I just reread what I wrote last week. the general routine stuff if the same, but he has made some huge progress and has started to do some really cute…and not so cute things…
The biggest change is that he can now say a few words now. Maman was his real first word which probably happed before 14 months I thought but I did not see it written. his second word was Apple. right in the midst of apple picking with Chloe’s Preschool he said Ahh el for Apple! he could not say the P’s. THat was about 3 weeks ago. Since then he has gotten better with the P’s since he started saying PaPa two weeks ago! He started to mimick in a humming kind of way how we say things, like Chloe. He will hmm the two sylabbles. This is hard to discribe. Anyway, he is definitly progressing. He can pretty much say Assi too. You can see he is trying harder now to immitate what we say and the sounds we make.
OH and he started to point at just about everything. He sticks his finger out and turns it and makes noises like mm mm. It’s really adorable. he can do High fives really well. He puts his hand all the way behind his head turned in a karate chop style and comes down as hard as he can! He still loves to dance and turn and climbing all over the place.
The one unpleasant habit he developed was head butting. He started to bang his head on us. either from teeth pain or from ear pain. We think both since just last week we brought him to DR. Stevens because we thought he had an ear infection because he woke up at 3am and would not go back to sleep. Turned out he had both ears infected. ON top of that he is getting his last inscissor so he must be in lots of pain. Today was his last day of antibiotics. This is his second infection to date. HIs problem is that once he gets a runny nose, it just won’t go away. He had a runny nose for 3 weeks and eventually it turned into an ear infection.
What else. He must less picky about food. He is back to eating pretty much everythign except fruit. So odd. He really doesn’t like many kinds. He will eat watermelon and Cantalope…sometimes bananas and apples. but he dosen’t really like that. He hates pears, mangos, plums, peaches and things like that. I tried strawberries again tonight and he ate a few pieces but it wasn’t a huge hit. He is getting better at getting his spoon in his mouth but he is still a big fan of using his left hand to get most of in…and on the floor or his bib!
We are still going to Karate. We had Sara baby sit once more and it went well. We skipped once and my mom babysat one night. Tonight we were going to have Sara come but she had too much work to do. We ended up bringing both kids to the class and to our huge surprise, Alex did very well. He had his whiny moments…mostly when we had him gated in the little TV room with Chloe, but once out he insisted on going on the matt. So everytime he went on, I put him behind the gate. He cried a little, I’d let him out, he’d run right for the matt so I started over again. I did this 3 or 4 times and he never went on again! Worked like a charm. So he was happy for most of the night and even played with Chloe near the end. I had to get off a couple of times, but not bad at all. We were there two hours and I actually felt I got a work out. Chloe had to pee three times which kind of sucks, but we get the hang of it now so it goes fast. Anyway we were both very proud of Alex. We will have to try it again. It’s nice that he and Chloe will have a chance to play together and have fun at karate rather than be seperated.
We brought the kids over the Aquarium last weekend. They had a blast. they especially loved the ocean scape. Alex was able to walk across these foam beams that were about foot of ground without any difficulty. He is so agile it’s scary!
IN terms of toys, he really enjoys this little Piano Chloe got for her b-day. It’s in our dining room and he will play it when he walks past. He also like to hit the keyboard, play with Chloe’s cash register ( he broke it by slamming it around!) pushing the stroller and walking aroud with books like Chloe. He loves books now. Unfortunately he is not too gentle with them so we have to watch him.
Preschool is going well for Chloe. On Tuesday I try and switch with Jackie. She takes Alex one week I take Will the next. He has been to Jackies now three times, he seems to enjoy it. He gets a little whiny once and while but over all does well. He has fun at his french class with Lyvia. Nina is in his class with him. It’s nice to have them together. Just last week I started Chloe on wednesdays at the french school. Nicholas and Maia are in the class with her so it’s really really neat that they can be together again after having known each other since they were just 10 months old. Alex and I get to run around and do errands. It sucks for him, but at least he is with me. When he gets older perhaps we can use the time to do an activity together like the library or gym.
He is still very destructive with all of Chloe games and toys. So poor Chloe doesn’t get many chances to play games with us unless he is asleep. I assume this will change soon enough.
He is now wearing a size 18 months. a few 12-18 months things still fit, but over all 18 is best. he can wear 2T in tops and sweaters. I sometimes have to roll the sleeves. He is still an 6 XW. We will probably just but 6 1/2 though since it will last longer.
In the last couple of weeks I started to take them on walks in the wagon and they just love it. We haven’t gone to the park much lately. It’s too cold at night and with preschool now three times a week and their naps it’s tough to find time. 🙁
He is still very very cuddly, especially with me. If I leave though, I”ve been told he becomes very affectionate with however is there. I guess he likes to be close. It’s such a wondeful feeling to have him cuddle with you. He loves to stare at people too and if he is comfortable enough, he will go right up to them and sit on their laps ( if they are low enough!).
well not much else taht I can think off right now. Over all we love him and he is doing just great. We can’y wait to see what the next month has in store for us to discover with him. We love you Alex!!
Mom and Dad