Well, I guess we know what his first chore will be...
Originally uploaded by samiratou
Monday, May 17, 2010
More evidence of growing up
Well, I guess we know what his first chore will be...
Originally uploaded by samiratou
Giraffe!
First ride on a carousel. He wasn't a fan. Maybe we'll have better luck with a larger, less rickety one. But the little carnival at West St. Paul days wasn't quite cutting it.
18 months
Where, oh where, has the time gone? Nicolai is 18 months old now. He's tall. He's very mobile. He's into everything. He's talking now, finally. We didn't hear much clear verbal communication until a couple weeks ago, and it appears that's because Nicolai has decided to skip words and go straight to phrases. Most prominently: "I want..." I want that, I want down, I want up, I want bubbles, etc. We've also got "go buh-bye" when he wants to go outside and others we've yet to figure out. This makes interpretation quite a bit more difficult, as it turns out, but we are encouraged by the increase in communication. His favorite toys currently are balls and bubbles, and he'd live outside if he could. This wouldn't be so bad if he didn't still need constant supervision, but as it is running around after him and keeping him from killing himself is darn tiring.
He's pretty good at following directions, at least when it comes to throwing things away (except when he throws things away that don't belong in the trash, of course) and fetching things. He'll bring us something or throw something away and then clap for himself. It's very cute. We're working on how to get him to not start doing something we don't want him to do and then being proud of himself when he stops when we tell him to stop. Main example now is grabbing onto the curtain and walking away with it, threatening to pull the curtain down. He can play peekaboo behind the curtain, but can't pull on it, but he'll grab it, pull on it, wait for us to tell him to let go, and then he'll smile and clap for himself. *sigh*
He's still working on climbing, which is okay with us--I have no desire to go into the kitchen to fetch milk or something and come back to find him on top of the hutch.
He's pretty good at following directions, at least when it comes to throwing things away (except when he throws things away that don't belong in the trash, of course) and fetching things. He'll bring us something or throw something away and then clap for himself. It's very cute. We're working on how to get him to not start doing something we don't want him to do and then being proud of himself when he stops when we tell him to stop. Main example now is grabbing onto the curtain and walking away with it, threatening to pull the curtain down. He can play peekaboo behind the curtain, but can't pull on it, but he'll grab it, pull on it, wait for us to tell him to let go, and then he'll smile and clap for himself. *sigh*
He's still working on climbing, which is okay with us--I have no desire to go into the kitchen to fetch milk or something and come back to find him on top of the hutch.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Happy Belated Birthday, Nicolai!
So, I've been worse than usual about writing lately, but it has been an eventful few months.
To begin: Nicolai turned 1 on Nov. 14, 2009. I didn't write about it at the time as things were rather hectic. He came down with pneumonia and an ear infection a couple weeks before his birthday and was a pretty sick kid for awhile. Then he broke out in pretty bad hives (he tends to get rashy when he gets particularly sick, but this was by far the worse reaction we'd seen. Possibly due to antibiotics. Possibly just due to everything. Probably not an actual allergy.), so his birthday started off with a doctor visit. He was mostly okay until it got to late afternoon and he needed a nap and the hives started itching. He did have fun opening presents, though, and a good time was had by all. He was kind of done by the time we got to the cake, and isn't really a food-smearing type of kid, anyway, so there's no obligatory child-covered-in-chocolate pictures, but he has enjoyed all of his presents.
To begin: Nicolai turned 1 on Nov. 14, 2009. I didn't write about it at the time as things were rather hectic. He came down with pneumonia and an ear infection a couple weeks before his birthday and was a pretty sick kid for awhile. Then he broke out in pretty bad hives (he tends to get rashy when he gets particularly sick, but this was by far the worse reaction we'd seen. Possibly due to antibiotics. Possibly just due to everything. Probably not an actual allergy.), so his birthday started off with a doctor visit. He was mostly okay until it got to late afternoon and he needed a nap and the hives started itching. He did have fun opening presents, though, and a good time was had by all. He was kind of done by the time we got to the cake, and isn't really a food-smearing type of kid, anyway, so there's no obligatory child-covered-in-chocolate pictures, but he has enjoyed all of his presents.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I'm a giraffe
Halloween cuteness!
And for the requisite bit of doom on Halloween, he doesn't really need the stump to stay standing. He can push himself up to standing and stay that way all on his own for a bit. Next step: steps! Doom!
And for the requisite bit of doom on Halloween, he doesn't really need the stump to stay standing. He can push himself up to standing and stay that way all on his own for a bit. Next step: steps! Doom!
Friday, October 09, 2009
Nope, not going to smile
He's learning all sorts of new tricks, this being just one. He'll clamp his lips down over a smile. It's clear he's trying not to smile, despite his mouth's best efforts, and it's freakin' adorable.
