Two More Teeth

Peter seems to have been teething forever, but yesterday his first two molars finally started to poke through. they are both on the bottom, and are about half way in. I am thinking that this might have been part of the reason he is waking up at night. Now to wait for the rest of them to come in...

Happy Seventeen Months!

I am so late in posting this, and that is mostly because of computer issues. At first, I was just waiting to be able to upload pictures. Why I didn't just write the post and wait to publish, I'll never know. Then it just got to be so long that the task seemed daunting. Now I have just over a week until the next update is due, so I really wanted to get this up.

At seventeen months, Peter was climbing like crazy, but mad that he just wasn't big enough to get up onto the couch by him self. He is still eating like a champ, but hadn't had whole milk yet. He was talking all the time, but very little English. He seemed like he was gearing up for the end of baseball, with the amount of balls that he liked to throw, and his favorite book was by far Goodnight Moon. He loved to point with me while reading counting books, and would constantly point out other people's noses.

When I was pregnant, I had started putting information about the pregnancy from BabyCenter.com. I figure that I would continue to do that with Peter, and I just wish that I had realized that this chart existed from the beginning.

At seventeen months, most children:
Use six words regularly - Peter's most regular word was by far "bus", but he also loved "gucks". He knew when he wanted at "nap", and would try to put on his own "gocks". He also started to regularly say "mama" and "dada" right around then.
Enjoys pretend games - I'm not sure if he was pretending, but he would copy things that Geoff and I did all the time, like drinking out of (empty) cups or typing on a keyboard.
Likes riding toys - Riding his lion was one of his favorite things to do.

At seventeen months, half the children:

Feed dolls - Peter didn't feel dolls, but he loved to feed people around him. I ate a lot of Cheerios.

Speaks more clearly - There still wasn't a lot of English, but he was definitely much more vocal.

Throw a ball underhand - Not so much underhand, but definitely over, and my shins have the bruises to prove it.

At seventeen months, a few children:

Dance to music - He definitely would dance when he heard music. Geoff had also taught him to bob his head to techno.
Sorts toys by color, shape, or size - Not so much into the sorting, but did love to put things into bins, and then take them out again.
Kick ball forward - Would definitely do this, especially at the beach.

There are more pictures in the September album, which at this point is pretty much full, maybe will get one or two more pictures. I have some other updates to post, and I'm hoping that I'll be able to get up some videos soon.