Parker has had a great couple of weeks bouncing back from his bout of RSV. In the last 3 weeks he has broken the top two teeth bringing the count to 4 teeth. He definitely struggles more with breaking teeth than Brady did, causing him to wake and cry in the night, but can usually settle down with a bottle which is also good for his weight. Speaking of his weight, at his post-RSV weight check he weighed 15.0 lb which showed he was once again gaining but about 2 lbs smaller than Brady at 10 months old. And off the bottom of the growth chart. The pediatrician wasn't alarmed as Mommy is small and Parker has always been on the bottom of the curve. As for sleeping Parker still wakes once in the night (sometimes more depending on teething) but settles in quickly with a bottle. Until the last couple of days, he's still been a light eater preferring to eat small amounts at a time then go play. This is the same whether he's at daycare or at home. But in the last week he's completely switched from baby food to table food preferring all sorts of things he sees his family eating at breakfast or dinner. He's down to two naps a day for 1.5-2 hr at a time, but the rest of the day he likes to explore. This is such a fun age for Parker - anything and everything is fascinating, as long as it's new and safe to put in his mouth (examples - a roll of tape, a swinging door, plastic cups he can bang together, an empty box, etc). The world is his to explore as he learns new tastes, sounds, and textures. And when he's not exploring, he's chasing big brother. Parker LOVES Brady - he watches him intently with big smiles and giggles, you can just tell he wants to be like big brother when he grows up.
Our littlest explorer
Fun with food
Playing on the farm with big brother
Brady just amazes us every day with his growing level of comprehension and self-help skills. He is at a point where you can hold a full conversation with him and see him trying to figure stuff out. He'll ask the same questions over and over again until he can remember it and repeat it himself. And he's so curious, always asking why. If we know he knows the answer, we'll tell him "you know Brady" and he'll answer his own question. As his memory grows, he'll amaze us with songs he's learned at school. While on the road back from skiing last weekend, he started singing from the backseat. It was so cute! Mommy and Daddy didn't ever know the words but Mommy caught it on "hidden camera". With Parker now babbling, and Brady singing, it's going to get a lot noisier from the backseat. The potty training has gone really well, Brady has mastered going to the potty and amazed his teachers. He'll go in the bathroom, pull down his own pants and underwear, get up on his stool and do his business (Mommy and Daddy help make sure he's on the potty ok to minimize any potential issues). After Mommy and Daddy help clean him up, he'll flush, pull up his underwear and pants, move his stool, wash his hands, and go back to playing. It's like a light switch how quick he's picked this all up!
Backseat singing (attempted hidden camera)
One of the great things about living back up north is getting to see our family. This past weekend we made a quick ski trip to Okemo mountain in Vermont with Uncle E and Katie, Kev and Val and their dog Marley, and Uncle Chris and Trish. We stayed for the weekend in a cute cozy cottage and Brady got his second chance to try out the slopes. Brady did great skiing, the first run telling Mommy to "go faster". After watching some other parents, we tried having him ski between Mommy's legs while holding a ski pole, and that worked MUCH better helping him stand and get a real feel for skiing. Of course he's still 2 and was done only after a few runs, and moved to the snow bank with Val to build a snowman. It was a short trip, but a lot of fun! Brady even gave Marley a new nickname - "Barky".
Ready to hit the slopes
The magic carpet ride
Great ski weekend with the family!
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