I'm not afraid of shots!
Monday, July 22, 2013
15 Month Checkup today - Brady weighed in at 22 lbs 13 oz (25%), 30.25 in tall (25%), and 47.5 cm head circumference (50%). The pediatrician was very happy with his development. He's eats well for his age (grains, fruits, dairy, and some veggies) and is learning the taste and texture of meats. He eats chicken occasionally, ate turkey last night for the first time, but steers away from pork or red meat. The pediatrician recommended we try fish since it has a soft texture. He was very happy and energetic at his visit, playing games with the pediatrician and tearing the paper off the table. She was impressed with how many words he uses (mom, dad, doggie, cracker, cheese). Otherwise his behavior is typical for a 15 month old - copying his parents, sleeping through the night (~11 hrs/night), and being energetic and curious. His tubes are still in his ears although the left one is hanging on by a thread. Normally tubes should last a year. If the left one falls out, and he goes without ear infections, she doesn't recommend replacing it so here's hoping. He's broken two more teeth on the bottom (canines) bringing the total to 16 teeth. These are his last baby teeth until he gets his second molars between 2-3 years old. She recommended we brush his teeth to get him started on good habits, and to hold off on the first dentist visit until he's 2-3 years of age. When we told her about the biting at school, she said all kids go through either a biting or hitting stage. She recommended we talk to the daycare and ask they watch him closely to see his behavior leading up to it. It could be teething or frustration (stealing his blankie is definitely the latter). Either way he will need to be disciplined and she encouraged us to use time outs if needed. He got 3 more shots today - Hib, DPT, and Hep A. This is the last Hib, 4th of 5 DPT, and first Hep A. Poor Brady cried and wimpered, but he felt better when he got home and shared a popsicle with Mom. Overall he is doing great! Our next visit will be at 18 months.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Monkey see, monkey do. That's the best way to describe Mr Brady these days. He is a little sponge watching and copying every move. This works to Mom and Dad's advantage after dinner helping us get him to wipe his hands and his mouth with his face wipes. He imitates words we say (like turtle, doggie, baby) or motions we make (tossing a ball, sitting in a chair). While he is keen to watch and learn, he also is very independent exploring new toys or objects comfortably on his own. He's loving his time at the Little Gym, learning how to swing on rings, walk a balance beam, learn how to do a forward roll, or play with the parachute (an old fav from gym class).
Developmentally he just got his two upper molars and has broken the third row of teeth from the upper front. This brings the total to 14, and he's only 14 months old! 6 more teeth to go until he has all his baby teeth. Unfortunately all these teeth have lead to a couple incidents of biting at day care. You do not cross Brady and steal his blankie or he will bite you. They try to curb this by explaining to him that it hurts his friends. While he may bite he's immediately sorry and will lean in for a hug. Another really sweet thing he does is give kisses. He used to open mouth kiss, now it's closed mouth and given with a hi, good morning, or good bye.
Since he has done so well with his sign language, we bought him a couple baby signing time DVDs. He really enjoys those and will communicate by signing "baby" when he wants to watch them. It's hard to pick out his signs sometimes, but it's really amazing to speak to him and see him sign back. For instance today it was raining (odd for TX in July). When Mom held him to look outside and said it was wet out, he did the sign for rain. Very cool. A couple of the videos have songs and he loves dancing this one called the "diaper dance".
He enjoys his bedtime and morning routines, and instead of fighting us to get dressed he holds his arms up to go into his sleeves and feet up to go into his shorts. He giggles a lot too and loves to be tickled by his Mom under his arms, on his feet or belly, and on his neck. Another new parenting mistake - diaper rashes are not just for babies, in fact he gets them more now that he's on a variety of foods than as a newborn. He's also a lot messier and dirtier eating, playing, and coloring at school or at home. We do a lot of laundry and there's only 3 of us!
Brady loves throwing tennis balls. Mom tried to teach him how to catch, and for some reason he really wanted to do this from his rocking chair (she admired his sense of challenge). He didn't catch too many, but had a great time swatting at them and playing with his Mom.
Developmentally he just got his two upper molars and has broken the third row of teeth from the upper front. This brings the total to 14, and he's only 14 months old! 6 more teeth to go until he has all his baby teeth. Unfortunately all these teeth have lead to a couple incidents of biting at day care. You do not cross Brady and steal his blankie or he will bite you. They try to curb this by explaining to him that it hurts his friends. While he may bite he's immediately sorry and will lean in for a hug. Another really sweet thing he does is give kisses. He used to open mouth kiss, now it's closed mouth and given with a hi, good morning, or good bye.
Since he has done so well with his sign language, we bought him a couple baby signing time DVDs. He really enjoys those and will communicate by signing "baby" when he wants to watch them. It's hard to pick out his signs sometimes, but it's really amazing to speak to him and see him sign back. For instance today it was raining (odd for TX in July). When Mom held him to look outside and said it was wet out, he did the sign for rain. Very cool. A couple of the videos have songs and he loves dancing this one called the "diaper dance".
