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Harry - 16 months

Hey big boy, another month gone by.

So what is to tell this month? You have started to make more noises.... 'down' is a definite favourite. 'Ook!' when you want me to look at something. 'Okay' 'Buh Bye' 'Errow' (hello), and the old favourites of 'mumum, daddad and dindin'. All very cute indeed.

Of course the big news this month is the walking... you can do approximately 8 steps by yourself before bum splatting to the floor or grabbing onto something for assistance. You will push a walking toy around for hours but haven't quite got the confidence to run off by yourself yet. Still, progress has definitely been made and at least 3 months earlier than your big bro did it! You can tell him that when you're older and he's claiming to be more intelligent...'well I walked before you did!'.

You're absolutely into *everything* these days which means you need a very close eye kept on you at all times. Cupboards are a big favourite. I finally got Daddy to put locks on the bleach and knife cupboards so you settle for emptying saucepans and plastic onto the kitchen floor and clothes and books in the bedroom. I have to be absolutely scrupulous about keeping the bathroom doors shut at the moment as whenever you see an opportunity you are in there and I'm terrified you'll start playing with the loo or drown yourself. Or spray yourself with perfume (already done twice) or empty bottles of moisturizer over yourself (also done).

I think you're going to be a musical little chap. You love baby music classes still and you love to dance and jig to music. Yesterday morning I saw you dancing by the TV and assumed you were still watching the end of Teletubbies as I was loading the dishwasher. However, when I came into the room I discovered you had changed the channel and were watching a morning work-out aerobic show and were copying the women on there! Hilarious!

You are still very cuddly and come to me for 'loves' all the time. You're also quite content to sit on my knee and relax with a toy or book, giving cuddles and snuggling. This especially true of the last few weeks while you've been fighting off one cold or virus after another. There's been a few things going around and you have been unlucky, currently shaking off the end of a cough. Hopefully you'll be all cleared up for our trip to the UK in a couple of weeks.

I can't wait to see your little face when Santa has visited!

Love you Choochy Face

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