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MMCI (Monday Morning Check-In)
LO is so amazing right now, and we can literally watch him develop by the minute.
Over the weekend, he learned how to grab things, and we started a game. He has a stacking toy that has all kinds of different rings. We started holding each ring out to him and he grabs them and kind of manipulates them to make them fall onto his arms like bracelets. He went from not being able to do anything with the ring to being able to get all 5 onto his arms. The look of determination and concentration on his face is so amazing.
Then we put him on his playmat. He has always liked looking and kicking, but hasn't really reached for any of the toys. Last night, in about 5 minutes, he went from looking, to batting, to connecting with one of the hanging toys, to actually hitting the spinning part on it! I swear his head got bigger as I watched.
He has also started to like tummy time and is really good at it. He still gets fussy after a few minutes, but instead of face planting, he kicks and moves.
Of course, all of this new learning is making his sleep awful. We tried a one-arm swaddle on Saturday night and he woke up every 2 hours (he's been waking up every 2 hours since early last week, though). So we reswaddled last night and only had 2 wakeups, at 3 and 5, so I'm a little better rested.
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Re: MMCI (Monday Morning Check-In)
I mentioned this last week, but he says "mama" now! It's so sweet.
He came down with an ear infection on Thursday and a cold on Saturday, so he's out of sorts right now. Poor kiddo.
I am loving DD's age (minus the tantrums), we have so much fun, we talk about everything, she understands absolutely everything, she also hears and sees every little thing; everything has to be exactly right (are others' kids this age the same?). The door has to be closed, the items have to go in their exact spot, I have to sit in this chair and DH in that. She is so independent, she grabs the stepping stool, puts it where she wants and climbs up to get whatever she wants! She loves the fridge (can't open that herself yet, thankfully), she loves to help - laundry, dishes, etc. She loves to feed the dogs (goes to laundry room where the food is, opens the door, and does everything herself; even gives them treats). She's almost fully PT (except for sleep), she's been PTed for poops for well over 1.5yrs but now she's doing so well with peeing too, we've been doing big girl underwear all day long.
DS is everywhere! He is a full-on walker and is into everything. He cries if he can't see me and I literally cannot even pee in peace. He is also a little terror (are all boys this way??), he loves to destroy stuff, he has no patience to sit and listen to book,he'd rather eat it or throw it. He throws every.t.h.i.n.g. which really wears on my patience! He punches, pinches, kicks (especially lovely when he nurses on one side and kicks the other), scratches, bites, hits, you name it! I can't believe he'll be 1 in less than a month but I'm also ready to be DONE with BFing (I am so so proud of myself for going formula-free!) and the newborn stage.
I finally went from 3 to 2 pumps a day and am hoping to go to 1 soon. I am so looking FWD to cow's milk!
Hope everyone is doing well. We are looking FWD to a fun and full summer.
I cut T's baby mullet last night. It was way overdue, and I just used the crappy scissors I keep in her room to open diaper packages so it looks all shaggy. But I still like it better :P (I cut her bangs a few weeks ago at the dining room table while she was drinking her milk - same shaggy but better-than-before scenario.) I need to get some decent hair cutting scissors if I'm going to keep this up!
I'm having so much fun with her now that she can talk, and she gets so excited when she can tell me what she wants and I understand.
T knows the words for her colors, but doesn't give the right name to the right colors yet. (She'll hold up a piece of chalk and shout GREEN!, but it will be blue or pink or yellow.) DH was convinced she knew her colors because she knows the color words so well, and was shocked yesterday when he finally realized that she was getting them all wrong. I really need him to check out development charts to see that she's ahead of the curve with some of this stuff and that he shouldn't expect too much too soon.
One of these days I'll manage to update my sig pic - she looks so much different now!
Haha! C does the same thing! Everything is "geen" or "boo".
C had a little bout of sickness last week (bronchiolitis, according to x-rays), but bounced back quickly. He is learning words like crazy and we really, really have to watch what we say now. So far, he has repeated the S and F bombs. Whoops.
