15-16 Months

 So we’re inadvertently weaning. I have mixed emotions about this development, but Agustin’s recent sleep habits are cause for celebration. Before a few weeks ago, Agustin had slept nine solid hours once or twice in his life. But four out of the last six days he’s slept 9-12 hours without stirring. And when he does stir now, he often settles himself.

He is in a daddy phase right now, which I love. A couple months ago he was all about mama all the time, but now he asks about daddy throughout the day. I have a picture of him and Adam on my phone, so anytime I have my phone out he wants to see daddy. He gets quite upset when Adam leaves for work, and the other day he said his first word combo: “Bye daddy” as Adam was leaving.

I also love how the relationship between Agustin and Kona is developing. It is exactly how I hoped it would be. I often find Agustin curled up on the floor next to Kona patting him, or lounging up on him while casually fondling his ear. Recently I think Agustin won Kona over. Instead of just putting up with him, Kona seems to have decided that the kid is alright. He often sleeps in Agustin’s room when given a choice, and the other day he was trying to get Agustin to play tug with him. Of course, they were both frustrated because Agustin doesn’t have the strength to entertain Kona, and Agustin didn’t understand what Kona was doing and why he kept offering his toy and grabbing it back.

Agustin is Kona’s biggest playtime advocate, which may have something to do with the budding friendship. “Ball?” Agustin will ask us, and we’ll point out one of his balls. “Ball!” he’ll say again adamantly and point at the closet where we keep Kona’s gear. The other day he actually imitated the motion that we use to throw the ball with the Chuck It. And these days when we say “Chuck It” out loud, Agustin’s head swings around just as fast as Kona’s.

We’ve counted nearly 20 words that he’s saying now; notably “stay” to the dog with the appropriate hand command.

He is still enamored with his toes. While we're driving I'll often hear him fussing, and I know he's working on getting his shoe and sock off. And then once they're off he'll start happily singing "toe, toe, toe." Cracks me up. And he doesn't mind having his fingernails cut, but he gets pretty upset when we try to trim his toenails. Not sure what that's about.

He’s such an active boy these days and he likes nothing more than to empty every drawer and cabinet he can get his hands on and then refill them with random items. Makes life interesting.