Raising Dillon

Dillon is all grown up. Already 17 months old and really making a change on our lives as we grow with him. Walking and learning so many things now.

He really only did start walking about a month ago. I was really getting worried for a second. But he finally got it down and can’t stop. He still is really unbalanced though when he tries to walk really fast.

His eating habits are incredible. He is trying to learn to eat with a spoon or fork. He does still get it everywhere especially with his rice.

He is beginning to learn words and parts of his body. We are trying to teach him that. He makes the most of his day by playing with mommy and when I get home from work, he plays with me to.

He likes watching Jake and the Neverland Pirates, especially the songs. He can’t get enough. We have brought him up to like Disney and everything about it.

Dillon is 1 day from 15 months old.

He has grown so much and changed so much in the last 3 months since I have made a post and I am sorry for not updating his site for everyone to see.

His 1st birthday was so much fun. We had a Disney theme and it was so much fun.

He had his first haircut and already needs a new one.

He still doesn’t like to wear shoes.

He still isn’t walking and he walks on his knees.

He is so smart and learning to speak, use a sippy cup, and do so many more things than I can remember. I hope to continue to post more and more. Until then…

Dillon is so big now. He just turned a year and still growing. He isn’t walking yet but he is growing so much. I can’t remember so many of the things he has learned since the last time I have made a post.

He still is standing and learning balance and making changes there. He has so many teeth now. He has 8 teeth.

We need to give him a haircut, but we only know that we want to trim his hair and not give him a big haircut. We like his hair to be long.

Dillon is already 11 months old on the 27th. How much has he really changed in the last few weeks. He has seemed to have sprouted so many teeth. He has 3 teeth on the top and 3 teeth on the bottom.

He really has been changing in his sleep patterns and I know he misses us every night he goes to sleep. I feel that we have to retrain him so much but his schedule always seems to be changing and we have to get a control on it.

I am still trying to run with him this January in a half marathon. He still is getting used to the stroller. He is turning 1 soon and I know that he is going to be so fun. He is still getting the walking down. I know that he probably will be almost walking by the time he is 1. I don’t know if he will be fully walking on his own. We will see. Every baby is different in their growth. He is a big boy though. He is already wearing 12- 18 months clothes. It all depends on which things to buy him because he is so big. I know that he also has big feet. His shoes are so big also.

I know next month we get to feed him whole milk. It is getting easy to take care of him. But he does need more attention because he does get into things. His uncle already showed him how to climb the stairs.

He is already trying to eat with his hands on his own and that is fun to watch.

Dillon what a little boy. 10 months old now and starting to show some character among many things.

He is still making so many changes lately. He has started to learn to pick himself up to stand and learn how to sit down from there. Before he didn’t know how to do it.

I ran with him today for 6 miles. He was really good today. I am so glad that he was able to get by. I think that he can only do it if there is somebody in front of him.

I don’t know how long it will take him to learn to walk. He is still growing though. He went to the doctor for his appointment and did really well. His is in a good growth percentage. I am glad that he is doing well. Our doctor tells us that he is on the right track and that we are doing things really well with him.

I have been slacking with the picture and many things. I know it has been busy but I have been busy also.

Dillon has changed so much in the last two weeks. He is starting to teethe again. He crawls like a madman sometimes and now his new thing is to pull himself to stand up. I think it is really fun to play with him. He does have his moments when he gets cranky. But I think it is because another tooth is coming out though.

His mommy didn’t show me his new trick today. He learned how to kiss and she said that she was teaching him for the last two weeks and I finally saw him do it. I am glad that I can see these things though. His firsts are very important for me to see. I like that I can see it.

Another thing that he has learned is when he is on his butt on the floor he can spin in clockwise circles and it looks funny because he claps at the same time when he does it.

Dillon is getting big. We put on some clothes on him that fit 2T already. It has made it hard to buy clothes because he doesn’t wear clothes for too long. I just hope the outfit we bought for him on his 1 year birthday will fit him.

We started putting shoes on his feet. I think we need him to get used to wearing them so that when he starts walking that he won’t feel weird wearing them.

He is getting stronger and stronger every week. He has made some significant changes in how he tries to stand up. He tried to pull himself up and get on his feet. It is really funny to watch. I know that he will be walking in no time.

His one tooth is really a sight to see now when he smiles. I wonder what its going to look like when he gets another tooth.

Mommy showed me that Dillon has learned to clap when you clap.  It was so cute to watch because it was the firs time that I saw him do it.

He has begun make some changes that I don’t like to see. He seems to know when to complain and wine a little bit. I know it is going to be tough to get through watching him do it but we know we have to teach him not to do that.

It also is a fun time to feed him. He is starting to show his food to us and sometimes I think he spits it out, but he doesn’t most of the time. It does fall out when he opens his mouth though.

Dillon is already 9 months old. Wow, what a change over this past month. He has continued to make our lives more fun and make significant changes in his life. His crawling has been really good. He started crawling about 3 weeks ago and hasn’t stopped. He is started to try to stand up on his own. He does this weird yoga pose where he is on his hands and knees and doesn’t know where to go from there.

We were able to go to Disneworld this past week and it was fun. It was hot and we didn’t put Dillon through all the heat that the rest of us did. But he is still getting stronger and is able to get through tough weather as well as through a long flight over to Orlando.

His feedings have been really good because he is able to eat more of our food and not only milk and baby food. We still do give him baby food and milk but we are starting to add more regular food like rice and meat and vegetables.

It is so much different to watch him now, because he gets into everything. He is so curious with things and he is always wanting to touch and pull and taste everything. I know that he is only doing what he is supposed to do but I think that we are doing well to keep him out of what he doesn’t need to get into.

He does sleep better now and we put him to sleep around 7ish. His one tooth is already out and I think that one more tooth is coming soon. He does wake up around 5 though and will stay up for a little bit before he goes and takes a nap.

His legs are getting stronger because he likes to stand up but with our assistance. He will do some jumping and step side to side if he wants to.

His personality is starting to show more and he will copy some of the things that you do with him. He does stick his tongue at you and smile and laugh at some of the things that he thinks is really funny.

Dillon is already 8 months old. I can’t believe it already. He is already 4 months away from his 1st birthday. Many new things have happened in the last two weeks that I have posted anything about him.

One thing that is very fun to watch is that he is able to get from his stomach to sitting up. It happened so quickly. He is in the in between stage of crawling and sitting up. He will sit up and then try to crawl but I guess he is still figuring out what needs to be done.

He does love to stand up with some assistance though. I can hold his hands up and he is able to stand on his feet but unbalanced. He keeps me entertained though.

He has started to babble a lot. It seems like he is making conversation but still no words. It sounds like words like papa and mama but definitely is trying.