20 month old Liam

Liam was 20 months old on Christmas Eve. Last week, we went to our favorite doctor for a check-up. Liam is looking great. We are not worried about his gross or fine motor skills at all. He climbs on everything, tries to jump and attempts to use utensils when he eats. He still isn't saying a lot. I guess he doesn't have to with 3 brothers and a mother who can interpret his grunts and relay what he wants. Here's a list of words I know he has said...

cheese
fish
dinosaur
donut
bubbles
please (which sounds like he's saying "cheese", just more drawn out)
(for the word "yes" he makes a laughing sound)
(for the word "no" he kind of grunts and shakes his head)

So it's not quite the 10-15 words that our doctor would like him to say. But she did remember that Marcus didn't say a whole lot either. And, he really didn't start talking more until he went to preschool. I don't even know if Liam is interested is saying more words. I try to get him to say some, but he just ignores me-and I know he can hear everything I'm saying since he can follow commands that I give him. He hasn't even said "mama" yet. So we are not going to be to concerned, but will try our best to help him learn some more words.

Liam's height and weight are great. He is 33 3/4 inches tall and weighs 30.8 pounds. They had him stand on the "big kid" scale and he stood still long enough to capture the weight. As far as keeping up with the rest of the boys in growth, he is right there in the middle-ish of the pack. At this age, Marcus was 34 1/4 inches and 30 pounds 12 oz, Cale was 35 1/2 inches and 31 pounds 2 oz and Ewan was 33.5 inches and 28 pounds 3 oz.