Bentley at 16 months

Bentley loves to stack things.   I was pretty impressed that he stacked 6 v8 cans at once before it fell over 

Poor little boy dressed up like a girl

Cute sleeping kid at the cabin.  He would fall asleep on the 4 wheeler every single time.  And then he would stay asleep for a while 

I love to just watch bentley outside playing. He is so funny 

These 2 are so cute together (when they are not fighting).  They both love to look at books    Bentley loves to do whatever Brynlee is doing 

Bentley is now 16 months and has quite the vocabulary.   But he will only talk when he wants to.   He refuses to say "more" or "drink" most of the time so he just grunts and we guess what he wants.   It works out pretty well for him so I guess he doesn't have much desire to change.

Here are some of the words he says

Naughty

Barney

Mimi (Brynlee)

Momma/ grandma (sounds the same)

Daddy/ducky/doggie (sounds the same)

Ball

Kitty 

Jax (cousin Jaxon)

Hi

Bye

Bath

Baby

Nana (banana)

Bee

Bubble/ Apple (sounds the same)

Wawa (water)

Zelda

Eat

Moon

George (curious George) 

Turtle

Boo

Boat

Blankie

Bonanza

His first "sentence" was "I did it"- which he says whenever he throws something down the stairs (all the time) or climbs in his high chair.

His next "sentence" was "read it", which he said while throwing a book at me

Bentley also says "bye bye love you" while blowing kisses.   So cute! 

He loves to look at books, but really only the ones he wants at the time.   He will pick a book and carry it around with him for a few hours and want me to constantly look at it with him.   But if I pull out one of brynlees books he will not sit and look at it for even 1 second. 

Bentley weighs 20 pounds (barely) and is still in the 4th percentile  

He wears 6-12 month shorts and lately I have had to actually open the button sometimes to pull them up.   Some of his shirts are 6-12months and others are 12 months.   

He wears size 3 diapers

We have started him on an appetite stimulant to get his weight up and also an acid reducer for acid reflux.   It is not fun trying to get him to take nasty medicine 3 times a day, but he actually takes them pretty good most of the time. 

We have been giving him food with milk and he seems to do fine without causing diarrhea.   We did give him milk to drink and that didn't go so well, but that is fine with me.  I don't care if he drinks soy milk as long as I don't have to stress about every little food he eats having milk in it 

He is finally sleeping better.   He goes to bed between 9 and 10 pm (depending on naps) and wakes up between 8 and 830 am most of the time.   We give him a bottle and sing to him, then lay him down in the crib.  He cries every single time but only for a few seconds

Naps are not always the best- especially when it is me trying to get him to sleep and I have to work that night( meaning I need a nap too).  Sometimes I go 24 hours without sleep by the time I get home in the morning if bentley won't nap the day before.  

Bentley is sure cute and fun to have around.   We sure laugh a lot and love him to death 😄