Nineteen

Cale has added some new moves: when you mention dancing, Cale will grin and carefully step around in a circle. So when Mickey Mouse says it's time for the Mouse-ka Dance at the end of a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode, Cale starts dancing if he wasn't already.

I gave Cale a haircut yesterday. In the front, because he wouldn't hold still, it's ... ah ... not my best work, but at least it's out of his eyes. In the back, because he would hold almost still while watching Karston or Daddy, I did a respectable job. At least he's got enough inherent cute to overcome a bad hair cut.

I think Cale is regressing on his vocabulary. He's learned that point and grunt is faster than adults trying to figure out what he's trying to say. He still babbles all the time, providing his own running commentary, voice-over narrative, and laugh track to his playing. But words? Pointing is faster.

The other regression recently has been sleeping. Cale used to sleep through the night, then he needed 5am cuddles, then 4am, then wide awake around 5am, and now he doesn't sleep well at all on his own. However, he's also been eating just about non-stop during his waking hours, sometimes eating more in a day than I do, so I think he's having another growth spurt. This cheers me up, because he goes back to his good sleeping habits after the growth spurt, so I should be allowed to sleep through the night again some time soon. I'm looking forward to that! I don't mind getting up at 5-something in the morning anymore, but I'm happier about it if I've slept.

Cale has started playing with Karston more. Early childhood play is more adjacent than together, but we've noticed that they play together now. More fun!

And all this just in the past month, between turning 18 months old and 19 months old.