He looooves being outside. Is obsessed with "owsiiii?". His DCP has a big backyard with a ton of playground equipment and they basically spent the entire day out there when the weather is nice. He is so content when he comes home on those days. When we go to the park, we have to pack distracting toys and treats in order to convince him to get back in the stroller to go home.
We also switched his car seats to forward facing (I know, I know. But he was outgrowing the rear-facing height limit in one of them and we couldn't justify buying yet another car seat for an extra 3 months use.) and now he adores car rides. He wants to go in the car to see PaPa (Grandpa) all the time.
I love that BabySaint and BabyWalton are so close in age, they are developing at a very similar pace!
C is also starting to grab at things, and he now understands that he can actually put his pacifier in his mouth (if it's close to his face)!!! He also realizes that his fingers/thumbs are just as soothing to him as his pacifier, so if the paci is out of reach, he just finds his hand.
This weekend he had the daycare sickness - just general congestion, sneezing, etc. and on Saturday night he slept 12 hours!! I slept 9 of those, and it felt amazing!
On Sunday, I was playing Peekaboo with him, hiding my face behind a cloth and then pulling it awa quickly and he was actually laughing! Hilarious. He's babbling a bunch too. I recorded his babbling on my phone and when I played it back, it freaked him out and he started crying! We Skyped with MIL last night, and she could hardly get a word in because C was babbling at her.
Our kids are all about the same age and developing similarly, it seems! Leah loves colors (purple is her current favorite). She can correctly identify colors about half the time.
She also loves "owsii" and will stare out the window. Her new obsession is bubbles (don't try to take the bottle of bubbles from her once she gets her hands on it!).
Also, she apparently learned how to sing happy birthday, so all weekend was spent singing happy birthday to various people (mostly teachers and family members, including my parents dog). It's very cute, because we'll start to sing, then she'll announce the name who we should ultimately sing to. I can almost see the wheels turning because sometimes she'll change her mind midstream (usually from PopPop to Mickey, the dog).
Also, I think we are going to switch to the new pre-school (reference posting below). I just have a better feeling about it. I'll have to get over my guilt of switching her from a place she loves!
Baby Handy is standing up at the coffee table, pulling out our drawers to stand, and will crawl over and use my leg to stand himself up. It's adorable and nerve-racking at the same time.
He just started learning the "emm" sound so is saying "mamama" in a addition to "dadadada" he sometimes says it so I think he is saying it to us. One time he said "dada" right after I had handed him over to DH.
He's getting into everything, no newspaper, magazine, purse is safe from him. He gets very annoyed if he doesn't get what he wants. He is still nursing, and is learning to just crawl over and just tug at my shirt if he wants a boob.
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Thanks for posting this. I always love reading everyone's updates.
The LOs are finally STTN with some consistency. I feel like a new woman now that I'm catching up on sleep. Even DH has noticed my change in demeanor. Knock on wood it continues.
In addition to that, the LOs are doing great. DD is this.close to crawling, and given her personality, I know she'll be into everything once she starts. The only problem is that she's so into crawling, she hasn't learned to balance while sitting unassisted. She's strong enough to do it, but only wants to be on all fours practicing or rolling around the livign room to get to her next activity or toy. DS, on the other hand, is great at sitting but is just now able to get on all fours yet for crawling. But, he's a big boy compared to DD, so I think he'll take a while longer to learn to crawl. Both babies are just so darned cute right now and do the funniest things everyday.
It's so nice reading everyone's updates. Glad to hear that everyone seems to be having fun with their LOs.
DD has become so much fun the past few months now that she can talk and communicate more and more. She also loves singing. I saw her on the video monitor the other morning sitting up and "rowing" in her crib while singing row row row your boat. It just melts my heart.
The past few weeks have been bitter sweet and somewhat emotional because I keep thinking about how our family is going to change from 3 to 4 very soon. DD has been my #1 girl for the past two years and I just keep thinking about all of the changes that are coming her way. I know it will be fine but I just don't want her to feel like she's on the backburner. Fortunately, DH's parents live down the street and she's going to still get plenty of love and attention.
