Growth check: 20lb 10 oz. Up a whole pound from last month!
Talking: Ant likes to say something like 'hogahdah hogahdah' - although it's hard to copy! He sometimes says dada in a context where he seems like he means Mark but other times just says it randomly, so not sure if we can count that just yet. Yesterday at the Rinaldi's Ant seemed to say Mama referring to me, then apparently after I left this morning he was crying and said it a couple of times. So I think even if we can't count Dada and Mama as real words just yet, they'll be for real soon. He's doing a lot of rolling his R's. Other than that not much new from last month.
Movement: Walking! Ant took his first steps, walking between Mark and me, on 7/7. We were out on the deck, and just decided to give it a shot and see what would happen, if we tried to encourage him to go from one of us to the other. Sure enough, he did, taking as many as five steps. Sometimes it was a headlong rush into our arms, others it was very controlled (giggling the whole time as if this was the best thing in the world - which it probably was). He stayed at about that rate of steps for the next two weeks. The second weekend after his first steps we were up in NH, and he did quite a bit of running from his new gear toy into our arms to get away from the gear noise. Up to eight steps between us. Then this past weekend down at Kate's house he just took off - lots of running room in their basement. I counted 20-30 steps at a time. Sunday at the Rinaldi's he barely crawled at all, just walking everywh ere. They had some guests over, who were very impressed with him - he stepped on one of the boys' feet, and just kept right on going, didn't lose his balance at all! In general his balance is very good, he often will seem as if he's going to fall over, but manages to hold onto something or just steady himself so that he doesn't have too bad an oops.
Mental: This has been a month of burgeoning communication! Ant started using signs himself - "more" and "milk". More started off just being asking for more food, which is the context we taught it to him in, but more recently he's been using it to ask for more of an activity (like going outside with Mom, reading a book with me), and just in general to ask for food. It was so exciting the first time he used it - I could ask him if he was "all done" with his meal, and he would respond with "more" if he wasn't. Being able to have two way communication without crying is fantastic. I was also impressed with his overall comprehension - I asked him to show me the sign for milk, and he did! He also points to go to things he wants. And turns lights on and off himself, as well as pushing the button to open/close the garage door.
Toys and games: Ant has gotten very good at putting lids back on to containers, as well as putting things inside other things (the stackable cups inside each other, coins into other containers, various things into boxes). He also likes putting his pacifiers into the ball popper. We're starting to teach him about the shape sorter, but he doesn't quite get it just yet. Mike and Jill gave him a gear toy for his birthday (early), he has had a lot of fun with that, both just pressing the button to turn it on and running away from the gear noise (although he's over that now), and taking the gears off and putting them back on again. He also enjoys pots and pans, and other things he can manipulate.
Random: Went swimming in a real pool for the first time. Seemed to enjoy the water, but perhaps could take it or leave it.
Teeth: *Still* nothing new. Three months since his last tooth came through. I can't imagine it will be much longer 'till the molars make an appearance.
Feeding: We switched the mid-morning feed over to formula as well, so now I'm only nursing 2x/day. It is SO nice not to have to pump anymore. Not missing lugging that thing around at all! New things we've added include mac-n-cheese (Annie's whole wheat organic - for a little healthier option), tilapia, salmon, the broccoli stuffed chicken breast I like to have for my lunch, bigger pieces of pear, and cheerios with milk (well, formula).
Sleeping: Not much change from last month, except Ant's wake-up time has gotten a bit later, usually he's waking up between 5:30-6, but happy in the crib for at least another half hour, so that's reasonable. He's generally going to sleep between 7-7:15 (although we've had two nights [both away] when he wouldn't go down until 9!). Taking two naps that vary from 40 min to 1hr 20 min on average, at around 9:30 and around 2pm.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Ant diary: Ten months
Growth check: 19lb 10 oz today. So putting on about 1/2 lb a month at the moment. Not much movement height-wise, I don't think.
