. He as been sick a lot more than Joy mainly fevers and runny noses. He doesn't really handle being sick as well as Joy does.

Favorite event this month: Going to Kadoorie Farms since the weather is getting better/less hot and humid ...although the pollution has been terrible the past month!