My baby girl is officially walking. And she's pretty darn cute at it too!
She's a stinker tho. She totally could have been walking 2 months ago. Instead she took a few steps now and then and absolutely REFUSED to practice in my sight. I would walk into a room where she was walking and she'd see me and sit down and cry. (How DARE I interupt her private practice times!) Eventually, when she did walk while I could see it was only....ONLY... in the wading pool, on a bed, or sometimes in the grass. Never somewhere easy to walk. Never somewhere normal.
But...over the last couple weeks she's started walking more and more and by mid-July she was walking "full-time." It's sooo nice that she isn't crawling on the hot cement anymore-wearing out here knees and/or clothing, etc. The other day she tried running. And again this morning I saw her running after Kaden.
Also, she FINALLY has a 3rd tooth! I was seriously beginning to wonder if her mouth forgot what it was there for. She eats any food she wants, but no one but Mom and Dad will give her those foods since they don't think she could possible chew it with no teeth!
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Time goes on and on and on...
My babies are growing up. In some ways, it's exciting. In others, I'm a typical mom-trying to hold on to my babies forever. ♥
Today we lowered the mattress on Katelyn's crib. She was able to pull herself up-and we feared over- the side rail. This means I can no longer just lean over and kiss her sleeping cheek. I will miss that until she's in a real bed someday.
Today also marks the first day she was completely unwilling to eat baby food. For the past couple days we can squeeze in a bite or 2 here and there. Today-lunch to be exact- had to be table food. NO baby food. She had 2 helpings of peas, a helping of pears, some cottage cheese and ham. She didn't do too well with the ham, but not TOO bad either. I'm trying to remember what I fed Kaden at this age! Lots of veggies, crackers, noodles, and such.
On a similar note, she is VERY into Kaden's sippy. If it is in the room then that is ALL she wants. So, today, we gave her her very own sippy cup. She was thrilled.
As for Kaden, we got him his new booster car seat last night. It's the kind that just repostions the seat belt to fit him better. He tried it out by going to Home Depot with Daddy this morning. I don't think he even noticed it was different. I had to go put him back in it in his pajamas to get this pic. He thought it was weird, and didn't cooperate very well!
As for Luke and I, there is no development to report. Probably more like getting older and falling apart kind of stuff. But I'll spare you!
Today we lowered the mattress on Katelyn's crib. She was able to pull herself up-and we feared over- the side rail. This means I can no longer just lean over and kiss her sleeping cheek. I will miss that until she's in a real bed someday.
Today also marks the first day she was completely unwilling to eat baby food. For the past couple days we can squeeze in a bite or 2 here and there. Today-lunch to be exact- had to be table food. NO baby food. She had 2 helpings of peas, a helping of pears, some cottage cheese and ham. She didn't do too well with the ham, but not TOO bad either. I'm trying to remember what I fed Kaden at this age! Lots of veggies, crackers, noodles, and such.
On a similar note, she is VERY into Kaden's sippy. If it is in the room then that is ALL she wants. So, today, we gave her her very own sippy cup. She was thrilled.
As for Kaden, we got him his new booster car seat last night. It's the kind that just repostions the seat belt to fit him better. He tried it out by going to Home Depot with Daddy this morning. I don't think he even noticed it was different. I had to go put him back in it in his pajamas to get this pic. He thought it was weird, and didn't cooperate very well!
As for Luke and I, there is no development to report. Probably more like getting older and falling apart kind of stuff. But I'll spare you!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Katelyn Joy is 6 months old...
(sob)(sob)
This momma is TOO sentimental with this baby. I hereby resolve to be excited about her growing up!
{resolve FAIL}
Ok, nevermind. Here are some pictures of my baby girl with her bear. I just love her easy going and sweet personality. She really is the easiest baby I've ever known.
This momma is TOO sentimental with this baby. I hereby resolve to be excited about her growing up!