Talking: We're starting to get combinations of consonants - la da la da is a favorite, as something like 'gocily gocily gocily' although I can't even make the sounds myself so writing them down is pretty tough! Twice yesterday Ant seemed to say "dada" in context, but it may have just been coincidence. The first was when I brought him in to see Mark in the bedroom after nursing - he shrieked "dada" with happiness when he saw Mark in the bed. The second was later in the afternoon when Mark was holding him, and I asked if he wanted to come to me - he clearly held on to Mark and said "dada" again. He's also making smacking noises with his lips, clicking his tongue, and blowing raspberries "bbbbbb".
Movement: Ant is now a proficient cruiser. He can pull himself up on anything from the coffee table to our legs to the side of the island with nothing to hold onto, just pressure! He also sits back down with ease (started 6/12), usually bending his legs nicely but occasionally going the "fall back onto my bum" route. He very easily goes around corner, and can step over or around things with no problem. He doesn't actually look to us to help him walk quite as much now that he can get back down and crawl around, but when he does want us he'll hold out his hand and then look around for us. Especially when he already has the first hand held. I found him standing in the crib for the first time on 6/10 which I was quite impressed by given that he's still sleeping in a sleepsack. He also seems to like pushing something around with his right hand while crawling, mostly books, although I've seen him do it with other objects. ; On a totally different front, he started waving 'bye-bye', clapping his hands, and shaking his head "no" all within the space of about three days.
Mental: It seems as if he's made a lot of new connections this month. He understands his physical limitations - when he was crusing a little while ago he wanted to go from the end table to the music table, but couldn't quite reach. So he immediately went via the big plastic container we have all his toys in. He opens and closes our mailbox, as well as cupboards and drawers, and with the cupboards he will look around the door to see what's inside. (And is very good at keeping his fingers out of the way when he closes them.) We spent quite a long time the other day opening and closing the curtains. We also played peekaboo with the curtain next to his high chair - he grabbed it of his own accord, and was hiding and unhiding himself. That was really fun, we were both laughing. I feel like he also understands a few signs (up and milk) although he doesn't make them himself yet. He also gets "no", and just in the last c ouple of days has started using it himself, actually meaning "no" when he shakes his head . Particularly when eating! He seems to understand the light switch, as he will look from the switch to the light when we're turning it on or off. He also really gets that buttons are supposed to do things now - he can go right over to the ball popper and turn it on, he's very good at pressing buttons on other toys too. Finally, just yesterday on his ten month birthday, he started pointing at things he wanted. While he was eating dinner over at the maguire's he was pointing and pointing at something, we finally figured out that it was Mike's red sox hat. This morning he was pointing up at the valence above the sliding glass door to the deck.
Toys and games: As I said, lots of button pressing going on. And he really loves playing peekaboo, both when we cover his face or when he covers it himself. He is *very* interested in what's inside all the cupboards, which isn't really a good thing because there are lots of things he just can't have. We've gotten a few new toys, but nothing seems to be a particular favorite, except perhaps the driving wheel. He really likes "I'm a little teapot", the tipping part in particular.
Teeth: Still nothing new.
Feeding: Afternoon nursing was switched to formula becuase it was just too iffy with me getting home from work. Plus he had been biting AND I was having trouble with pumping, so I was actually going to stop nursing completely. As soon as I made that decision the biting stopped and pumping got better, so I'm still nursing three times/day (wake up, 10-11 and bedtime). New additions to the repertoire this month include crumpets (made with white whole wheat flour), grown up oatmeal, lasagna, pasta bolognese, half banana slices, zucchini with rice, pieces of strawberries, apricot and pear. Did not like grapes.
Sleeping: We're still on a fairly regular schedule of bedtime at around 7, naps at 9am and 2pm. The wake up time severly regressed for most of this month to between 4:30 and 5am. Fortunately in the last few days it's moved back to the more reasonable hour of 5:45 or later. Whew.
