Aiden at 19 months

Happy 19 months, Aiden!

This little milestone deserves a quick recap of his own milestones to date.

1. Busy chatter
He's stringing words together to form phrases and really enjoying saying 3 syllable words like:
- over there
- underneath
- puffer-fy (butterfly)
- in-kin-ter (indicator)
- where-zat (where is that?)
- put it there
- red/yellow/blue + ball/bag/case/cushion
- wah-sheen-sheen (washing machine)

2. Asserting his personality
He's been growing more vocal about his preferences.

It started out with food, and he'd tell us what he'd prefer (doesn't always get his way, clearly).
Then there were music preferences (when he started recognizing which CDs went with his favourite songs) and picking his favourite books.
Recently, he's been expressing his choice of t-shirts. (his lizard & za-za-za T shirts seem to be a constant hit).

3. Potty Training!
Aiden has been using the potty pretty regularly, which we're rather excited about (can't wait till the diapers go!)

We've been quite consistent with putting him on the potty first thing in the morning, just before his bath, and just before he goes to bed.
And anytime in between that, if we think he needs a diaper change, we'll prompt him to use the potty first, before changing him.

It helps too that when he does use the potty, Andy & I give him a cheer and a round of applause, which is followed by big smiles and claps from Aiden too.