Current things Nicholas does:
- Plays very well independently
- Likes to play with water
- Likes to play with trains
- Was able to piece together train track and make his own very early on
- Very good at sorting colors and shapes
- Very good at sorting shapes from smallest to largest
- sings along and responds to Blue’s Clues
- shrugs his shoulders
- just started shaking his head “no”
- helps get himself dressed
- puts mommy’s shoes on and grabs per purse to go outside
- loves playdough
- rides tricycle
- rides motorized car/plane
- likes to play daddy’s drums
- likes to push his toy lawn mower
- likes to build towers
- climber!
- very early at climbing up/down stairs on his own
- blows bubbles
- can tighten and loosen bolts
- can use screwdriver
- very mechanical like his dad
- recently spent half the day going down slides in a waterpark right into a pool and could not get enough
- plays alongside other children, not with
- can climb the big kid’s rock wall in a few seconds flat
- climbs on big kids playground like it’s nothing
- good sleeper
- spitting out food

Things he used to do:
- clenched jaw body shaking thing
- when he was a baby, he used to have to carry aroun 3 things. one in each hand and one in his mouth
- last summer, he was independent in swimming pool. He put a noodle under each arm and swam around pool by himself
- used to drink water/juice – just to spit it out and play with it
- used to stick his hand in his diaper and wipe poop all over the back of his bedroom door

Things he NEVER did
- walked on toes
- lined toys up
- took to a pacifier
- flapped like a bird
- spun tires

Difficult Behaviors
- Restaurants are torture
- taking him anywhere is torture, really
- he wants to do what he wants to do when he wants to do it and if you don’t follow, tantrums occur, screaming, limp body, whole routine
- does not want to sit still in shopping cart for more than 5-10 minutes, tops
- screaming
- responds to name only when he wants to
- we could not take him somewhere and not have to
a) hold him constantly
b) strap him into a harness in his stroller
c) fight with him the whole time to keep him from running off and getting into trouble

Additional info
- cannot give him milk (severe constipation and stomach aches)
- tried every milk alternative – he would not drink it
- still give him toddler formula at bedtime
- switched to soy at 2 weeks, 2 days old
- language started coming out 1 week after introduction of fish oil
- concerned about his speech development from his 15-18mo appointments
- currently experiencing separation anxiety
- gets upset when babysitter comes – he does not want to let mom go to her office to work
- last 2 sessions with therapist, he has done nothing but fight her the entire time, screaming, crying, tantrums
- seems to be dropping the first part of word with some words, like picking up K for notebook and “um” for come

Milestones
- held head up from birth
- first smile at 7 weeks
- blowing bubbles at 10 weeks
- blowing raspberries at 11 weeks
- started babbling at 13 weeks
- started teething at 15 weeks
- rolled from back to front at 23 weeks
- stands with help at 22 weeks although we though he could have sooner
- drank from sippy cup at 25 weeks
- held sippy at 27 weeks
- pushing up at 28 weeks
- said “dada” at 29 weeks
- recognized name at 30 weeks
- sat alone – 30 weeks
- stands alone – 40 weeks
- first step by himself – 49 weeks
- walks 4 steps by himself – 51 weeks
- walking by himself – 1 year

Words he uses correctly
- Mom
- Dad
- No
- I dont know
- I did it
- ball
- door
- elephant
- pour
- pool
- in
- on
- open
- boat
- dog
- eat
- drink (sign only)
- up
- bubbles
- blow bubbles
- purple
- blue
- apple
- bananna

Words we’ve heard
- Grandma
- more
- Come
- Happy Birthday
- I’m just a baby