Bennett- Thirty Three Months

Bennett's Likes: H

Bennett's Dislikes: S

Not So Sure About: T
 
Weight: 3
Length: 3
Clothing Size: All 3T now
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 6 Baby Dry at night-- he has been peeing on the potty most days during the day!
Eating Habits: He still loves fruit, I don't think that will ever change.  He loves making "panpakes" with his Daddy on the weekends too!
Accomplishments: His first real snow that he can remember!

Bennett- Thirty Two Months

This is about how Bennett's block pictures go at this point:

Bennett's Likes: H

Bennett's Dislikes: Going to bed

Not So Sure About: T
 
Weight: Not sure
Length: Not sure
Clothing Size: All 3T now
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 6 Baby Dry at night
Eating Habits: H
Accomplishments: H

Bennett- Thirty Months

Bennett's Likes: He still loves trucks, but has recently gotten into Toy Story.  He loves Buzz and Aunt MeMe got him a Buzz for Christmas that he's really excited about!

Bennett's Dislikes: Sharing with his brother

Not So Sure About: The vaccuum, he doesn't like when we use it
 
Weight: 32 pounds (73%)
Length: 38 1/4 inches (91%)
Clothing Size: Mostly all 3T now
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 5 Baby Dry at night
Eating Habits: His eating is hit or miss.  It's helpful that he can communicate what he wants now, but sometimes it's a request like "hot dogs and applesauce" since he had it once at Nonny and Poppy's
Accomplishments: He is talking up a storm.  He has learned all of the real names for people and proudly recites them when you ask for them.

Bennett- Twenty Seven Months

Bennett's Likes: His new "cheese" face, trucks, driving his car from Uncle Eric, riding his Cars bike, eating hummus and blue corn chips, singing and dancing

Bennett's Dislikes: Sharing!!!

Not So Sure About: The vacuum
 
Weight: --
Length: --
Clothing Size: All 2T pants but starting with 3T shirts and pajamas
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 5 Baby Dry at night
Eating Habits: Will try anything we are eating, still loves fruits and loves snacks
Accomplishments: He will put together 3 words now, has peed on the potty once and pooped on the potty once

Bennett- Twenty Six Months

Bennett's Likes: Getting really good at playing games and puzzles on his Kindle Fire, lining his trucks up, bringing his trucks to the bathtub to get bubbles on them, watching "ball" with Da, cheese faces, his tricycle, snacking on anything, brushing his teeth, dessert

Bennett's Dislikes: Getting dressed, if things are floating in the bath water, getting his diaper changed

Not So Sure About: Sharing the attention with Bop sometimes
 
Weight: Not sure
Length: Not sure
Clothing Size: All 24 month and 2T clothes
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 5 Baby Dry at night
Eating Habits: It's hit or miss. He loves "ooh ooh aah aah" which are chocolate chip muffins
Sleep: He sleeps about 9 pm - 8 am
Accomplishments: He has given each of his trucks names (where he came up with them is up to be determined)

• Oh La La- Garbage truck 
• Blue La La- Recycling truck 
• Woo Woo Truck- Fire truck 
• Eee Eee Truck- Police car/truck

Bennett- Twenty Six Months

Bennett's Likes: Getting really good at playing games and puzzles on his Kindle Fire, lining his trucks up, bringing his trucks to the bathtub to get bubbles on them, watching "ball" with Da, cheese faces

Bennett's Dislikes: Sharing the attention with Bop sometimes

Not So Sure About: --
 
Weight: Not sure
Length: Not sure
Clothing Size: All 24 month and 2T clothes
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 5 Baby Dry at night
Eating Habits: It's hit or miss. He loves "ooh ooh aah aah" which are chocolate chip muffins
Sleep: He sleeps about 9 pm - 8 am
Accomplishments: He has given each of his trucks names (where he came up with them is up to be determined)

