So it’s been awhile since I wrote an update, so let’s see what has happened.

Ian now has a couple new teeth. The teeth on either side of his bottom two popped through over the last week and they are obviously there now. I caught him tearing into some cheese at lunch today, so he’s getting adapting to them really well.

He has also figured out that “naptime” is not a word he is fond of. Over the last couple of months, we’ve really been pushing the one nap, even if others are not helping us with that, since he naturally adjusted his sleep schedule. Now that he’s sleeping completely through the night, he hasn’t needed the morning and afternoon naps and is now taking one nap in the afternoon. It’s been really nice since he changed since he sleeps for 2-3 hours at once instead of two naps that equal that. It gives me more of a chance to do things that need to be doing (or simple to just relax). While the new schedule isn’t all that new (he’s been doing this for about 2-3 months now), he still has his days where he wants a nap early in the morning. Usually, as long as I distract him with something, he gets past the need pretty easily. He’s now at the point where he gets through the morning in a happy mood until he realize that it’s naptime. I can say “it’s naptime…naptime” and he looks at me and says “no”.

That’s another new development. Ian has picked up the word NO. He likes to say it all the time and in response to anything. We can ask him if he’s okay, if he’s hungry, or anything and he’ll respond with NO. It’s kind of amusing actually. That’s pretty much the only word he’s saying right now, but he understands a lot. We can say it’s lunch time, dinner, breakfast, pretty much anything relating to sitting down and eating and he’ll understand us. He’ll run into the kitchen and go straight to his chair. He has also learned to communicate by showing us what he wants. He’ll hold onto our fingers/hands and drag us to whatever it is he wants. It’s not the greatest communication eeforts, but it’s better than having to guess. He knows if he takes us to the refrigerator, than we’ll figure out he’s hungry; if he takes out to the door, than we know he wants to go outside; he’ll bring us the Wii wheel if he wants to play Mario Kart (although he prefers to watch us); and he’s even figured out that if he takes us to the TV or hands us the remote, we’ll know he wants to watch TV. Granted, that’s not going to work for long since the house won’t have cable and the TV will be in the basement. Even though he isn’t really talking yet, we’re not worried. I’ve been asking around and it’s kid is different, but the one thing I’ve found is that when they are ready to talk, you won’t be able to shut them up.

I can’t really think what else has been going on. There have been a bunch of things, but this is what I can think about for now.