Walking (unaided)!

This weekend Charlie finally started to walk. He was the last one in his baby group to do it. Over the space of two days he's improved from just a short shuffle to a really long stagger. He's already so confident that he has been kicking footballs too and carrying heavy objects around. As he takes each step, he chants to himself "Walk, walk, walk....,".

[Video footage to follow soon]

Likes & Dislikes at 15 months

Likes:

• Food: Marmite, Shreddies, Shepherds pie & Dipping sauces

• Drink: Tea, juice & more tea

• Hobbies: Flying kites, slides & swings & aeroplane spotting

• Sports: Cycling, swimming & football

• TV & Film: Tikkabilla & Elmo

• Music: Radio 3, Reggae & TERT

• Toys: Sheep puppet & train

• Miscellaneous: Touching the ceiling

Dislikes:

• Food: Green beans & strawberries

• Drink: Appletise

• Hobbies: Jigsaws

• Sports: Motor racing

• TV & Film: The Hoobs

• Toys: Panda (love/hate?)

• Music: Radio 1

• Miscellaneous: Hoover

Chit Chat

Charlie now talks all the time. If other people are talking he just makes a loud screech until he can get a word in. He understands loads of things and imitates many words that we say. Sometimes he says words that we don't know he'd learnt. Such as today, in a furniture shop he suddenly pointed and said "bed".

Here is a list of the most of the words he's said reccently:

Dad-dad (for Grandad), Yiaya (Greek for Grandmother), Bunny, (Fl)ower, (Sh)ower, Bee, Boingy, (Fr)og, DVD, (Cl)ock, (C)at, (S)poon, (Re)mote, Eye, Bath, Birdy, Door, Wall, Look, Milk, Hat, (F)eet, (B)ox, Choo-choo, (D)inner, Bubble, Juice, Bike, Boat & (Ba)nana.

The bits in brackets he doesn't pronounce. Sometimes, in the middle of the night, he'll wake up to practice his vocabulary, much to our amusement at 2a.m.! Another thing he does is to tell the story of his busy day using only the list above.

Catch up

Hmm. It's been a while since I gave any updates.

First I'll start with Charlie's latest stats. He's now 15 months old, still 26 lb, 77cm tall and now has lighter brown hair. He has 8 (and a quarter) teeth which all caused a lot of fuss.

He sleeps pretty well at night although for some reason he likes to get up between 5-5.30am which is very tiring.

Last month he had back-to-back ear infections which was a tough time but he has now been well for a few weeks.

Euro 2008 competition

For Nick's Euro 2008 competition click here to go to www.tert.co.uk/footy.htm

Make sure you add it to your favourites!

Walking (Aided)

To go one better than just crawling, Charlie has quickly started to get up and about. He now can walk around with the aid of a support like this "Stride & Ride" which his Uncle Buster bought for Christmas. He can also climb the stairs with ease and lives up to his "Indiana Chasbo" nickname. His favourite word at the moment is "Hoover", although he pronounces it more like "Rooooooooooba".

He has just cut his 5th tooth and he eats anything/everything in sight, including garlic bread, tomato slices, bananas, chili con carne and enjoys a nice cup of tea in the morning. He doesn't like Appletise.

One year old

I can't believe how much has happened in the last year! Charlie seems to have grown up from a tiny little burping baby in to a remarkable little boy. He fits in to our little family perfectly with his cheeky sense of humour, large appetite, love of music & football and a loud booming voice.