I've been meaning for a while to calculate what date Antony would have been outside me for as long as he'd been in - we just missed it, it was this past Sunday, May 20th. Happy 2X birthday, kiddo!
After relaying that info to my mom and sis, my sis said she had been wondering when my niece would be twice as old as Ant.
It took me WAY longer to figure out than it should have (my simple algebra is *pathetic*), but Sami will be twice as old as Ant on July 6th - he'll be 310 days old (which is how old she was when he was born - duh moment when I realized that woudl be an easy way to figure it out!), and she'll be 620.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Bad mommy, part deux
Yesterday I took Ant down to the park. First we walked to the construction site two houses down - it was relatively shady near our house, but when we got to the construction site it was quite sunny so I put his sunglasses on. He gave a little squawk, but seemed pretty okay with them. Then his hat, so his little fair head didn't get burned. After he seemed bored with that, we walked down to the park. Went the long way so we could watch the dogs first. When we got to the area where the dogs hang out, we stopped to look at them for a while. The place we stopped was shady, so I took the glasses off because they're a bit tight and leave a mark, so if not for the sun I prefer to have them off. I noticed when I looked at them that they were a bit dirty. Held them up to my eyes, and once again, the poor kid couldn't see ANYTHING. They were so filthy with sunscreen, everything was a blur. Argh!
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Ant diary: Eight months
Growth check: 18lbs 1oz, so he's definitely slowed down with the weight gain. That's up 1/2 lb over last month. I'm guessing around 29 inches now. We have put him in his convertible car seat now that the weather is nicer.
Talking: Since he started with his first consonants ("da", just before 7 months), Ant has added a whole bunch more. "Ga", "Ba", "La", "Wa" and "Ya" are all very common. Oh, and "Na" too. He's also started saying "mum-mum". Made me teary the first time. He doesn't say it that often, but it does come out every now and again, and just sounds so cute! He's said "ca" once or twice, and the first time was when we were going to the window to watch the passing cars. Coincidence? yeah, probably. He also says "Goo" (with the o's sounding like the o's in good) quite often when he's eating - perhaps trying to say good? Or perhaps not. There was also a time when he was nursing, and the combination of consonants and vowels he said sounded an awful lot like "did you get that?". It's fun to pretend!
Movement: Okay, so me thinking that Ant wouldn't crawl was a bunch of hooey. He's spending about 50%+ of his tummy time up on his hands and knees now. It's amazing how quickly it's happened - two weeks ago was when I found him on his hands and knees for the first time in his crib, now he's doing it as soon as he's on his tummy. He's also 'crawling' backwards - Mark called me at work last Monday to tell me that Ant had pushed himself backwards from the pillow plan into the kitchen, made a 90 degree turn, backed through the kitchen, made another 90 degree turn and then backed down the hallway! Also lots of rocking back and forth on his ha nds and knees now, so I think it's only a matter of days before he figures out how to move that way. And doing this funny thing where he straightens out his legs, so he's doing a "downward dog" from yoga. Much more stable standing, and can balance himself with something to hold onto like the music table or coffee table. Not stable enough that we can leave him, but we can take our hands off for a good couple of minutes before he starts to fall over. Mark also had him standing on his own for a few seconds. And he's getting better and better at putting one foot in front of the other and "walking". He even "runs" sometimes, moving his little feet very quickly - it can be hard to keep up!
Mental: He looks for things that he drops now, especially when he drops something sitting in the high chair. We think he knows that "Donald Duck" is the picture we have at the bottom of the stairs, because if we're in that vicinity and say "Where's Donald Duck", he'll immediately turn his head to look at the picture.
Toys and games: Baths are great. Ant really seems to enjoy going outside now, especially the swings down at the playground. Feeling leaves and twigs is another favorite. We haven't really added any new toys, and he seems to be getting somewhat bored with what we do have. He does love riding on Mom or Dad's shoulders, that always seems to make him smile and laugh.
Teeth: The fifth tooth, on the bottom, came through as a total surprise! We were expecting the next teeth to be the ones on the top, so I wasn't even looking at the bottom. Got home from work on a Friday, and mom pointed out that it was all the way through already! The sixth and seventh teeth, the expected two on the top came through about a week after that. The eighth tooth, the fourth on the bottom came through just yesterday. I was talking to Jill about it, Alex got his eighth tooth at 9 months and then started on the molars at 9.5 months (and is getting his two-year molars at 15 months), so I think we have those in our near future. Ugh.
Hands: He's started using the pincer grip with his right hand to pick up banana puffies and other food. Not all the time, but he definitely can. Not with his left hand though... a rightie? He also likes to hold onto things with both hands and then rocking them from side to side to see what that does to what he's holding.
Feeding: The major new thing we added this month was yoghurt, which Ant really seems to like. We usually give him an ounce once or twice a day, and he slurps it all down. We've tried guava and papayas, and those went over very well. We've got a good routine with solids three times a day - just the last few days I've gone back from 4 nursing sessions to 3. Still not sure if that's going to be okay or not, he's seemed to need to nurse more in the evening. He's doing incredibly well with the sippy cup. He took to it almost immediately after we started trying him with it, but initially needed help with tipping it up to get the liquid out. Now, though, he's totally down with the tipping thing. Very cool.
