Dane is 15 months

My sweet baby Dane is 15 months and now a big brother! He has been growing and learning and expressing him self so much in the last 3 months it is incredible. He is still just a baby but he all of a sudden seems so grown up to me.

His stats are:

34" tall 95%
26 lbs 75%
He has 12 teeth and is cutting his 4 eye teeth

He is talking A LOT now. Lots of words are pretty clear like:
Hot
No (ugh, I was hoping he wouldn't figure that word out for just a little longer)
Nice shot
Good throw
Pees (for Please)
What's that
This
Watch (he says this a lot now when he is going to do something)
Watch this
eyes
ears
shoes
socks
Ta Tu "Thank you"
Amen
Tra (for Truck)
Buss

He knows and will tell you what the following animals say:
Snake "sssss"
Dog "woof, woof". This is also his new word for dog
Cow started off as "mooo" but then changed to "dooooo"
Monkey "Ah,ah"
Pig "unk, unk"
Lion "raaaaa"
Cat "mawww"

Here is a video of some Dane doing some of the animal sounds. I just forgot to ask him to do the pig:-)

 

Will find the following body parts:
Eyes- he likes to show us Michael's eyes. Which just means he is always poking him in the eyes
Ears
Teethe
Nose
Feet

He will wave hi and bye, give a "high five", give "knuckles", and shake hands on command. 

We have some pictures hanging in the dining room and he knows which one is the Temple, Family, and basketball.

 

He will fold his arms for prayer time and sometimes will fold them before we eat without being asked. However we now need to work on staying quiet during the prayer;-)

Dane is a very sensitive boy. When other people cry he cries (including Michael). I also think he is kind of shy with other people about expressing him self. When he is with someone else and we aren't there I think he doesn't let on if he is scared or tired or upset. He just goes with the flow.

He is also very careful. And by that I mean when he is climbing or stepping over things he is slow and cautious and after he does it he is very proud of himself. We love how he will say "Watch this, watch this, watch this" when he is doing something he thinks is cool.

Dane isn't shy and will go up to new people and say hi and do a high five or Knuckles. However, sometimes he gets nervous around loud things. Like when we go to DT Disney he is obviously nervous around the street performers. He will twiddle his fingers and want to be right by either Aaron or me. Sometimes he will even cry. He is more of a watch from a distance kind of guy.

 

He is a climber now. Nothing is safe. However, I am excited that he has figured out how to go down the stairs on his own now.

Ooooh, the hitting and throwing. It's a phase. At least that is what all the websites say and I keep telling my self. When he is upset and not getting his way or when he is tired he hits. More like flails his arms in frustration but sometimes it is a definite hit.  We are working with him with this but it will take time. So sorry in advance but we are trying. Any advice on this?

He is also exploring with screaming. He has a good one! So how do you teach a 15 month old to have a soft voice?

The biggest change of course is Dane becoming a big brother. Michael was born just a few days after Dane turned 15 months old and he couldn't ask for a better bigger brother. Dane saw Michael for the first time in the hospital and we had no idea what to expect. It was kind of a magical moment when Dane saw Michael and came right up to him gave him a kiss, rubbed his head, and said "Hi Doodee". Since Dane is so young there wasn't really anything that we did to prepare him for a baby. If he was given a baby doll to hold he would throw it across the room. But with Mikey, it was like he recognized him and knew just what to do. It has been the same ever since.I am sooooo excited to see this relationship grow and develop. I often pray that they will be the best of friends. I know there is a reason God wanted them born so close together.