I also can't believe I'm going to have a newborn soon. During the past few months, we've been so focused on moving, selling our old house, home projects, etc. that I feel like I haven't really had a lot of time to think about the fact that we're having another baby. I keep asking myself if I even remember what to do and how to care for a newborn. So, I may be coming back to the board with new mom questions :-)
Absolutely! DD is so particular. For instance, if I give her cereal in the morning, she won't start eating it until I fold the box tops back down. Or, if her closet door is open in her room, she wants to shut it. If I have a napkin at the table and she has one, she wants daddy to have one too. It's funny how much they have a need to find order in things. Part of this may be genetic though since I'm sort of like that. It's just funny seeing it come out in her personality.
DS is 19 months and we've definitely hit the "language explosion" state. It seems like he picks up a word or two every day. This weekend it was "go" - Lord help us when he learns to say "outside." Like MPD's kiddo above, the more DS is outside playing, the happier he is. My parents were amused and impressed on our recent vacation that DS would go to where we stored his stroller, pull it a few feet to the front door, and sit in it until we took him out. He knows his own mind, and I love hearing about it!
In another post I mentioned that we're transitioning daycares in a few weeks. We loved his current provider, but her preference is under 2s, and our choice for the next stage had an open spot, so we're going for it. Giving notice sucked, and it will be a transition for all of us, but hopefully a good one!
Updates are so much fun! Thank you Mssaint. DS is getting bigger and cuter every day. He loves playing peek-a-boo and thinks his sister is the funniest thing in the world. It's so cute seeing them play together. He's been actively grabbing and playing with toys for about a month now and it has really made me up my game in making sure none of DDs toys are near him (and making sure DD doesn't bring smaller toys over...) He can pass things from hand to hand and he loves playing with his feet. At his 4 month appointment on Friday, the Pediatrician said he has torticollis, so I need to start him in physical therapy. I wish he would sleep longer. He still nurses 2-3 times a night. The pediatrician said he should be down to one feeding, but he doesn't agree. He falls back asleep quickly, so I am not up for long - but oh I wish I could sleep more than 3 hours uninterrupted. DD was sleeping 10 hours at this age.
DD is just so much fun. She remembers everything and is such a delight to talk to, play with and watch develop. Her personality is so sweet. And I said it before, but it's amazing to see how much she loves her little brother. We had a scary moment with her this weekend. While we were camping, a friends dog bit her on the face. The big injury was that one of the teeth completely pierced through to her gum the skin between her lip and nose. We decided not to take her to the hospital - it probably could have used a stitch or two but it was ambiguous from my point of view. I know some of the other moms on the trip probably would have gone, but after talking to my brother and his wife (both doctors) on the phone- they told me that unless I was able to see a plastic surgeon, the stitch would leave the same scar and I was relatively certain the local hospital wouldn't have one on call on a Sat night. I called the pediatrician this morning and we are going to see them this afternoon, but I think we made the right decision. We saw more dogs after the weekend and DD wasn't afraid of them so that's a big plus. I am so grateful that the injuries were not more severe. She was really lucky. I had nightmares the last two nights about it.
Ditto the colors ("aw-nange" for orange and "geen" for green) and I'm only about 20% sure he knows which is which. He's also been copying our potty mouths lately so we're trying to clean it up. Kind of.
He is getting so *active* lately. He loves to run, jump, and spin. I will pimp out this little video I took of him on Saturday - he loves to "run around" and making us do it with him. He loves it when we sing, too, but is very particular about which songs we sing so we have to go through a list - do you want to hear Itsy Bitsy Spider? No! Do you want to hear Old MacDonald? No! Do you want to hear Wheels on the Bus? Yes!
He's getting really good at feeding himself - thanks to all the advice on switching from a highchair to just letting him stand at the table by himself. It's a little messier but much easier and he loves it.
He has recently started hitting more - mostly when we're changing him. The annoying part is that he laughs when we say no, ugh. But I don't quite feel it's timeout-worthy, yet. He doesn't do it repeatedly or maliciously, he obviously just wants a reaction. We'll see.