He enjoys his bedtime and morning routines, and instead of fighting us to get dressed he holds his arms up to go into his sleeves and feet up to go into his shorts. He giggles a lot too and loves to be tickled by his Mom under his arms, on his feet or belly, and on his neck. Another new parenting mistake - diaper rashes are not just for babies, in fact he gets them more now that he's on a variety of foods than as a newborn. He's also a lot messier and dirtier eating, playing, and coloring at school or at home. We do a lot of laundry and there's only 3 of us!
Brady loves throwing tennis balls. Mom tried to teach him how to catch, and for some reason he really wanted to do this from his rocking chair (she admired his sense of challenge). He didn't catch too many, but had a great time swatting at them and playing with his Mom.
Helping Mom sweep
A little less "helpful" with the laundry
Why washers and dryers have child locks
Sunday, July 14, 2013
It's been 3 weeks since we last posted (sorry), and we have lots to report on Brady and his adventures. For his second 4th of July we took a week and went to Maine to spend some time at camp with the grandparents and uncles. Seems every year our family grows, this year we had Uncle Paul's girlfriend and her two kids join us. The weather was great and we got to spend a lot of time on the new dock and in (or behind) the new boat. Brady loved the water, the squishy bottom and chilly temp did not bother him one bit. It was great seeing everyone!
Camp with the new porch and new dock
The new boat
Our little moose
Feeding the ducks
Watching from the porch
The boys tubing
Uncle Chris on the wakeboard
Hanging out with Grandma Reggie
Grandpa Bob did I win the duck race?
Walking with my Grandmas
Going for a dip with the girls
Swimming with Daddy
Grandpa teaching me how to drive the boat
Riding with Mom
Playing in the sand, fun!
Our little family
Flying home to TX
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Summer fun! Had another play date with Keira. Ate some BBQ, got to check out her pool, and she showed him her new potty chair. Brady loves the water, this kid will freeze and shiver before he gets out of the pool. He had so much fun splashing and kicking his feet, poor Dad got soaked. Brady is now taller than Keira (by ~1/2") but at 22 lbs is lighter (by ~2lbs). We also had another class at the Little Gym. This week we got to play with the parachute and check out the rings. Brady loved the parachute, that was Mom's favorite day in gym class too.
Brady did have a few new developments including tooth #11 (upper left). The bottom molars are both in, but still no sign of the upper molars that we can tell. We still offer him a variety of food. This week he ate Jamaican jerk chicken courtesy of Mom's co-worker (yum). He chowed some fig newtons (definitely a Muzzey trait) and had his first Oreo (he wasn't so into that one). We continue to give him whole milk in different types of cups and he seems to be doing fine off the bottle. Brady is still very much connected to his blankies (all 3) and still sucks his left thumb.
Brady did have a few new developments including tooth #11 (upper left). The bottom molars are both in, but still no sign of the upper molars that we can tell. We still offer him a variety of food. This week he ate Jamaican jerk chicken courtesy of Mom's co-worker (yum). He chowed some fig newtons (definitely a Muzzey trait) and had his first Oreo (he wasn't so into that one). We continue to give him whole milk in different types of cups and he seems to be doing fine off the bottle. Brady is still very much connected to his blankies (all 3) and still sucks his left thumb.
Keira and Brady (14.5 mos and 14 mos respectively)
Splashing away!
On the new potty...sorta
Under the parachute, so much fun!
Exploring the mats
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Brady had another great week with lots of new firsts. This was his first week in the toddler room and he did great. He's getting on a more formal schedule with breakfast, lunch, and snack times at school. All the kids go down for naps at the same time and we got Brady a really cute nap mat. They come with built in pillows and fleece blankets (adults at Lockheed would love these). So far he's napping ok as they pair the kids off and he sees the other kids sleeping so he sleeps too. They did say he doesn't sleep as long as the other kids, of course he doesn't want to miss anything! The daycare prepares all the food and offers him milk with meals and water periodically throughout the day. So far he hasn't been a big fan of whole milk (at daycare or at home). Some cute things about the classroom are learning to sit and eat at a table in kiddie chairs, the class pet fish Mr Shark, the water table, and arts and crafts. This week Brady drew a picture of the fish tank for Mom and Dad to put on the fridge.
Other developments include running (we knew it wouldn't be long). The walking/falling forward thing quickly became a run. We started putting him in sneakers to get used to real shoes and for field trips and water days at school. At first he took these funny wide steps but then he got the hang of it and they only make him faster.
He's enjoying bath time more trying to drink the bath water (yuck), standing up to play, and playing with the water at the faucet. He likes to splash the faucet water and say "WOW!". Not sure where he learned how to say wow but it's cute and he says it a lot.
