Cael had his 15 month appointment today and I wanted to update everyone on his overall progress:
Posted by Jori at 3/09/2009 0 comments
Again, I have really not been in the mood to blog lately, but Cael is doing so many cute things that I feel compelled to post about them even if I don't have any pictures.
'Uh oh': About a month ago, I was taking a shower and Cael was playing at my feet when he accidentally knocked one of the bottles onto the floor. He seemed to say something and at first I didn't think anything of it, but after he said it a couple of times I finally figured out he was saying 'uh oh'. Now it is one of his favorite things to say and he says it ALL the time even if there really isn't an 'uh oh' to speak of. I absolutely love it when I knock something over or drop something and he will say 'uh oh' as if to acknowledge that Mommy makes mistakes too. HILARIOUS!! It really is too cute for words.
DVD player: We have a DVD player in the Veracruz and on our recent trip to Winter Park Cael watched a Baby Einstein video the entire way up the mountain. I wasn't sure if it really helped him on the 2 hour ride, but all I know is he was quiet and seemed entertained. Imagine my surprise when we were driving home from work/daycare and Cael pointed at the DVD player and signaled that he wanted me to play a video (not using sign language, but in such a way that I knew what he wanted). I don't know why, but I thought it was great. I guess it makes me feel like he is finally turning into a little boy as opposed to a baby (and I suppose there is a part of me that hopes the DVD player or TV will provide Ryan and I with a bit of much needed relief). Either way, too cute and now we can use the DVD player and TV as another tool to teach Cael about many different things (colors, words, animals, etc).
Pregnancy: I know I originally mentioned that this pregnancy seemed relatively easy. However, having posted that several weeks ago, I now feel like this pregnancy is harder than Cael's both mentally and emotionally, but I am not sure if having a 15 month old to contend with makes a difference. I feel more crazy (like my emotions have a mind of their own) and I feel like I am more nauseous this time around. Regardless, I am feeling confident as I round out my first trimester that things will start looking up (at least in the nauseous department) and I CANNOT wait (neither can Ryan for that matter)!!!!! Everything looks great so far in terms of measurements, activity, heartbeat, etc. I actually feel more calm with this pregnancy than I did when I was pregnant with Cael in terms of worrying about what I am eating, the genetic testing, etc. I am more at peace and trust me when I say that is a very good thing!
Posted by Jori at 3/05/2009 1 comments
Friday night: This past weekend, I decided to attempt weaning Cael from his bed time bottle. After much analyzing and fretting, I decided to just give him a warm sippy cup of milk and see how things went. Ryan was actually out of town skiing in Winter Park for a Wells Fargo charity event, but I had made up my mind that this was going to be the weekend that we eliminated ALL bottles (it probably had something to do with the fact that Cael's 15 month appointment is on 3/9 and the doctor was adamant that we have him weaned by 15 months). I gave him dinner and he hardly ate anything, which worried me given that he drinks approximately 7-9 oz. of milk before going to bed and he wouldn't be getting that extra 'food' this time. With a heavy heart I started up the stairs, sippy cup in hand, changed him and sat down to read him a story. After I was done, I gave him the sippy cup and waited anxiously to see what he would do. He promptly took a drink and stopped, took another drink and stopped again as if he was confused as to why warm milk was coming out of his sippy cup and why he wasn't getting a bottle as was custom. He didn't really want anything more to do with the sippy so I said good night, put him in his crib and walked out of the room. He cried/fussed for about 5 minutes and fell asleep. He slept all night and woke up at 5:00, which I assume was because he was hungry. He fussed again for a few minutes and fell back asleep until 6. WOOHOO!!!!
Saturday night: With his participation in the Wells Fargo charity event, Ryan had been given three free nights in Winter Park, CO and Saturday afternoon after Cael's nap, we headed up the mountain to meet up with Daddy! I was nervous about how the weaning would go given we would be in a new environment and in a hotel. If Cael cried, I worried that other people in the hotel would hear him through the thin walls. Basically, I just worried. Ryan took him into the bedroom, changed him and read him a story and then put him down in the pack n' play. Cael cried for a bit longer, but fell asleep and slept until 7:30 the next morning.
Sunday night: Once again, no bottle and this time he hardly drank anything from the sippy cup so I am thinking that we won't even need to give him that before bedtime. Just read to him (or sing) and put him down in his crib.
His bedtime is 7:30, but I am wondering if now we won't push bedtime back a little to maybe 8:00 just to see if that helps things. Either way, bottle weaning is complete and was not only fairly easy, but a total success!!!!
Posted by Jori at 3/02/2009 3 comments