{resolve FAIL}
Ok, nevermind. Here are some pictures of my baby girl with her bear. I just love her easy going and sweet personality. She really is the easiest baby I've ever known.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
At 5 months and 1 week...
...my baby girl can sit.
Already.
Wasn't she just born?
Also, just a couple weeks ago I was telling my mom I was thinking she may not be sitting by Christmas because she's just to content with laying. Apparently she just doesn't have to practice, I just sat her down, and there she sat.
She loves to sit on rocking chairs and throw herself forward and backward to rock. Then I move her to the couch and it really confuses her.
Even though she can sit, she just doesn't care whether she's sitting, laying, rocking, or bouncing. She's good with whatever. I couldn't have gotten an easier, more laid back baby.
Already.
Wasn't she just born?
Also, just a couple weeks ago I was telling my mom I was thinking she may not be sitting by Christmas because she's just to content with laying. Apparently she just doesn't have to practice, I just sat her down, and there she sat.
She loves to sit on rocking chairs and throw herself forward and backward to rock. Then I move her to the couch and it really confuses her.
Even though she can sit, she just doesn't care whether she's sitting, laying, rocking, or bouncing. She's good with whatever. I couldn't have gotten an easier, more laid back baby.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Developmental Screaming...errr..I mean, Screening
Today I took the kids in for a developmental screening since it was free and I had some questions about Kate. For Kaden they tested his eyes, ears, teeth, and general development (like vocab, physical abilities, etc...) He was so funny. First of all, every time we would walk past the front desk (about 12 times in all) he would point at it and say "HOT!!" and keep going. Also, whenever we would be heading to another area for more testing he would think he knew just where to go. Usually he was wrong, but he was at least very confident-ally wrong!
He HATED the hearing screening. Oooooh BOY! I've never heard him scream bloody murder like that before! Needless to say, his hearing screening got postponed til he's a little older and more mature.
He was ok with the eye check...they basically just took a picture of his eyes to send off to be checked. It was a very bright flash but since they did it first he was pretty cooperative!
For his teeth, he looooved brushing the freakishly large denture looking teeth with a large toothbrush. And insisting that it was hat. When it came time for brushing his own teeth he was pretty sure that lady should not be poking inside his mouth! I was afraid he was going to bite her. He didn't, but she didn't get to look at all his teeth either.
He loved the playing part of the testing. What could be better than the FULL attention of a stranger? He was a little goof for most of it. If she wanted to know what color things were, he would tell her what they were. ("shoes!" "Boy!"...) but as soon as she decided to give up on colors and ask what things were called he was more than happy to tell her what color they were. She asked him to jump and he had to put a block on the floor and jump OVER it. It just isn't jumping unless you jump OVER something, right? He was a little irritated that I was preoccupied with Katelyn's part (they did both at once) and would ignore the lady working with him to come over and get our attention.
Then he found the hoop. And not a ball. And it was the end of the world. Until we subsitituted the duck. Crisis averted, barely.
Also, he told the lady who played with him that she was cute.
Pretty much the ladies were in love with him. I don't blame them. They said he's above average on everything they tested him on, so the only thing I needed to work with him on was treating him like he's 2 and not older. It is hard to remember sometimes that he's only 2 and just because he talks and jumps like an older kid, he still understands his "world" like a 2 year old!
Kate just hung out with us for most of it, but she did get to get out and "play" in the play room. She passed all of her "tests" with flying colors. To pass, a 3 1/2 month old has to get 18 points. She got 38. I think she passed.
The reason I had taken them in was that I had a concern about Katelyn's development. I had noticed right around 2 1/2 months old that she pretty much never looked to her right. I had begun to hang toys on just the right side of her and help her sleep on her right side. I wondered if I was crazy or if it was something to worry about.
