19 Months Old

At 19 Months Lukas:
- is 22 lbs 8 oz
- is 33 3/4 inches (these stats are technically from his 18 month well-visit, but that appointment was 2 days before his 19 month birthday)
- has discovered he can stand and walk on his tip toes
- has these new words to add: bath (ba - signs also), pumpkin pie (pumpi pie), giraffe (raffe), tv, "oh no", alright, okay, tiger (iger), book, school (cool), Lamby (yamby - this is his security blanket)
- knows several Sesame Street characters and if he sees them anywhere will loudly tell you until you acknowledge him
- is starting to play with his friends (the follow around and do the same thing style of play)
- has a best friend, Kaleb W.
- can figure out how to do things on your technology that you didn't even know it could do
- thinks bathtime is the best part of the day
- is beginning to pick out letters - He doesn't yet know what they are, but he sees them and wants to talk about them. It's always unfortunate when he does this in the parking lot or the street.
- has started to pretend play - He does it the most with a phone or a comb. He will make anything into a phone or a comb. Recently he has also started to pretend to be a lion. He will walk around the house roaring.
- can put his shirt on by himself once it's over his head
- is really getting into singing songs (especially ones with motions) - His current favorites are Itsy, Bitsy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, If You're Happy and You Know It, Twinkle Twinkle.
- is getting really good at following commands - We can send him running back and forth between us by simply saying "go see _____"
- does throw fits when he doesn't get his way - these are so dramatic and usually only occur if Mommy or Daddy are watching, so we just ignore them and he usually settles down pretty quickly.
- loves his Mommy and Daddy more and more everyday!

Asthma update: We went to a pediatric pulmonologist last Wednesday (11-19). He changed some of Lukas medications to hopefully give him medicines that lasted longer during the day. Lukas is now on Advair (inhaler not nebulizer capsules!) instead of Pulmicort. He also now has an Albuterol inhaler, so we have a more portable system for his rescue medicine. We are thrilled to be off the breathing machine. Lukas has been doing breathing treatments for about a year (since he was about 6 months old). Now that he's used to the spacer (the thing the inhaler plugs into for kids) he likes it a lot better too. We have still been needing one albuterol treatment a day (usually at night), but we are hopeful that once the Advair gets completely in his system we will no longer need the Albuterol on a regular basis.

It's much easier to capture him in video these days. Enjoy!