David's 14-month Milestones

Today little David is 14 months old!  He is growing so much, and is so big!
He's over 24 lbs, and wears size 5 diapers and 24 months clothes.  At his last doctor's visit, he is over 50 percentile for all boys for height and weight, and over 95 percentile for Down syndrome boys for height and weight.  YAY!  He hasn't been to play group in over 2 weeks because of being sick- and when he came back he was already taller.  He could stand and reach play with the water and water toys in the sensory table station!  He couldn't do this before.

Gross Motor Development:
-Holding on to him, he can take steps well.  He is very wobbly and all over the place still.   But he can physically lift his legs and put them down in front of him to move forward.
-On the floor:  He rolls too much.  I'm going to have to now be a more active paricipant on getting him to tolerate: being on his tummy more, going up on hands and knees, and pushing off with each foot against my hand to move forward.
So far a good practice place has been in the tub with 2 inches of water!  I will be right there to help him.  But the narrowness of the tub prevents him from rolling, and he loves to push off the sides to move.  I've even seen him try to climb out of the tub!  He doesn't do this "on land" so this is encouraging!  I just think he's super-motivated in the tub at that point to get out to something warmer!
-David can now push foward/"walk" on the walker (the kind with the seat)

Fine Motor Development:

-David can hold a spoon and feed himself, if I "load" the spoon with food.
-According to the physical therapist, David is playing with toys at an 8-month old baby.  He shakes and bangs simple toys together for the most part.  BUT sometimes he'll surprise me:
Toy piano- I will push a certain color to play a note, and he will go for the same color to copy me!
Ring stacker- I will show him how to put the large ring on first, and he will copy me!  But if I add to it and show him the next ring, instead of stacking it- he will take the large one off and bang the two rings together...
Drum- Yesterday the physical therapist had a toy drum and worked with David to bang the drum with up and down movements, instead of side swinging movements.  It took SEVERAL attempts, but he got it!  This is teaching me how long it takes him to learn something new.  I just need to be more creative and have a little more patience, but I'm sure David will be doing a lot more things with this new mindset!
-David is starting to wave now.  It is not consistant though.
-David does the sign for "daddy" and "milk"- but I just don't know think it's done with meaning.
-David says "da da" and "ma ma" but with a little more meaning than before.

David's Favorite Foods:
David is enjoying all sorts of foods now- even without teeth! Here are some foods we've been trying in addition to the foods mentioned in his 13-month milestone post:
-Egg omelette
-French toast
-McDonalds cheese burger- hold the pickles
-Pudding/Tapioca/Yogurt
-Grilled cheese sandwhich
-Peanut butter and jelly sandwhich
-Diced peaches, mandrain orange sections, diced pears
-Cooked yam slices
-French fries, sweet potato fries
-Soft cookie (just tiny "tastes")
(Most of the above I have to cut into tiny pieces and hand feed him- because he will not take a bite out of the bigger piece, or feed himself yet.)  I'm trying to be more adventerous and let David enjoy all types of foods- that are still basically soft-textured.  Any other ideas?
So that's about it for milestones, I'll add to the list if I think of anything I forgot.  I have some video I'd like to put on here as well of David doing these things.  I just need to find the mini firewire-type cord to do this. We recently moved, so it's a little tricky finding things these days...  More to come!  :-)