Brennan-20 months

Age: 20 months

Brennan's favorite thing to say now is "WhatisTHAT?" He says it about a million times a day, while pointing his finger. Sometimes he's pointing at nothing, other times he really is curious what something is. He gets so excited when birds are sitting on the roof line right outside his window. When I go into his room in the morning, I can almost guarantee the first thing out of his mouth will be, "whatisTHAT?" That is usually said before I even pick him up out of his crib.
We've been experiencing a lot of stubbornness with Brennan. He never listens to us and if we have to tell him "no" or take something away from him, he has a 5 second meltdown where he will fall to the ground and drop his forehead to the floor. Some people have told me that the most trying time with their kids was between the age of 15-20 months, so let's hope that we'll have our sweet Brennan back soon.
Brennan's favorite toy is still balls. He says "ball!" anytime he sees a circle, or something round. He loves to throw a ball for Xander to fetch (which Xander actually fetches for him about 1% of the time.) He's finally tall enough to dunk his basketballs into the hoop his uncle Adam bought for him.
Brennan is starting to come out of his shell at his weekly gymnastics class. He lets the instructor help him slide into the foam pit and hang on the bars. In the past, Brennan would freeze with shyness if the instructor so much as looked at him! Brennan has been intrigued by a tunnel there for weeks, but has just become brave enough to crawl through it. So brave, that he doesn't want to come out of the other end, and he thinks it's hilarious to hide in it.

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Brennan-19 months

This month was rough for Brennan and me. We both got sick with terrible head colds. This is only the second time Brennan has ever been sick, so it was so hard for us to see him so miserable. His sickness brought a lot of irritability. Everything we did made Brennan mad and resulted in a ton of temper tantrums. Luckily, he is feeling much better now, and is back to his sweet self!

This month Brennan learned to say the word "no" and shake his head. I've always dreaded when this day would come, but the way he says it. isn't so bad! He is so innocent and sweet when he says it, not aggressive at all. Anything you ask him in a question form results in him saying very gently "nah" and him shaking his head. It's so hard not to laugh at him. One day I asked him if he had a good nap, and of course he said, "nah" with a huge smile. Another time I asked him if he knew that I loved him sooooo much. Again, his response was "nah" with a shake of his head. We're trying to teach him that "yes" is an acceptable answer to questions as well.

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