• Oh La La- Garbage truck 
• Blue La La- Recycling truck 
• Woo Woo Truck- Fire truck 
• Eee Eee Truck- Police car/truck

Bennett- Twenty-five Months

 
Bennett's Likes: Trucks, Chase, playing in the big boxes from Mommy's deliveries, dirt, his Cars bike, pretending trucks (or other things) are sleeping by pretend snoring, going to Daddy's ball

Bennett's Dislikes: Back to not liking the vacuum, being told no

Not So Sure About: Getting in the car
 
Weight: He was 27.7 pounds on the scale this morning
Length: Not sure
Clothing Size: All 24 month and 2T clothes
Diaper Size: 5 Swaddlers during the day, 5 Baby Dry at night
Eating Habits: Not really into eating lately.  You can always count on chicken fingers and french fries, yogurt, waffles and cereal
Sleep: He is my constant reassurance that at least ONE of my kids sleeps.  He's such a good sleeper and I'm so thankful I can always count on that!
Accomplishments: He is embracing his big brother role and loves whispering "hiiii Bop" to Carson.  He also must give both he and I a kiss goodnight before naps and bedtime. His vocabulary is increasing as well.  He is really good at identifying colors when you ask which is which.  If you ask him to say them, they're all "bluuuuue"

Bennett- 2 Years

Bennett's Likes: Mighty Machines, PAW Patrol, trucks, fruit, being outside, bubble baths, the pool,   music and dancing, fake sleeping, giving hugs and kisses, going to see Da at "ball," jumping in on his brother's weekly pictures

 
          
Bennett's Dislikes: When the attention is on Carson sometimes (he screams to take the attention back), Carson crying, being told no

Not So Sure About: Strangers or people he hasn't seen in awhile
 
Weight: 27 lbs 8 ounces
Length: 35 and 1/4 inches
Clothing Size: All 24 month and 2T clothes
Diaper Size: Still in size 4 Swaddlers during the day, size 5 baby dry at night. We just ran out of 4s, so he is starting 5 Swaddlers
Eating Habits: Loves fruit still, other foods are so hit or miss right now
Sleep: Usually sleeps from about 9:30 until 8:00/9:00 (Baseball keeps him up late)
Accomplishments: He celebrated his second birthday!! Loves being a big brother (most times). His words: Pop, Gigi, Meme, Drrrrrist, ball, mow, Ryder, Chase, Bop (Carson), boat, bubbles

Twenty Two Months

Bennett's Likes: Watermelon, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, puzzles on the tablet or Mommy's iPad, walks, going to the park, color water (Mio in his water), sitting at the table, his brother (most times)
                                 
Bennett's Dislikes: The bath tub-- he pooped in it twice and now is terrified of taking a bath, watching certain iMovies that I've made (if the background music is too "sad" he cries), sitting in his highchair

Not So Sure About: Getting his diaper changed, when he poops in his diaper, he grabs it to tell you that he needs changed (even though he doesn't want to be changed),

Weight: We think he's between 27-29 pounds, the scale hasn't been consistent!
Length: --
Clothing Size: All 24 month clothes
Diaper Size: Still in size 4 Swaddlers during the day, size 5 baby dry at night
Eating Habits: He isn't eating too much lately-- he will ALWAYS eat fruit, but isn't interested in much other food
Sleep: He has been sleeping in since I'm on maternity leave-- he usually sleeps 9-9 now
Accomplishments: He loves being a big brother, if Carson cries, he brings him a pacifier, giving kisses, says mail, more please, blue and make a siren sound for a fire truck, counting by making sounds in the tone of 1-2-3

Twenty One Months

Bennett's Likes: Holding his little brother (it's so cute when he asks to hold him), saying "oooooh toodles" when watching MMC, fruit, playing in the basement, playing outside on his little jungle gym, going to the park, walks, helping Daddy in the yard
 
Bennett's Dislikes: Messes, coming inside

Not So Sure About: The hospital-- he didn't like being confined to one room

Weight: --
Length: --
Clothing Size: All 24 month clothes
Diaper Size: Still in size 4 Swaddlers during the day, size 5 baby dry at night
Eating Habits: His eating is hit or miss-- we can always count on pizza and fruit though.  He still loves breakfast
Sleep: He still sleeps about 8:30-8
Accomplishments: He is adding more words to his vocabulary, he became a big brother and is the SWEETEST with Carson!!!