As far as eating, his preferences come and go. He seems to really like fruit especially blueberries, bananas, strawberries, and mangos. Veggies it's hit or miss. Sometimes he like peas, corn, carrots, green beans, and avacados, but some days he will shove them aside. He really likes endamame beans when we go out for sushi. For carbs he likes bread, his puffs (any flavor), pasta, and his favorite macaroni and cheese. The messier the pasta the more he enjoys it. He still hasn't taken to meats preferring to shove them on the floor for Indy. Altogether he seems to be growing, looks healthy, and poops frequently so seems he's eating enough. His bottom left molar is all the way in, but the bottom right is taking it's time and hasn't broken through the skin yet. No signs of the upper molars yet. He poops pretty consistently in the morning after his milk or after dinner before his bath. Sometimes he'll poop a 3rd time at daycare.
He's really taken to sign language and can do milk, eat, more, baby, dad, up, tree, airplane, ball and bird. We are working on cup and water. It seems to work well as we can sorta communicate and avoid potential meltdowns (most times haha). He does know how to shake his head "yes" and "no" and will let you know when he doesn't want to eat something.
We started playing with him in the backyard which he LOVES. He's getting taller so will reach for the door when he wants to go outside. He plays in the grass mostly walking around, throwing a ball, or playing in his kiddie pool.
This week we tried the Little Gym in Arlington to try to meet some local parents and kids. It was a lot fun with circle time, shakers, sticks, balls, explore time, and playing on all the gym equipment. There was about 10 kids in the class ranging from 10-19 months (the "birds" age group). Brady was really sweet to one shy little 17 mo old boy smiling at him and reaching for his hand. The shy boy gave him a half smile and within minutes was crawling around getting more adventurous. Mom met another couple who kept apologizing for their son taking balls away from Brady. Apparently their kid stays home with Grandma all day so doesn't get much exposure to other kids or learning to share. Mom told them no worries. We're all signed up for the 11 wk summer program so should be fun.
Another first was Brady climbing the stairs. This kid loves to climb! Mom let him climb and he did extremely well almost like he'd done it before. He was proud of himself when he got to the top. While he can climb up, we'll wait on going back down until he's a little older.
The forecast calls for 100 deg temps this week, bring on the Texas summer!
Other developments include running (we knew it wouldn't be long). The walking/falling forward thing quickly became a run. We started putting him in sneakers to get used to real shoes and for field trips and water days at school. At first he took these funny wide steps but then he got the hang of it and they only make him faster.
He's enjoying bath time more trying to drink the bath water (yuck), standing up to play, and playing with the water at the faucet. He likes to splash the faucet water and say "WOW!". Not sure where he learned how to say wow but it's cute and he says it a lot.
As far as eating, his preferences come and go. He seems to really like fruit especially blueberries, bananas, strawberries, and mangos. Veggies it's hit or miss. Sometimes he like peas, corn, carrots, green beans, and avacados, but some days he will shove them aside. He really likes endamame beans when we go out for sushi. For carbs he likes bread, his puffs (any flavor), pasta, and his favorite macaroni and cheese. The messier the pasta the more he enjoys it. He still hasn't taken to meats preferring to shove them on the floor for Indy. Altogether he seems to be growing, looks healthy, and poops frequently so seems he's eating enough. His bottom left molar is all the way in, but the bottom right is taking it's time and hasn't broken through the skin yet. No signs of the upper molars yet. He poops pretty consistently in the morning after his milk or after dinner before his bath. Sometimes he'll poop a 3rd time at daycare.
He's really taken to sign language and can do milk, eat, more, baby, dad, up, tree, airplane, ball and bird. We are working on cup and water. It seems to work well as we can sorta communicate and avoid potential meltdowns (most times haha). He does know how to shake his head "yes" and "no" and will let you know when he doesn't want to eat something.
We started playing with him in the backyard which he LOVES. He's getting taller so will reach for the door when he wants to go outside. He plays in the grass mostly walking around, throwing a ball, or playing in his kiddie pool.
This week we tried the Little Gym in Arlington to try to meet some local parents and kids. It was a lot fun with circle time, shakers, sticks, balls, explore time, and playing on all the gym equipment. There was about 10 kids in the class ranging from 10-19 months (the "birds" age group). Brady was really sweet to one shy little 17 mo old boy smiling at him and reaching for his hand. The shy boy gave him a half smile and within minutes was crawling around getting more adventurous. Mom met another couple who kept apologizing for their son taking balls away from Brady. Apparently their kid stays home with Grandma all day so doesn't get much exposure to other kids or learning to share. Mom told them no worries. We're all signed up for the 11 wk summer program so should be fun.
Another first was Brady climbing the stairs. This kid loves to climb! Mom let him climb and he did extremely well almost like he'd done it before. He was proud of himself when he got to the top. While he can climb up, we'll wait on going back down until he's a little older.
The forecast calls for 100 deg temps this week, bring on the Texas summer!
Enjoying a graduation cupcake - congrats on going to the toddler room!
Brady's nap mat
Our big boy in his new convertible car seat
Walking in the yard with Mom
Playing catch with Indy
Backyard adventures
The Little Gym in Arlington - I wanna go back in and play!
Checking my SPF before hitting the pool
Pool time with Mom
Splashing with Mom
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