Conway at 18 Months
Height/Length: 34.0in (91%)
Weight: 23lb 12oz (42%)
Head Circumference: 47.5cm (52%)
That's right! Conway is one and a half!
Conway has lots of personality and he's very expressive. His facial expressions can pretty much tell the story on their own, but he also tends to add in some vocal flair. Whether he's happy, sad, angry, tired - he won't keep you guessing as to how he's feeling. The reason behind those erupting emotions can be a bit of a mystery, though, as his vocal flair isn't often all that intelligible.
He does however have a number of words in his growing vocabulary. So far he says some version of Papa, Mama, more, please, thank you, hello, bye-bye, shoe, foot, nose, teeth, eye, cheers, amen, dear Jesus (as he folds his hands together), ball, dog, water, milk, something resembling Parker (Is it Perper?), and a very coherent no - potentially a really annoying word for a kid to learn early on, but when Conway says it he's usually saying no to himself using a cute little sing-song voice. When he wants to say no to others he just vehemently shakes his head. He also loves making animal noises, but if you ask him, most animals say "roar".
Not surprisingly Conway is pretty opinionated about food, more so than I remember Parker being until he was about 3.5. He definitely doesn't like to be served food that looks different than the rest of ours. For example, if we're having soft tacos I use to give him a deconstructed version to make it easier for him to eat, but that didn't fly. He wants to pick up the rolled up soft taco and take a big bite just like the rest of us. Also, I'm amazed at how well he can use a spoon and fork. Many vegetables are not his favorite - with the exception of tomatoes and avocados, which he could potentially eat his body weight in. He will at least usually try everything, though.
This kid loves to sleep. He's down to one nap now (generally 12:30 - 4:00/4:30). He's usually asleep by 7:45pm and awake at about 7:15am. Conway currently wears a size XL sleep sack to bed (What?! How is this little guy an XL?!) and he sleeps with a teddy bear that looks a lot like Parker's beloved Brown Dog. It doesn't have a name yet so we refer to it fondly as... Teddy Bear. Conway LOVES both his sleep sack and his teddy bear. When he's tired or if he's upset, he will go into his room and either carry them around with him or just lay down on top of them on the floor of his room.
We took a bit of a break from independent play time because we were traveling so much over the summer, but we picked it back up a couple weeks ago. Just before I start making dinner I take Conway into his room and pick out a few toys, which we play with together for a couple minutes, and then I leave. Usually he whines for a couple seconds and then goes back to playing or looking at books. Every once in a while when I look at him on the video monitor I'll see him laying on the floor with his sleep sack and teddy bear, which as I mentioned before is a sign that he's tired or wants some soothing, but most of the time he plays happily. Parker does independent play time at about 5:45pm while I'm making dinner as well so making dinner has once again become an activity I really enjoy, now that I don't have children whining and pulling on me.
I look at these pictures of this guy and I just can't believe he's our baby. Conway officially looks and sounds like a little boy. For the millionth time, my how time flies!
