15 Months

Finnbar is 15 months! For some reason, every 3 month addition seems extra significant. I guess because that is when he goes into the pedi for his well checks (scheduled for next week).

So, here are some fun 15 month occurrences:

• Finn is trying like heck to figure out door knobs. It is only a matter of time before he can open the front door.
• I have read that you can tell handedness until around 2 years, but I have noticed a lot lately, that he will favor his right hand for tasks. He will begin with a ball or hammer in his left hand and then switch to his right to throw or bang them.
• Finn wants to be up on chairs all the time, but convincing him to sit on his bottom is a challenge.
• He loves to turn off lights. I have to pick him up, but then he will flip the switch like a pro.
• Finn loves to help his Dad build the fire in the wood stove by picking off kindling from logs or crumbling up paper and handing it to Sean. He is very insistent on it.
• Finn is giving big bear hugs that melt my heart these days. He will run up and wrap his arms around my neck and hug like crazy. He will often then pull away and give a big sloppy kiss. He hasn't figured out how to pucker, so it is very wet.
• He likes to honk our noses, and he sometimes tries to pick them.
• He can point out multiple body parts, but his faves are noses, ears, teeth and toes.
• Finn really doesn't want us to help him brush his teeth and will clamp his lips together, but strangely, he will actually let me floss his bottom teeth! When the dentist suggested we do it because they are so close together, I thought she was crazy, but lo and behold I tried it and he opens right up, lets me floss his bottom two teeth and we now do it every morning.
• He is very close to getting his 5th tooth (upper left lateral incisor) and I think the 6th might be close behind it.
  
• Finn LOVES his Dad and is often demanding to be picked up by Sean or launching himself from my arms into Sean's.
• Finn's favorite activity right now is reading. He will spend a good hour going and grabbing a book to read and bringing them too us. He then turns around and backs up to plop into our labs and read the book. He has favorites that we read thousands of times a day (seriously 1000s!). His favorite is We're Going on a Bear Hunt. He likes to point out the dog in every illustration.
• I love the reading development as it gives us lots of extra cuddle time. Lily is happy to be in the middle of it too.
  

• We have decided to introduce some whole cow's milk into Finn's diet. Originally, we were going to hold off, but in a month I am going to be away from Finn for 3 days (to go to Ohio, will update to that whole thing soon) and with no mama milk stashed away we decided it was time to get Finn used to a different milk source. He started out liking it, but then started spitting it out and then refused it completely. Then I discovered, he liked it if he could drink it from the cup without a straw. Then, he stopped liking it. So, then we decided to mix it with a little drinkable yogurt. He is hit or miss on this. Some days, he enjoys it, others he doesn't want it. We try at lunch every day. He does enjoy yogurt and he loves cheese, so even if he doesn't take to milk, it isn't a big deal. It also took awhile for him to like yogurt and cheese, so it could just take awhile to figure this out. Here is his first milk mustache: