11. You have a HUGE potbelly! Just like an old man (and each one of our kids) you look like you are 10 months pregnant.
10. You like to rub your big belly. After bath time or sometimes when you are getting your diaper changed you rub your hand across your belly. It is usually when you are naked, but not always.
9. Your teeth are yellow. It is sad, but it is true that all of the antibiotics you were on and all of the TPN (IV food) you were on made your teeth stained yellow. This medicine and food kept you alive though, so even though your teeth look rotten, I'd rather have yellow teeth and a baby to hug and hold than the alternative.
8. You have yucky yellow toenails. The pediatrician said it is not fungus; it is not a deficiency; it is most likely the effects of TPN and your poor nutrition during your early stages. Similar to why your teeth are yellow.
7. You like to sleep. You still take two naps. Usually from 10-12:30 and then from 3-4:30.
6. You like to talk to yourself. We often find you playing in a corner at the play kitchen babbling to yourself. Or we will find you in the corner by the front door playing with the magnets and babbling to yourself. There is probably too much commotion around to do this babbling with all the other kids around so you just talk to yourself. You have started to have a babbling conversation with us though. If we ask you a question you may babble back an answer to us. It is very cute!
5. You like Oldies?...your babbling sounds just like the Hawaiian words, "Mele Kalikimaka" sung by Bing Crosby. It is so funny how much your babbling reminds us of that song! Apparently you've been listening to oldies!
4. You are forgetful. You learn a word or a skill and then forget it! Your first word "uh-oh" that you learned back about 4 months ago you have forgotten! You don't say it anymore. The same happened with climbing the stairs (although you have remembered how to do this again) and it happened with "all done" or "ahhh-EHHH" as you used to say, but now have forgotten.
3. You use a walker...well, not really anymore! You are walking about 75% of the time now! You're amazing! You still occasionally like to push a laundry basket or a popcorn tin around as you walk!
2. You are bald...BUT, if you look closely, you have been growing a lot of hair lately! After a fresh bath the fuzz on your head is so soft and fluffy! But most days, you just look bald! However, around the nape of your neck your hair is beginning to grow long! There are some hairs that are 2-3 inches long! This makes you look like a bald old man who only has a little bit of hair left! I think we may be giving you your first haircut sooner rather than later to deal with this issue!
And the #1 reason you remind us of an old man is........
You have learned to carefully adjust your glasses when they get cockeyed. It is THE MOST ADORABLE thing about you right now!!! Mommy and Daddy will actually make your glasses crooked in order to watch you adjust them. You do it so gently and cautiously! Did I mention how adorable this is!?!?!
