Height: 32"
Weight: 28lbs
Places Traveled / Events Attended: As usual, our 'on the go' lifestyle has kept us extremely occupied over the last few months. From Tyler's last milestone update, we've celebrated Christmas, the New Year and Valentine's Day. These holidays included our travels to Sebring and Lake Wales. We've also celebrated many, many birthdays with friends and family. We attended our first ever Mud Bog, which was eventful, to say the least. The best part of the last few months was finding out on Tyler's 16 month birthday, that he would be a Big Brother this coming August. What an exciting few months it's been!!!
Accomplishments: This list is endless, as I'm sure it will be for the rest of his life. Every day brings something new, even if it's something just as simple as walking up to the dish towel hanging in the kitchen and wiping his face. At this age, he is a sponge and will mimic everything. He's watching even when you don't think he is.
Tyler is becoming more and more of a little helper these days. Clean up time is popular with me and to make it a little more interesting, we sing a song: "
Clean up, clean up, everybody, everywhere. Clean up, clean up, everybody do your share." We sing this repetitively until all the toys are back in the toy box. The same goes for shower time, all toys have to be picked up and put away before he can get out. Along the same lines of being helpful, he will also go sit in his chair when I tell him it's time to put his shoes on to go bye-bye.
Tyler's eating habits are still very good, but I have noticed him becoming more and more picky about the foods that he will eat. Some things that he used to eat no problem, are rejected now. Aside from that, the only thing that has changed is that he can now take bites on his own, meaning I don't have to cut everything in tiny bite-size pieces any longer. He will eat a whole banana, and things of that nature, bite by bite, until gone. Daddy still gets a bit nervous and is always at bay waiting to dig something out of his throat. These new 'big boy' eating habits must be courtesy of the complete set of first molars that he cut when he was 16 months.
Lastly, and most surprisingly, Tyler is binky-free. It's been almost 3 weeks now since his last twirl of the binky in his mouth. I thought it would be a lot harder than it was, but he let it go and never looked back. For the most part, he only used it for sleep time anyway, so it wasn't too much of a withdrawal. The first few nights that I took it away, when I put him in bed, he would point to the little basket on his dresser that holds them all, but I just ignored him and closed his door. Much to my surprise, he didn't even fuss. I've been told that the 24 month mark was a good time to give this up, but I figured I would try it now and see how it went. And, it went well!
New Babbles: A lot of just babbles still, but I'm sure in his mind, it's a very good story that he is telling. We always tell him to just spit it out, because it seems like it's always something so important that he is trying to say. If he doesn't know the word for it, usually the finger pointing to whatever it is does the trick. Among his new words, his favorite is "more". Everything is now "more".
New Discoveries: Aside from his love for sour foods, there are really no new discoveries to mention. He's just growing and maturing and learning every day that goes by.
Mommy has made a discovery of her own when it comes to Tyler, and that is, that he needs a haircut at least once a month!!!! Holy cow, does this boy have some healthy hair!!! 
