(16m 2w)
Noah has been taking more steps lately on his own. On Mother's day he took a few at Nana's and then today in our living room, he walked from the couch to the rocking chair, a few steps. And then he was holding onto my legs and I let go and backed up and he walked to me, about 5 steps. We practiced this all evening and after his bath, he finally did it! He walked across his room, naked! So after he was all dressed, we took more videos of him and brought him downstairs and he was walking every where and into every thing! I think that is what provoked him, to be more independant and be able to see more things around the house that interest him. and guess who is coming out for the first PT tomorrow... B-3, go figure, right? I knew those steps to me today were going to lead to something good. The day before he was climbing all over everything! From the couch to the chair, up into the rocking chair and down and across to the other couch and down. Up to the coffee table and across to the couch... I think all the climbing helped kick something into high gear! I am so happy for him!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
bye-bye bottles...
(16m, 9d)
good news, Noah is done with his bottles! last night was his first night with no bottle before bed. He had 8 oz of milk in his sippy cup with the straw, leaned back into me and ate his cookie. he did really well! I am glad I got him off them now before it was too late. as I was putting them away in his closet, he saw them and freaked out and whined and wanted them! I had to distract him. so I know any longer and he would have given me a hard time about not having them anymore. I am happy with 16 months, the pedi suggested 15 and I was down to one bottle at 15 months. I have to give noah credit, he did really well weaning off the bottle, and formual and going to milk. and same with his paci, at 12 months, I just took them away (he was only using it for sleep time at night) and one day I just took it away and he was totally fine! same with bf, at 9 months, we stopped and it was harder on me! I miss it, but know if I was still nursing him now, he would be clawing at me all the time. I have to remember these time lines for #2 baby, although it probably won't be as easy or the same.
noah's new word....Milk. very cute! and he took a few more steps yesterday. and today, he climbed into his little rocking chair, I never showed him how. he was playing in his room while I was getting ready this morning and I went in to check on him and he pulled all his stuffed animals off the little boy rocker (joe's when he was little) and noah was sitting there, all proud of himself! and he also climbed up onto our apholstered rocker over his little chair and onto the couch! Low tone... I shake my head at that... and oh, he is walking... on his knees. hey, it's locomotion, right?
good news, Noah is done with his bottles! last night was his first night with no bottle before bed. He had 8 oz of milk in his sippy cup with the straw, leaned back into me and ate his cookie. he did really well! I am glad I got him off them now before it was too late. as I was putting them away in his closet, he saw them and freaked out and whined and wanted them! I had to distract him. so I know any longer and he would have given me a hard time about not having them anymore. I am happy with 16 months, the pedi suggested 15 and I was down to one bottle at 15 months. I have to give noah credit, he did really well weaning off the bottle, and formual and going to milk. and same with his paci, at 12 months, I just took them away (he was only using it for sleep time at night) and one day I just took it away and he was totally fine! same with bf, at 9 months, we stopped and it was harder on me! I miss it, but know if I was still nursing him now, he would be clawing at me all the time. I have to remember these time lines for #2 baby, although it probably won't be as easy or the same.
noah's new word....Milk. very cute! and he took a few more steps yesterday. and today, he climbed into his little rocking chair, I never showed him how. he was playing in his room while I was getting ready this morning and I went in to check on him and he pulled all his stuffed animals off the little boy rocker (joe's when he was little) and noah was sitting there, all proud of himself! and he also climbed up onto our apholstered rocker over his little chair and onto the couch! Low tone... I shake my head at that... and oh, he is walking... on his knees. hey, it's locomotion, right?
Thursday, May 3, 2007
not so philly....
noah was 16 months yesterday! He now has 7 teeth and plus a new big molar popped through on his upper left.
I need to start challenging Noah more. I gave him the opportunity to get off the couch on his own without my help, and he totally did perfectly well. which also meant he tried that with the stairs and can totally get down by himself, all the way down. I went to visit my friend Laura in Baltimore this week. Her nephew is a month older than noah and can answer you when you ask him what a cow says. so I told joe we need to start doing that. so tonight after dinner we started that. and before bed, he was already answering us! I'd ask, "Noah, what does a cow say?" and he answered, "moo moo" !! so cute! I was like, no way!!! so, we really need to start seeing what he can do!
