Not much had changed at 13 months….but I still should have written something. Sorry Alex! We ended up getting his allergy results back a week later. THey say he has allergic tendancies and that his serum levels were 99 which is high but that he is not allergic to any particular food item. So, we do not know what to make exactly of all this. He is still on that Elecare formula but we have been giving him meat and dairy products. Sometimes he seems to be colicky, but we are not sure if it’s just his teeth. In the last few weeks he has been drooling tremendously and has gotten ALL his molars in and has one incissor. I assume the three others are close behind. So it’s tough to tell what is bothering him.
Food wise he is still picky but geting better he definitly does not like to be fed anymore. He likes to eat with his hands or try with a spoon although he still has so much troube getting a mouthful in. He can get it to his mouth but can’t scoop food and keep it on the spoon to bring it to his mouth. If we direct his hand he does better. He basically eats what Chloe eats, toast with PB, eggo’s bagels, cereal, pancakes…but no more baby cereal. He might still enjoy it, but he when I made it the last few times he would take one or two bites and leave the rest so I stopped making it. For lunch and dinner he will eat whatever we eat. His favorite though is pasta…or mac and cheese. He also likes sandwhichs. His favorite fruit right now is watermelon. Chloe at this age hated watermelon! The rest of the fruit he will take or leave depending on how he feels. he likes peas and corn, and will sometimes eat green beans or sugar snap peas. He loves pizza too! Oh and he likes sweet potatoes.
Sleep wise he is doing really well. He is going down about the same time b/w 8:15 and 9:00pm and sleeps till 7:00 am most days. He started to do this about 1 1/2 months ago. It’s been such a blessing! He sometimes gets up later around 7:30….even 8:00 am one time, but right around 7:00am is his normal time, sometimes just a little before that. He will stay quite for about 15 mins then he wants out…so we have a little warning time. He doesn’t really nap in the morning unless we are out and about and he sleeps in the car. He can then be transferred to his stroller. But I do not let him sleep too long otherwise he has a hard time sleeping after lunch. I will sometimes put him down in his bed if he woke up too early. He then goes for a nap around 1:45-2:00pm and sleep for about 2 hours, sometime longer. for about 3 or 4 weeks he would sleep a solid 3 hours, but his teething is just not allowing that.
We started going back to Karate. We tried to bring him but it was impossible to train with him there. He did not want me away from him, even with Sara there watching him. So last week we asked Sara to come here and she watched him. he cried a little when I left but she got him to bed no problem. I think we will try that again this week. I feel bad because I woudl love for him to join us. maybe when he is a little older we will try again. Chloe also started preschool two weeks ago so Alex is stuck tagging along. This week however Jackie and I are going to take turns. She will watch Alex and William tomorrow morning while Chloe is in Preschool and then next week I’ll watch the two babies. This way they do not have to tag along with us to do errands. I feel bad too because I would like to spend some time just the two of us, but I really do need to get some things done. We do get to spend thursday morning together and go to french class alone. I love going there with him. he seems to love the class. It’s so neat to see him doing the class now. He is very good and really into it. He likes Lyvia and is not shy at all. He does try to run around the room near the end, but over all he pays attention.
Word wise, he isn’t getting much progress. We think he said NEZ yesterday while he pointed to his nose but he never said it again. He definitly understands more. he can point to his head, ears, nose, mouth, hands and can do the motions for aViolon in the song mon pere sens va au marche and for Ainsi font and can do the sounds for a cow and pig. He can also do the sounds for Ibuki!! that is so funny! he also understands commands like assi, dedans, tourne, enhaut, ferme (loves to close doors) and is starting to understand the concept of doucement or touche pas. Of course when you say viens ici he just runs away 🙂
He is a crazy climber. He can get up on a regular chair and sit, he also is starting to figure out he can drag his stool to stand on to get where he wants to go…which is getting scary because then he can reach almost everything on the counter. He can push strollers, climb up the small slide in the yard and slide down the big one alone!! he just figured this out last week. He is so cute when he does this. He and Chloe go up and down over and over again chasing each other. He loves to dance and stomp his feet and turning around in cicrles. He also likes to dump all of Chloe’s games on the floor. THe two of them go around walking through the house pusing their strollers. He knows to put the baby in the stroller too! OH and he can get up on a big bed…even the one in his room. So scary! he can get on and off no problem. he is able to get down the stairs if we hold his hand and has to go up alone. He trys to hold on to the railing…but usually ends up crawling up.
He has HUGE feet. size 6 XW already!! just 4 weeks ago he was 5 1/2 XW. He can not fit in any normal shoe. size 12-18 months is getting a little small in some case…but 18 months is good. he wears plenty of 18-24 month tops but the pants in the size are still too long.
He is still hooked on his pacifier….now more than ever since he has been teething so badly. We don’t know how will reduce this. He gets so whiny without it. But, I figure once his incissors are all in we’ll get a small break where we’ll reevaluate everything….like his bottle. He shoudl go on to regular milk soon. He loves drinking water out of a sippy cup so we’ll probably do that with him soon too for milk.
Well that is about all. He is great and still very cuddly. Loves to hug and give wet kisses. He can wave good bye and also send kisses. He is just handsome. We love him dearly and can’t imagine life without him.
We love you Alex!
Mom and Dad