Nineteen Months

Bennett's Likes: He is back to loving "aaaasssseeee" (Chase) and divebombing him-- poor Chase, stacking things and playing with his blocks, still has a love of trucks, playing hide and seek with Daddy, his teepee, shoes and other people's shoes, talking at you (in jibberish) complete with a pointing finger

Bennett's Dislikes: When he doesn't get his way, we see some pretty insane temper tantrums.  They don't happen very often, but he's perfecting them very well

Not So Sure About: Why Daddy and I keep putting our hands on my belly-- he doesn't quite understand that one.  He also doesn't understand why he can't lift everyone's shirts and look for their babies ;)  He also has a new found reservation with the vaccuum

Weight: He put himself on the scale this weekend and it read 27 pounds (not sure how accurate it is)
Length: --
Clothing Size: Still 18 Month clothing, 24 month sleepers-- 18 month pants are getting a little short so we may switch over soon
Diaper Size: Still in size 4 Swaddlers during the day, size 5 baby dry at night
Eating Habits: He is back to loving breakfast, eats lots of snacks and is quite the fruit boy-- he'll eat it all
Sleep: He still sleeps about 8:30-8
Accomplishments: He really understands hide and seek now and can anticipate where his Daddy is, his dance moves have improved tremendously

Eighteen Months

Bennett's Likes: He has become quite the ham, he has a "cheese" face he does on his own, waving to people to get their attention, giving his brother kisses, the new under-cabinet lighting, point and "talking" at you

Bennett's Dislikes: Losing his basement play area when the basement flooded-- he just could not understand that he couldn't go downstairs.

Not So Sure About: The car and longer rides-- he does like when he can see and hear "ucks" out of the window

Weight: 26 pounds 4.6 ounces
Length: 33.5 inches
Clothing Size: 18 Month clothing, 24 month sleepers
Diaper Size: Size 4 Swaddlers during the day, size 5 baby dry at night
Eating Habits: He is quite the grazer and will eat his meals, but loves having "nacks" throughout the day too
Sleep: He still sleeps about 8:30-8
Accomplishments: Shutting doors to rooms, opening the basement door by himself, puts lids on and off of bottles, drinking out of a big boy cup

Here are some pictures from the month 

Sixteen Months

Bennett's Likes: Stairs, black olives, his dessert of an Oreo after dinner (you should see the way he can split those things!), being chased, finding people's bellies, trucks and cars, listening for the UPS/FedEx/Mail Truck, Peek-a-boo Barn, giving kisses, blowing kisses and waving

Bennett's Dislikes: Coming upstairs from the basement (he hasn't been able to go down much since we're getting it worked on) or when you bring him inside

Not So Sure About: Baths- pretty hit or miss!

Weight: No appointment
Length: No appointment
Clothing Size: 18 Months, almost into 24 month sleepers
Diaper Size: Size 4 during the day, 5 at night
Eating Habits: He loves food and eats anything we give him. He's been into pasta lately
Sleep: He sleeps about 8:30-8
Accomplishments: He became a big brother a few months ago, but he found out he's going to have a BROTHER this month, started making animal noises like "woof woof" and "moo"

Fifteen Months

Bennett's Likes: Climbing the stairs if we don't have the gate up, saying "noooo" when he's doing something he shouldn't be doing, bananas, still loves "ucks," talking to Siri, taking walks in his stroller or wagon, drawing with his easel and color wonder markers, running between the bedrooms upstairs wanting to be chased