He's not much of a cuddler, either - is that a boy thing or a 20 month-old thing or just a J thing? I miss cuddling! Now he only does it when we're reading :-(
TTC #2: BFP 12/17/11, m/c 1/7/12 and D&C 1/12/12
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That's so scary! I'm glad your DD was OK, and not scared of other dogs - I know dog bites can lead to a lifelong fear (understandably).
TTC #2: BFP 12/17/11, m/c 1/7/12 and D&C 1/12/12
baby blog/cooking blog
Ack! That is so scary. I would've freaked out big time. I'm glad she's doing well.
You all make me feel better! DD is funny about how things have to be just right. If I come in the house and do not put my shoes in the front hall closet, she will pick them up and reprimand me with, 'Mommy! Shoes!!!!!' and then put them in the closet. Every meal requires two forks and two spoons and she has to pick them out of the drawer. And, she loves to line up her cars, pretend food, etc... DH is totally OCD about cleaning and order so I guess I am not surprised. Plus, she loves to wipe down and clean her kitchen
I love updates too!!!
DS is almost 17 months old...holy cow, where did the time go? He was a late walker at 15 months but went from walking to running in the course of a weekend, he is off and going. He is so fun, and talks all the time, I don't know how much someone besides us understand but its a start. He has such a personality. I have major baby fever and am hoping DH gets on board soon so we'll see:-) I can't wait to do things with him this summer outside where he will appreciate it more than last year!
V found his feet this weekend and seems on a path to rolling back to tummy. He very ocassionaly does tummy to back. He also has found his voice and loves to shriek and giggle. He has become a distracted nurser, pulling on and off, and that has led to a painfully clogged duct and blister for me. He is increasingly social and has started to cry out when we put him down. We still have the luxury of doing everything off his cues, so each day is different in terms of napping, eating, and nightime sleeping. This is great since LO comes to work with me and each day of the week is different and I need him to be flexible, but does sometimes lead to frustrated extended family who come to spend time with him and then he wants to take a 3 hour nap out of the blue. He's done a handful of nights with 5-6 hours of sleep in a row, but then he wakes up so hungry that he just screams and screams and I can't get him on fast enough, poor kiddo. We took him on his first vacation this weekend to Williamsburg. We had a great low-key time.
Our biggest issue as new parents remains with my recovery (or lackthereof) from pelvic separation that happened during pregnancy which means almost constant pain and many dr, PT, and chiro visits.
Jellisy- What a weekend! I am glad everything seems to be ok. I hope M does well with PT. A coworker & friend's son has torticollis and she is always happy to share her experience. Email me if you'd like her info.
More Green For Less Green
We are in a fabulous stage at our house, DS is SO much fun. After months of worrying about his language, I officially lost count of words at 43, he's learning them too fast! This weekend he enjoyed saying, "It's raining." Too cute! Like everybody else, he loves being outside. He also says and signs "please" and it is SO hard to say no when he does that. He is obsessed with phones, buses, cars, and taking things apart - my mom is convinced he's going to be an engineer. The only thing that still stinks is the early wake ups...but I've just decided to go with it and get him back when he's 14 or so...
It's funny, with him at this stage and age I suddenly understand how people can be "one and done." He is just so much fun and I love being able to give him my undivided attention. That being said, I'm an only child and know I want to have at least one more, so we're starting to TTC again...we'll see what happens!
Yikes, so glad your little one is OK! If it makes you feel better, i got bitten on my leg to the bone as a 4 year old (still have a very vivid memory of it - all adults were off helping a woman who had fainted and i wandered up to the chained dog, who promptly bit me) and i still adore dogs of all sizes - we had a dog at the time, so that probably helped, but it certainly did not scar me in the long run.
These updates are so cool - can't wait to join in! All i can tell you is my LO appears to be growing well and happily ;-) She made me laugh at the last OB appt because, every single time they tried to get a heart rate, she would kick up a fuss and go to the direct opposite side of the belly. The poor nurse looked at me and said, "you heard her heart, right?". I was trying so hard to muffle the laughter but it finally all burst out and i told her i was quite convinced there was someone alive and well in there and that i didn't need the number to convince me. But apart from that, love reading you guys' interactions with your LOs - makes me jealous ;-)