13 months

In the last month, Oliver has become an expert walker. We used to encourage or prompt him to try walking, but now he does it all on his own and seems to prefer it to crawling.

His sleep has continued about the same this month, although ease of getting him down for a nap fluctuates from day to day. Chris is the one who helps him get to sleep each day for his naps since I'm either at work or working from home.

Oli is a growing boy, about 26 pounds now. He is still a pretty good eater. His favorites are apples, crackers, raisins, cucumbers and pickles, and tomatoes. Yesterday he had some bites of a croissant from a new french bakery that opened up near us and seemed to love it (as did we).

He's still a happy and social guy and loves to play with and watch other kids. In new situations or around new people he can get overwhelmed at first, but once he calms down, he seems pretty happy to be amidst other people.

His language is continuing to develop as well. Words he says now include mama, dada, hi, night-night, more, and oh no. We are also teaching him baby signs and he signs all done, brush teeth, and hat. I guess that means his vocab is about 10 words total. It will be fun to see how this increases in the coming months.

Happy 13 months to our little guy!