Among other tricks since I last posted:
All-in-all, he continues to be happy and delightful. As we suspected from the time he was in utero, he never stops moving, and we have to be on high alert for the baby proofing. He also needs to get over his sensitivity to things like falling on this butt and bonking his head, as that's just going to happen when you move constantly.
He's got 6.5 teeth (one just poked through) and an 8th on its way. He weighs somewhere around 23 pounds, and is still too tall for his own good (we've started moving everything on tables to the middle). He's got to be over 30" by now. We'll find out for sure next month at his 1 year appointment. Did I just say "next month" and "1 year"? Yikes! Where has the year gone?
Among other tricks since I last posted:
- Pulling himself up to standing
- Cruising around holding onto things
- Standing on his own for a few seconds at a time
- Clapping
- Waving
- High fiving
- Saying what we're pretty sure is "duck" (more like "dut!" but you get the idea)
- Sleeping through the night
- Going to bed on his own with no fussing
- Falling asleep for naps on his own (with some fussing)
- Eating with the big kids at day care (next week he will be the big kid, which is kind of scary. And kind of a bummer, as he won't have the older kids to model stuff for him)
All-in-all, he continues to be happy and delightful. As we suspected from the time he was in utero, he never stops moving, and we have to be on high alert for the baby proofing. He also needs to get over his sensitivity to things like falling on this butt and bonking his head, as that's just going to happen when you move constantly.
He's got 6.5 teeth (one just poked through) and an 8th on its way. He weighs somewhere around 23 pounds, and is still too tall for his own good (we've started moving everything on tables to the middle). He's got to be over 30" by now. We'll find out for sure next month at his 1 year appointment. Did I just say "next month" and "1 year"? Yikes! Where has the year gone?
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Doom.
Yup. He's crawling. He's been able to for awhile, but has preferred to either stretch out on his belly, crawl a couple steps then flop down and pump his legs and cry until we took him where he wanted to go or work his way over to whatever he needs by going back and forth between hands and knees and sitting up. Still not sure how he managed it, but he did. But, as you can see, we now have actual crawling. Good thing we have gates.
In other news, he had his 9 month checkup last week. Other than The Cold That Never Ends (or series of colds), he's doing fine. 20 lb, 14oz. 29 inches. He's eating a variety of foods now, and can feed himself finger foods. I think he's starting to prefer chunks over purees (which is inconvenient given all of the pureed stuff I have in the freezer), but that's hit or miss. He's apparently decided carrots are the Devil's own food, which is a bummer as those used to be his OMG FAVORITE! Again, lots of those in the freezer. *sigh* He has, however, decided that cheerios are the best thing EVAR. I swear, this kid will be 90% cheerio in a few months.
In other news, he had his 9 month checkup last week. Other than The Cold That Never Ends (or series of colds), he's doing fine. 20 lb, 14oz. 29 inches. He's eating a variety of foods now, and can feed himself finger foods. I think he's starting to prefer chunks over purees (which is inconvenient given all of the pureed stuff I have in the freezer), but that's hit or miss. He's apparently decided carrots are the Devil's own food, which is a bummer as those used to be his OMG FAVORITE! Again, lots of those in the freezer. *sigh* He has, however, decided that cheerios are the best thing EVAR. I swear, this kid will be 90% cheerio in a few months.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Baby+Kitty=Adorable
Baby+Kitty=Adorable
Originally uploaded by samiratou
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Quick update
8 months. Busy, busy, busy. No crawling yet, but he's pushing back on his hands & knees and rocking. He does a little army crawl shimmy that mostly moves him backwards. Once he figures out the whole legs-need-to-move-at-different-times thing he'll be off and running.
As you can see from the photo, he's sitting up really well. He's eating more solids now, of all stripes. We're working on chunkier stuff. Which should be helped by the second tooth that FINALLY broke through, after threatening for three months.
This week has been a tad rough, in that he has a touch of croup (apparently all the kids at day care have it) and we've had our first tumble off of the changing table (he's fine. Scary as hell, tho'). Sleep has been hard to come by this week, so we're hoping the croup goes away soon.
In other news, he now has a cousin, Maren, whose pics I may post if I get permission from her parents. She came a bit early (oh boy is there a story there!) and is still in the NICU, but she'll be out soon and she's doing well and is just gorgeous. Nicolai, as you can see, is very happy about this development.
As you can see from the photo, he's sitting up really well. He's eating more solids now, of all stripes. We're working on chunkier stuff. Which should be helped by the second tooth that FINALLY broke through, after threatening for three months.
This week has been a tad rough, in that he has a touch of croup (apparently all the kids at day care have it) and we've had our first tumble off of the changing table (he's fine. Scary as hell, tho'). Sleep has been hard to come by this week, so we're hoping the croup goes away soon.
In other news, he now has a cousin, Maren, whose pics I may post if I get permission from her parents. She came a bit early (oh boy is there a story there!) and is still in the NICU, but she'll be out soon and she's doing well and is just gorgeous. Nicolai, as you can see, is very happy about this development.
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