Lucky Thirteen Months

The boy continues to grow and delight.



A few of his new words this month are “balloon” (his first two-syllable attempt), “toes” (points to them), “hot” (said of coffee cups).

He’s also figuring out how stuff works. He loves to grab our phones and say “hello.” Apparently we say “hello” on the phone and “hi” in person, because that’s what our little mimic does.


He has also mastered the remote control for the ceiling fan and will aim it at the fan and turn the light on and off and change the fan speed.

He seems to have become more emotionally volatile in his teen months. He loves to give and receive hugs. When he likes something he presses his cheek to it, so he hugs me and his dad, his aunties and uncle and grandparents, Kona, favorite toys, his sippy cup, etc.… He also lets us know when he isn’t happy. It’s not like my child would ever hit or bite, but, umm, he does (where did he learn it?!). Holy cow, the world of discipline is challenging.


In the last month, he took his first steps, and he now walks short distances, but continues to drop and crawl for longer distances. He loves his walker and will often look for that when he wants to cover some serious distance quickly.


Recently we had to lower his crib to the lowest setting because he’s started climbing. He’s almost able to pull himself up on to the couch, and he’s now able to climb up stairs and back down them. We learned that when he figured out how to open the gate to the stairs (there is a safety latch on it that we weren’t using yet because it’s hard for adults to open—now we’re using it). Adam was watching him and “spotted” him as he climbed up the whole staircase and then decided to back down it. A couple nights later the video monitor popped on and I saw him make a valiant effort to pull himself up and swing his leg up. So at 10pm Adam was in there with a screwdriver buying us another several inches. We’re hoping to get into our own place soon so we can baby proof his room and just convert the crib to a toddler bed.



He'll be one year adjusted in a week and a half, so he'll be starting on cow milk (the doctor told us to wait for his adjusted age). I've let him try it a couple of times and he enjoyed it, but, wow, another reminder that our boy is growing up!