David @ 16 Months

We’ve been able to visit lots of playgrounds recently, now that the weather has cooled off a bit, and David has a great time climbing  and playing on the slides. It’s so nice to get to the point where he can play a bit at McDonald’s and not have to be stuck in the high chair while Jack plays.

David is a rough and tumble boy, and rarely is his forehead clear of bruises. He loves to attack Jack and unfortunately, he’s started biting and sometimes gets big handfuls of Jack’s hair and has even made Jack cry several times. I kinda view this as payback for all the times Jack has randomly pushed David down, sat on his head or taken toys away, but I suppose we must train him to be a little less violent. He’s still doing quite a bit of screaming in the car, and we’re mentally preparing ourselves for the 20 hour drive to Ohio in a couple of weeks. Oh dear…

He’s become a bit of a pickier eater. We never really know what he’s going to want from day to day, whereas before, he would just eat whatever we put in front of him. He loves vegetables and will even eat things like salad, olives, salsa, broccoli, etc.   Recently, as we were eating out one evening, Mark uttered a sentence he never thought he’d be saying to a child of ours: “I’m sorry David, we don’t have anymore broccoli- you’ll just have to eat this hot dog if you’re still hungry.”