15 Months

On November 22nd, Hudson turned 15 months old. He weighs 22.2 pounds now. Hudson is following directions pretty well these days and is getting more independent. He has started to go down the slide at the park by himself and after he has been playing outside he gets that sweaty boy smell, which reminds me so much of my childhood and makes me happy. Hudson signs more and done. He says 17 words regularly: mama, dada, Nonna, uh oh, ball, yellow, red, more, bye bye, bubble, football, papa, nana (Beena), no, yeah, up and down. He has also said Ty Ty, apple, Jenn, thank you and grandma. Hudson says moo for cow and lalala when reading his book Moo, Baa, Lalala.  He spins in circles for ring around the rosey and falls down. He dances, bobs his head, does pelvic thrusts, clicks his mouth and claps his hands to the beat. He does up and down (crouches down and stands back up). He points to his eyes, mouth, hair, nose, ears, head, toes, peepee, etc. He points to or grabs his diaper when he goes poopoo. Hudson has 7 top teeth and 4 bottom teeth. He has a fang tooth coming in. On November 15th, we gave Hudson his first bottle of Elecare. He seemed to like it, which is good, but it made me a little sad. Towards the end of the month, Hudson has occasionally woken up overnight. A few times he was really upset, then wanted to play once we brought him to our bed. A few times, he came into our bed and cuddled with me for a bit before going back to sleep. We aren't sure if it is because of teething or if he is having nightmares. Hudson has been very cuddly lately. He especially loves cuddling his stuffed animals and Pooh is his favorite. Hudson moved up to Level 4 in Gymboree and is doing really well. He liked the parachute for the first time and followed directions.