Bennett's Dislikes: Coming inside when he's outside

Not So Sure About: Baths... they've become hit or miss

Weight: 24 pounds 11.8 ounces
Length: 31 3/4 inches
Clothing Size: 18 Months
Diaper Size: Size 4 during the day, 5 at night
Eating Habits: Breakfast is usually a banana, cheerios, mini pancakes and sausage.  Lunch is chicken, fruit and a cheese stick. Dinner is usually what we are having with an added veggie or fruit if he didn't have one at lunch.  He really loves "nacks" though
Sleep: He sleeps from 8:30-8:30 most nights unless he gets up to go to Aunt Lee Lee's
Accomplishments: Grabbing your hand and walking you somewhere if he needs help getting there, says "nana" for banana, Mama, Da for Dada, Gigi, Jeff, Uck for truck, nack for snack, more, "Chssse" for Chase, "Dais" for Daisy... although we haven't heard that one much anymore :(

Fourteen Months

Bennett's Likes: WALKING!!!, Saying "no" to answer any question, giving kisses, taking an object from one person to another when asked, drinking Mommy or Daddy's drinks and saying "mmmmm," baths, his lawn mower, Chase and Daisy- he screams with excitement when the come in the room, sitting on the tractor at baseball

Bennett's Dislikes: Coming inside when he's been outside

Not So Sure About: A few people

Weight: TBD
Length: TBD
Clothing Size: 12 Months
Diaper Size: Size 4 during the day, 5 at night
Eating Habits: Still a champ for breakfast, loves chicken and cheese sticks with fruit for lunch, and eats what we eat for dinner mostly
Sleep: He sleeps from 8:30-8:30 most nights
Accomplishments: He walks now!!! (as of August 22)  He also runs, haha.  He is starting to remember which books have "ucks" in them and flips the pages looking for them

Thirteen Months

Bennett's Likes: Scrunching up his face when smiling, saying "psss psss psss" to Chase and Daisy, walking while holding on to one finger, rubbing his face onto blankets, ice cream, running while pushing his Lion Walker, pushing anything that moves as a walker

Bennett's Dislikes: Being on an airplane

Not So Sure About: Still won't sit still for pictures

Weight: TBD
Length: TBD
Clothing Size: 12 Months
Diaper Size: Size 4
Eating Habits: Breakfast is still the same- 5 mini pancakes, 2 turkey sausage links and a banana (or any other fruit) most mornings, he grazes more for lunch and dinner.  He absolutely LOVES pizza, and he will eat any snack we give him.  Lately, he's into Mommy's Fruit Smoothies in the morning
Sleep: He sleeps from 8:30-8:30 most nights
Accomplishments: Says"uck" for every truck that he sees (also includes cars and SUVs at this point), knows where his nose and tongue are

Bennett took his first plane ride on a trip to Aruba for a vacation.  Other than the plane (hard to keep a one year old content for over five hours) he had a great time!! Here are some pictures from the trip!

 

Eleven Months

Bennett's Likes: Food for sure, Daddy's baseball games, Bananas, Walks in his stroller, Sand at the beach, The Waves (liked those too much), Books, His Camelbak water bottle, Loveys with silk edges, Music, Water Table, Mimicking People's Laughs

Bennett's Dislikes: When other people eat or drink in front of him

Not So Sure About: Strangers, when to be scared like other people are, Crawling in shorts

Weight: We measured 25 pounds
Length: Will measure when we get a chance
Clothing Size: We made the switch to mostly 12 month clothing now
Diaper Size: Size 3
Eating Habits: He has a bottle in the morning and night but eats meals and snacks throughout the day. He LOVES breakfast, it is his favorite
Sleep: Still sleeps around 8:30-8/9 depending on the morning
Accomplishments: Made an elephant sound and lifted his arm like a trunk, says "mo" for more, clicks his tongue to mimic others, walking with his walker, recognizing people and getting excited when they come, points at what he wants, blows kisses the entire way now, gives open mouth kisses, first beach trip

Here is a highlight video of his first beach trip!

