17 Months

Another month has flown by, and I can't believe it!! He is getting so independent and I am not ready to admit it yet really!! He is daring, a climber, quite the talker, and lets us know exactly what he wants!! As the weather gets chillier he is getting pretty good at putting on jackets, anything to get outside a little, so that is working out better than we had thought. He loves to go out of the house, even if it is to the store!!

This weekend we will decorating another pumpkin with finger paints and some Halloween stickers for the pumpkin festival in Sycamore. Then on Wedensday we will drop it off for the contest for other little ones his age!! It will interesting to see how finger paints go, more pictures to come for sure.

This week Brayden is becoming aware of when he poops and doesn't want anyone to watch him so he will go to another room of the house while he does it. He is also now waiting till we take off his diaper and then running away and squatting down to pee if we give him the chance. Maybe potty training won't be as bad as we thought. I was planning on letting daycare take the lead on potty training, but they are not prepared to do any potty training till his next room which isn't for a while. Oh well, maybe we will just play with the idea a little and get him ahead of the game. We will see, he seems kind of little still to me, and I am not ready for him to be too big!!!

I started putting him in 24 month outfits this week and they fit pretty good, a little big, but his 18 month outfits are getting too short in the shirts and pants so we have to do something. He is thinning out in his older age though, but he has a bigger upper body still, he is just going to be a BIG boy I think. Football here we come!!

At 17 months Brayden likes:

To go outside

Bubble Baths and Bubbles

Balls

Pizza and Chicken Nuggets

Cartoons

Stickers

His Blanket

To go up and down the stairs

To Dance

To Read Books

Play with other kids

Give Hugs

To be Independent

To Talk

At 17 months Brayden does not like:

Wearing Clothes

Diaper Changes

New Foods

Being Told "NO"

Bed Time

To be Held all the time or for too long

To give Kisses

To use a Plate for Meal Time