Sleeping: He's still waking up in the early am, but it's back to 5-6 now, for the most part, rather than 3-4. Which is good. Going down for the night at around 7pm most nights. Wakes up crying a couple of times, but soothes himself back to sleep for the most part. A definite 3 nap pattern has been established during the day, although it seems like he's already perhaps going from 3 down to 2 naps. He seems to be able to stay up quite a bit longer than the 2-2.5 hours he had been going. He's easy to put down, although in the last couple of days he's started crying any time we go into his room, he knows the nap is coming and doesn't seem to be too happy about it!
Talking: Since he started with his first consonants ("da", just before 7 months), Ant has added a whole bunch more. "Ga", "Ba", "La", "Wa" and "Ya" are all very common. Oh, and "Na" too. He's also started saying "mum-mum". Made me teary the first time. He doesn't say it that often, but it does come out every now and again, and just sounds so cute! He's said "ca" once or twice, and the first time was when we were going to the window to watch the passing cars. Coincidence? yeah, probably. He also says "Goo" (with the o's sounding like the o's in good) quite often when he's eating - perhaps trying to say good? Or perhaps not. There was also a time when he was nursing, and the combination of consonants and vowels he said sounded an awful lot like "did you get that?". It's fun to pretend!
Movement: Okay, so me thinking that Ant wouldn't crawl was a bunch of hooey. He's spending about 50%+ of his tummy time up on his hands and knees now. It's amazing how quickly it's happened - two weeks ago was when I found him on his hands and knees for the first time in his crib, now he's doing it as soon as he's on his tummy. He's also 'crawling' backwards - Mark called me at work last Monday to tell me that Ant had pushed himself backwards from the pillow plan into the kitchen, made a 90 degree turn, backed through the kitchen, made another 90 degree turn and then backed down the hallway! Also lots of rocking back and forth on his ha nds and knees now, so I think it's only a matter of days before he figures out how to move that way. And doing this funny thing where he straightens out his legs, so he's doing a "downward dog" from yoga. Much more stable standing, and can balance himself with something to hold onto like the music table or coffee table. Not stable enough that we can leave him, but we can take our hands off for a good couple of minutes before he starts to fall over. Mark also had him standing on his own for a few seconds. And he's getting better and better at putting one foot in front of the other and "walking". He even "runs" sometimes, moving his little feet very quickly - it can be hard to keep up!
Mental: He looks for things that he drops now, especially when he drops something sitting in the high chair. We think he knows that "Donald Duck" is the picture we have at the bottom of the stairs, because if we're in that vicinity and say "Where's Donald Duck", he'll immediately turn his head to look at the picture.
Toys and games: Baths are great. Ant really seems to enjoy going outside now, especially the swings down at the playground. Feeling leaves and twigs is another favorite. We haven't really added any new toys, and he seems to be getting somewhat bored with what we do have. He does love riding on Mom or Dad's shoulders, that always seems to make him smile and laugh.
Teeth: The fifth tooth, on the bottom, came through as a total surprise! We were expecting the next teeth to be the ones on the top, so I wasn't even looking at the bottom. Got home from work on a Friday, and mom pointed out that it was all the way through already! The sixth and seventh teeth, the expected two on the top came through about a week after that. The eighth tooth, the fourth on the bottom came through just yesterday. I was talking to Jill about it, Alex got his eighth tooth at 9 months and then started on the molars at 9.5 months (and is getting his two-year molars at 15 months), so I think we have those in our near future. Ugh.
Hands: He's started using the pincer grip with his right hand to pick up banana puffies and other food. Not all the time, but he definitely can. Not with his left hand though... a rightie? He also likes to hold onto things with both hands and then rocking them from side to side to see what that does to what he's holding.
Feeding: The major new thing we added this month was yoghurt, which Ant really seems to like. We usually give him an ounce once or twice a day, and he slurps it all down. We've tried guava and papayas, and those went over very well. We've got a good routine with solids three times a day - just the last few days I've gone back from 4 nursing sessions to 3. Still not sure if that's going to be okay or not, he's seemed to need to nurse more in the evening. He's doing incredibly well with the sippy cup. He took to it almost immediately after we started trying him with it, but initially needed help with tipping it up to get the liquid out. Now, though, he's totally down with the tipping thing. Very cool.
Sleeping: He's still waking up in the early am, but it's back to 5-6 now, for the most part, rather than 3-4. Which is good. Going down for the night at around 7pm most nights. Wakes up crying a couple of times, but soothes himself back to sleep for the most part. A definite 3 nap pattern has been established during the day, although it seems like he's already perhaps going from 3 down to 2 naps. He seems to be able to stay up quite a bit longer than the 2-2.5 hours he had been going. He's easy to put down, although in the last couple of days he's started crying any time we go into his room, he knows the nap is coming and doesn't seem to be too happy about it!
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