Ten Months

 

Bennett's Likes: His play table, the sit-to-stand walker, giving kisses, "so big," walks in the stroller, going to Daddy's baseball games, feeding himself finger foods, looking out the living room window, ceiling fans again

Bennett's Dislikes: Not being able to climb the stairs, running out of food

Not So Sure About: Dogs- Likes some, not others 

Weight: We measured back up to 22 pounds, he lost some when he was sick
Length: --  inches
Clothing Size: Still in 6-9 month clothes, we will make the switch to 9-12 over the weekend, and 12 month sleepers
Diaper Size: Size 3
Eating Habits: He is a foodie.  He has a 5 ounce bottle in the morning, yogurt and/or a banana for breakfast, lunch is a fruit, bottle sometime before lunch or after a nap, dinner is a veggie and meat and anything cut up that we give him.  He finishes the day off with a 7 ounce bottle still
Sleep: He sleeps from around 9 pm to 8 am most days, but lately he must be in a growth spurt because today he took a 5 hour nap and the other morning he slept until 10 am
Accomplishments: We are up to five teeth (two on the bottom and three on the top), gives kisses (open mouth), does "so big," eating big people food, standing along the couch and moving from one part to another, waves bye bye, and is starting to make the motion to blow kisses

Nine Months

Bennett's Likes: His Tula, crawling after Chase, bananas, moving from toy to toy, walking, bathtime, foam letters that go in the bath (those like to make an appearance at any time of day), bath books, Mommy reading books before bed- current favorites are Pajama Time, Goodnight Moon and Five Little Monkeys

Bennett's Dislikes: The word "no" ;-), not being able to move as quickly as he wants, laying on his back

Not So Sure About: The vacuum

Weight: 22 pounds 8 ounces
Length: 30 inches
Clothing Size: 6-9 month clothes, and just ordered 12 month sleepers (still the same as last month)
Diaper Size: Officially in 3's
Eating Habits: He certainly loves his food! He's been getting 3 five ounce bottles, yogurt for breakfast, a fruit for lunch, a veggie and oatmeal for dinner and big bottle (7 ounces) before bed.  He loves Puffs, yogurt melts and crunchies.  He also has tried a few foods cut up in very small pieces, Turkey on Easter was a big hit!
Sleep: He sleeps from around 9-9:30 pm to 8 am
Accomplishments: Third tooth has been pushing through (he now has 2 on the bottom and this one is on the top), waves bye bye, has mastered the army crawl and now real crawling, stands at his toys that are tall, plays peek-a-boo himself, walks while holding hands

Seven Months

 

Bennett's Likes: Giggle box, pat-pat-ing things, chewing on anything and everything, still loves I'm a Little Teapot, making babbling noises with his mouth, fake coughing, his exersaucer, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, rolling all over the place

Bennett's Dislikes: The time it takes to switch between food, oatmeal, and bottle.  He also doesn't like the speed at which we can get the spoon refilled and back to his mouth... little chunk-a-monk :-), when we go out of eyesight and he thinks he's alone

Not So Sure About: This whole teeth thing ;-)

Weight: Will update after our appointment the week of 2/22
Length: Will update after our appointment the week of 2/22
Clothing Size: 6-9 month clothes, and 9 month sleepers
Diaper Size: Still in 2s
Eating Habits: Bennett is still eating 5 ounces during the day, 7 ounces at night. He's also eating food now!  He's tried peas, green beans, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, peaches and the new one now is pears
Sleep: Sleeping from around 9-9:30 pm to 7 am
Accomplishments: Got his first tooth!!!, Babbling "Mamama" and "Dadada," is through all of the veggies and just started his last fruit, rolls all around his changing table and the floor if we let him, getting up on his hands and knees (crawling will come anytime now I bet!!)