Fayed at 16 Months

Fayed is now 16 months old! He seems so mature for his age; he always knows what is going on, and he continues to try hard to be a good little helper around the house. But when he’s not helping out, Fayed climbs on everything he can and tries to get into everything, so we have had to baby proof the house to the extreme. He enjoys scribbling on paper now (but only with pens). I've stopped keeping track of when his teeth are coming in; I think he's pretty much got a full mouth of them now. He's starting to enjoy eating food more now, which is a relief to us! He had another cold which lasted about a week and gave us a few sleepless nights, and he’s just getting over it now and starting to be himself. Fayed has also started to have meltdowns sometimes, set off by not being able to have something he wants (like the vacuum, or being able to sit in the driver’s seat of the car). They consist of him crying nonstop and not wanting to be held but not wanting to be set down and not being able to communicate to us what is making him upset – the longest of these lasted 30 minutes! I hope to avoid them as much as possible, but I’m told it only gets worse as they get older! It is a relief that the weather is finally beginning to warm up so we can take him outside and let him run around and play and maybe not get so frustrated! Fayed is a lot bigger and mobile this summer than last summer, and I’m sure he will enjoy going to the parks or zoos much more now. We’ve already taken him to the Children’s Museum in St. Paul a couple weeks ago and he had lots of fun there, and I’m sure we’ll be going back again soon since there's so much to do there. Fayed also looks different this month, because we shaved all of his hair off! It’s just now beginning to grow back to the point it shows up on the camera a little bit; I think he’s cute no matter what, but it was quite a change from his long soft brown hair. It also made me see how bad all the bumps he gets on his head really are. On a sad note, Fayed’s great-grandma Clara passed away this month after a long, hard battle with lung cancer. We’ll miss her very much.