Watch me run!

Dexter has well and truly found his feet, yay...

One! (and a quarter)

So, I decided that after Dexter turned 1 year old that I would reduce the blog entries to every 3 months seeing as development slows down considerably at this stage.... and then loads seemed to happen.

We were so excited recently when Dexter took his first steps completely unaided but unfortunately there is little more to report on that. He is not running around like a maniac just yet, but he keeps attempting it. Practice will eventually make perfect, but at the moment he still prefers to crawl.

However, there has been plenty of other things going on to compensate. In addition to the abundance of adorable chattering, Dexter can now say FIVE different things :) We've now got: mama, dada, all gone, hiya and yeah. He shakes and nods his head but I've not had that defiant NO! yet

Dexter started nursery one day a week in the new year and he seems to enjoy it. The staff are always telling us what a lovely, happy and well-behaved little boy he is which is so nice to hear. However, being in close proximity with other children has opened him up to getting illnesses. A few weeks ago, our little soldier had chicken pox and although he was poorly, he was very fortunate! He had only a few spots and seemed to recover from it very quickly.

But as if fighting off chicken pox wasn't enough for his body to cope with, in true Dexter style, more teeth started coming through in pairs! In addition to the 8 front teeth, Dexter now has 4 molars (one each side, top and bottom) and both his bottom canines... that's fourteen teeth!! Fourteen!! I'm sure kids his age shouldn't have that many?! But he is so brave and makes such little fuss about it that we don't even know he is teething until we see a whole tooth where there previously was just gum :)

Dexter is turning into such an adorable little person, with tons of affection for his mummy & daddy. He loves his cuddles but now he even gives kisses. He is such a loving son, we're so proud of him xx

Dexter @ 15 months