Talking: We're starting to get combinations of consonants - la da la da is a favorite, as something like 'gocily gocily gocily' although I can't even make the sounds myself so writing them down is pretty tough! Twice yesterday Ant seemed to say "dada" in context, but it may have just been coincidence. The first was when I brought him in to see Mark in the bedroom after nursing - he shrieked "dada" with happiness when he saw Mark in the bed. The second was later in the afternoon when Mark was holding him, and I asked if he wanted to come to me - he clearly held on to Mark and said "dada" again. He's also making smacking noises with his lips, clicking his tongue, and blowing raspberries "bbbbbb".
Movement: Ant is now a proficient cruiser. He can pull himself up on anything from the coffee table to our legs to the side of the island with nothing to hold onto, just pressure! He also sits back down with ease (started 6/12), usually bending his legs nicely but occasionally going the "fall back onto my bum" route. He very easily goes around corner, and can step over or around things with no problem. He doesn't actually look to us to help him walk quite as much now that he can get back down and crawl around, but when he does want us he'll hold out his hand and then look around for us. Especially when he already has the first hand held. I found him standing in the crib for the first time on 6/10 which I was quite impressed by given that he's still sleeping in a sleepsack. He also seems to like pushing something around with his right hand while crawling, mostly books, although I've seen him do it with other objects. ; On a totally different front, he started waving 'bye-bye', clapping his hands, and shaking his head "no" all within the space of about three days.
Mental: It seems as if he's made a lot of new connections this month. He understands his physical limitations - when he was crusing a little while ago he wanted to go from the end table to the music table, but couldn't quite reach. So he immediately went via the big plastic container we have all his toys in. He opens and closes our mailbox, as well as cupboards and drawers, and with the cupboards he will look around the door to see what's inside. (And is very good at keeping his fingers out of the way when he closes them.) We spent quite a long time the other day opening and closing the curtains. We also played peekaboo with the curtain next to his high chair - he grabbed it of his own accord, and was hiding and unhiding himself. That was really fun, we were both laughing. I feel like he also understands a few signs (up and milk) although he doesn't make them himself yet. He also gets "no", and just in the last c ouple of days has started using it himself, actually meaning "no" when he shakes his head . Particularly when eating! He seems to understand the light switch, as he will look from the switch to the light when we're turning it on or off. He also really gets that buttons are supposed to do things now - he can go right over to the ball popper and turn it on, he's very good at pressing buttons on other toys too. Finally, just yesterday on his ten month birthday, he started pointing at things he wanted. While he was eating dinner over at the maguire's he was pointing and pointing at something, we finally figured out that it was Mike's red sox hat. This morning he was pointing up at the valence above the sliding glass door to the deck.
Toys and games: As I said, lots of button pressing going on. And he really loves playing peekaboo, both when we cover his face or when he covers it himself. He is *very* interested in what's inside all the cupboards, which isn't really a good thing because there are lots of things he just can't have. We've gotten a few new toys, but nothing seems to be a particular favorite, except perhaps the driving wheel. He really likes "I'm a little teapot", the tipping part in particular.
Teeth: Still nothing new.
Feeding: Afternoon nursing was switched to formula becuase it was just too iffy with me getting home from work. Plus he had been biting AND I was having trouble with pumping, so I was actually going to stop nursing completely. As soon as I made that decision the biting stopped and pumping got better, so I'm still nursing three times/day (wake up, 10-11 and bedtime). New additions to the repertoire this month include crumpets (made with white whole wheat flour), grown up oatmeal, lasagna, pasta bolognese, half banana slices, zucchini with rice, pieces of strawberries, apricot and pear. Did not like grapes.
Sleeping: We're still on a fairly regular schedule of bedtime at around 7, naps at 9am and 2pm. The wake up time severly regressed for most of this month to between 4:30 and 5am. Fortunately in the last few days it's moved back to the more reasonable hour of 5:45 or later. Whew.
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