Today Ben is 2 and 1/2 and I REALLY need to stop calling him "baby" Ben. Liam has at least taken to calling him Benny.
At 2.5, Ben is about 36 inches tall and weighs about 27-28 pounds. That means in the last year he has grown 5 inches and gained 5 pounds, which is really a HUGE growth rate at this age. He is tiny no longer and is catching up to his peers. His height is around 50th percentile and his weight is around 30th percentile.
Over the last year, he has clearly lost his "baby" look and now resembles a toddler. This was him at 18 months:
Even so, he still seems so much younger and smaller than Liam did at 2.5 years old (Liam was 32 pounds and 38 inches so he is smaller, but Ben also just seems younger than Liam at that age).
Liam at 2.5 years old:
And thinking back to when Ben was 6 months.....well, I have blocked most of it out, but this seems a lifetime ago:
Really, the only think I recognize there is the giraffe which still rarely leaves Ben's hands.
At 2.5 years old, you:
LOVE your giraffe
think Mommy can solve all problems
cry for Liam anytime we drop him off at school or therapy
climb everything--onto counters and tables, onto window sills, out of your crib, onto changing table
hide your face if I tell you that you are being naughty
prefer showers to bubble baths
still spit out food or gag on it
walk on your toes about 85% of the time, even while running and jumping on the trampoline
recognize lower and upper case letters
can count to 20
this WEEK said your name for the very first time!!!!!!!!! :-)
jump with two feet off the ground
walk a balance beam
go up and down stairs without holding a railing
climb into your carseat
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Happy half birthday to no-longer-baby Ben!!!
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