He learns new things EVERY day. Yesterday Eric taught him to say "Aiyiyi I'm a baby" except all he says is the "aiyiyi" part lol. He's big into mimicking right now. If you start pounding on the table, then he'll start doing and he'll think it's hilarious. Dancing - he has started dancing which consists of him bouncing his legs offbeat and laughing. Sometimes he'll dance while sitting down on in the baby carrier. The other night we had a Jimmy Fallon thing on (where he and The Roots use kids toy instruments with Carly Rae Jemson) and he LOVED it. I had him in the Tula carrier and he was dancing like crazy.
Sippy Cup drama - This kid will not take a cup. He wants all bottles, all the time. He will put a sippy cup to his mouth, then throw it on the ground. You'd think eventually he'd get thirsty but he doesn't - he just holds out and stays thirsty until we give him a bottle. Part of it is our fault for just giving him bottles because it's easier, and he'll actually drink. I'm trying not to stress too much, he won't be going to kindergarten on a bottle. And some moms are still breastfeeding their kids at this age and no one says anything to them, so why is a bottle baby expected to suddenly overnight stop with a bottle and start on a cup? Who made that rule? But really, I would like to get him to at least take a cup during meals and save the bottle for nap/bedtime comfort. Because that's really what his bottle is. Comfort. He still loves to snuggle up to me and drink his bottle as he lulls off to sleep. If he bumps his head and is crying, a bottle will stop him. Bottles of milk are his "security blanket" for sure.
We have tried so many cups. Avent trainer, Nuk trainer, Nuby cups. Tommy Tippee, Munckin gripee, and Munchkin weighted straw. Omg straws. He has no idea what to do with a straw. He'll chew on it for a second, then throw the cup on the ground.
So I guess my kid will have rotten out buck teeth.
Sleeping: He sleeps in his own room now. I got a great deal on a video monitor ($48 for a $100 monitor!) I p ut him to bed in his room, and after MONTHS of doing a CIO method to get him to GO to sleep. He finally goes to b ed without much complaint. In fact he doesnt even really want to cuddle at bedtime anymore which makes me a little sad. However, he STILL wakes during the night. Monday night he slept all night (10 hours) and it was awesome. I really think he's waking because of itchiness. He doesnt even really want a bottle/milk anymore when he wakes up. Sometimes he'll wake up just scratching and scratching at his ankles/knees/hands/etc. We give 2 ml of hydroxyzine at bedtime which helps but doesn't help all night. I also coat his eczema spots in Sarna (anti itch cream), and cortizone 10 or every once in a while with desonide. And whatever moisturizing cream i have on hand. Nothing really works to get rid of it. Makes me feel so bad for him, and with the dry weather, his skin is so much worse.
Oh at his 12 month appt he was 30.25 inches tall, 22 lb 5 oz (i think) and his head was a whopping 18.75 inches. Percentile wise he was a little tall, normal weight (a little skinnier), and his head is still big lol. Developmentally on target. He got the varicella and a HIB shot. I decided to delay MMR because recent research shows getting MMR under 15 months increases your chance of getting measles by 5x. Basically, waiting a little bit give you extra immunity. Plus, ya know, MMR autism fears doesn't exactly making me jumping for joy about the shot. He did okay but did spike a fever of 104 degrees 1 weeks after the shots. He acted fine though and it went away after a day.
I've been having a lot of anxiety lately. I think mostly about working/money/being away from Callum. Sometimes I get so sad and feel like I'm missing out on so much. But i HAVE to work. My per diem job is making me give them more time...so sometimes i only have 1 day off in 12 days time. At the same time, I could use the money because I want to buy a minivan...i'm still driving my '02 malibu. The same car I took my road test in at 16 years old LOL. I was thinking about doing summer school this summer, it'd onyl be 4 hours a day. But man, I would miss my vacation time! So I'm not sure what I'll do.
We have tried so many cups. Avent trainer, Nuk trainer, Nuby cups. Tommy Tippee, Munckin gripee, and Munchkin weighted straw. Omg straws. He has no idea what to do with a straw. He'll chew on it for a second, then throw the cup on the ground.
So I guess my kid will have rotten out buck teeth.
Sleeping: He sleeps in his own room now. I got a great deal on a video monitor ($48 for a $100 monitor!) I p ut him to bed in his room, and after MONTHS of doing a CIO method to get him to GO to sleep. He finally goes to b ed without much complaint. In fact he doesnt even really want to cuddle at bedtime anymore which makes me a little sad. However, he STILL wakes during the night. Monday night he slept all night (10 hours) and it was awesome. I really think he's waking because of itchiness. He doesnt even really want a bottle/milk anymore when he wakes up. Sometimes he'll wake up just scratching and scratching at his ankles/knees/hands/etc. We give 2 ml of hydroxyzine at bedtime which helps but doesn't help all night. I also coat his eczema spots in Sarna (anti itch cream), and cortizone 10 or every once in a while with desonide. And whatever moisturizing cream i have on hand. Nothing really works to get rid of it. Makes me feel so bad for him, and with the dry weather, his skin is so much worse.
Oh at his 12 month appt he was 30.25 inches tall, 22 lb 5 oz (i think) and his head was a whopping 18.75 inches. Percentile wise he was a little tall, normal weight (a little skinnier), and his head is still big lol. Developmentally on target. He got the varicella and a HIB shot. I decided to delay MMR because recent research shows getting MMR under 15 months increases your chance of getting measles by 5x. Basically, waiting a little bit give you extra immunity. Plus, ya know, MMR autism fears doesn't exactly making me jumping for joy about the shot. He did okay but did spike a fever of 104 degrees 1 weeks after the shots. He acted fine though and it went away after a day.
I've been having a lot of anxiety lately. I think mostly about working/money/being away from Callum. Sometimes I get so sad and feel like I'm missing out on so much. But i HAVE to work. My per diem job is making me give them more time...so sometimes i only have 1 day off in 12 days time. At the same time, I could use the money because I want to buy a minivan...i'm still driving my '02 malibu. The same car I took my road test in at 16 years old LOL. I was thinking about doing summer school this summer, it'd onyl be 4 hours a day. But man, I would miss my vacation time! So I'm not sure what I'll do.