Today they verified that she has a mild version of Tortocollis. They could tell that she had been much worse, because of the way her head is shaped, but because I caught it so young, her head will go back to normal (I can't even tell it's mis-shaped if that tells you how little it is!) as long as I keep doing excersizes with her. Basically, tortocollis just means that the muscle on that side of her neck is tight and so it is needing to be stretched out. Once it is good and stretched out she will be able to turn her head easily both ways. They told me tummy time and a certain way of holding her are the best ways to help it. As well as putting toys on her right side and a stretching her shoulder. If it goes unchecked, the pressure of always having her head to the left can deform her head and be a problem. Since we caught it early it is no big deal! I was happy to know I was not crazy, and that it is such a common and treatable thing! They think it is due to how she was inside the womb, and that even then her muscle wasn't stretched out.
Who knew?
I highly recommend going to have your kids checked if you can do it in your community. It is a lot of fun to see how they do, and how smart they really are! I learned a lot of neat tricks of how to get Kaden to brush his teeth better, and things like that. Plus, who doesn't love to show off their kids!
He HATED the hearing screening. Oooooh BOY! I've never heard him scream bloody murder like that before! Needless to say, his hearing screening got postponed til he's a little older and more mature.
He was ok with the eye check...they basically just took a picture of his eyes to send off to be checked. It was a very bright flash but since they did it first he was pretty cooperative!
For his teeth, he looooved brushing the freakishly large denture looking teeth with a large toothbrush. And insisting that it was hat. When it came time for brushing his own teeth he was pretty sure that lady should not be poking inside his mouth! I was afraid he was going to bite her. He didn't, but she didn't get to look at all his teeth either.
He loved the playing part of the testing. What could be better than the FULL attention of a stranger? He was a little goof for most of it. If she wanted to know what color things were, he would tell her what they were. ("shoes!" "Boy!"...) but as soon as she decided to give up on colors and ask what things were called he was more than happy to tell her what color they were. She asked him to jump and he had to put a block on the floor and jump OVER it. It just isn't jumping unless you jump OVER something, right? He was a little irritated that I was preoccupied with Katelyn's part (they did both at once) and would ignore the lady working with him to come over and get our attention.
Then he found the hoop. And not a ball. And it was the end of the world. Until we subsitituted the duck. Crisis averted, barely.
Also, he told the lady who played with him that she was cute.
Pretty much the ladies were in love with him. I don't blame them. They said he's above average on everything they tested him on, so the only thing I needed to work with him on was treating him like he's 2 and not older. It is hard to remember sometimes that he's only 2 and just because he talks and jumps like an older kid, he still understands his "world" like a 2 year old!
Kate just hung out with us for most of it, but she did get to get out and "play" in the play room. She passed all of her "tests" with flying colors. To pass, a 3 1/2 month old has to get 18 points. She got 38. I think she passed.
The reason I had taken them in was that I had a concern about Katelyn's development. I had noticed right around 2 1/2 months old that she pretty much never looked to her right. I had begun to hang toys on just the right side of her and help her sleep on her right side. I wondered if I was crazy or if it was something to worry about.
Today they verified that she has a mild version of Tortocollis. They could tell that she had been much worse, because of the way her head is shaped, but because I caught it so young, her head will go back to normal (I can't even tell it's mis-shaped if that tells you how little it is!) as long as I keep doing excersizes with her. Basically, tortocollis just means that the muscle on that side of her neck is tight and so it is needing to be stretched out. Once it is good and stretched out she will be able to turn her head easily both ways. They told me tummy time and a certain way of holding her are the best ways to help it. As well as putting toys on her right side and a stretching her shoulder. If it goes unchecked, the pressure of always having her head to the left can deform her head and be a problem. Since we caught it early it is no big deal! I was happy to know I was not crazy, and that it is such a common and treatable thing! They think it is due to how she was inside the womb, and that even then her muscle wasn't stretched out.
Who knew?
I highly recommend going to have your kids checked if you can do it in your community. It is a lot of fun to see how they do, and how smart they really are! I learned a lot of neat tricks of how to get Kaden to brush his teeth better, and things like that. Plus, who doesn't love to show off their kids!
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