We had a very bad trip to philadelphia this week. Noah did not travel well. He totally freaked out at the hotel room, crying and was soo wound up like on speed, so we packed up and left for home at 12am. yes, it was extreme for us to leave, but he was that upset. I could not see spending another 5 nights like that plus naps. he would not stay in the pack n play they provided and the first one was broken and collapsed on him so that freaked him out. the only thing that worked was sitting in his stroller watching baby faith. and after 3 hours of that he got bored. I wish he were still nursing or even slept with us at home, so he could do that at the hotel. when we tried to put him to bed with us, he would bite or pull my hair (not maliciously but out of "what the heck is going on"????) and he would sit on joe's head or step on mine and jump up and down and bite the head board, climb all over the bed, trying to fall off. we never would have gotten any sleep. as it was he did not nap on the way down and I did not sleep after working the night before. it was just so awful. thankfully the hotel took pitty on us and did not charge us for the time we were there. as soon as he saw his car seat he fell asleep, I barely had him buckled in yet! snored the whole 5 hrs on the way home. and to make matters worse we almost ran out of gas... bad trip. So we will try it again in a few months, hoping he does better!
I need to start challenging Noah more. I gave him the opportunity to get off the couch on his own without my help, and he totally did perfectly well. which also meant he tried that with the stairs and can totally get down by himself, all the way down. I went to visit my friend Laura in Baltimore this week. Her nephew is a month older than noah and can answer you when you ask him what a cow says. so I told joe we need to start doing that. so tonight after dinner we started that. and before bed, he was already answering us! I'd ask, "Noah, what does a cow say?" and he answered, "moo moo" !! so cute! I was like, no way!!! so, we really need to start seeing what he can do!
We had a very bad trip to philadelphia this week. Noah did not travel well. He totally freaked out at the hotel room, crying and was soo wound up like on speed, so we packed up and left for home at 12am. yes, it was extreme for us to leave, but he was that upset. I could not see spending another 5 nights like that plus naps. he would not stay in the pack n play they provided and the first one was broken and collapsed on him so that freaked him out. the only thing that worked was sitting in his stroller watching baby faith. and after 3 hours of that he got bored. I wish he were still nursing or even slept with us at home, so he could do that at the hotel. when we tried to put him to bed with us, he would bite or pull my hair (not maliciously but out of "what the heck is going on"????) and he would sit on joe's head or step on mine and jump up and down and bite the head board, climb all over the bed, trying to fall off. we never would have gotten any sleep. as it was he did not nap on the way down and I did not sleep after working the night before. it was just so awful. thankfully the hotel took pitty on us and did not charge us for the time we were there. as soon as he saw his car seat he fell asleep, I barely had him buckled in yet! snored the whole 5 hrs on the way home. and to make matters worse we almost ran out of gas... bad trip. So we will try it again in a few months, hoping he does better!
Friday, April 27, 2007
birth to three
(15m 25d)
Birth to three came out today and noah does qualify for services according to the evaluation. They were super nice, the speech/language pathologist and PT. The good news is that they said he scored above average for cognitive, social and language abilities!!! I was so happy for him! But he scored below for gross motor. they said his fine motor is perfect, but b/c they some what group it with gross, he also scored low on fine. but let me repeat, I am glad they said he was totally fine with his fine motor skills, which I agree with. As far as the gross motor, they said he has low muscle tone, which is called hypotonia. it is not severe, but the W sitting gave it away ( I have to correct his sitting position). they said using a walker (which we bought him for xmas but does not use much) encourages the toe walking, so they discouraged use of that. the johnny jumper increased tight heel cords (achiles tendon) b/c they jump on their toes, not allowing their foot to go flat and stretching the cords. but since he was late to sit up on his own, late to crawl and now not walking unassited yet, they said it is low tone. he is not and never was floppy and the pedi did not ever notice it, so it is by no means severe. he does not drool and always sucked well (besides at birth when he was premature and jandiced and sleepy). so I did some research on line, and most of what they talk about is more than what noah has. Joe was the same way, so I am thinking he was an undiagnosed low tone baby. I am happy they found something (not that I ever want anything wrong with him) and now we can move forward with PT. She will call me on vacation so we can plan for a time when we get back. they said they are happy that we are doing this early, but I wish I pushed more when he was late to sit up and late to crawl. first time mommy, now I know better!!
Birth to three came out today and noah does qualify for services according to the evaluation. They were super nice, the speech/language pathologist and PT. The good news is that they said he scored above average for cognitive, social and language abilities!!! I was so happy for him! But he scored below for gross motor. they said his fine motor is perfect, but b/c they some what group it with gross, he also scored low on fine. but let me repeat, I am glad they said he was totally fine with his fine motor skills, which I agree with. As far as the gross motor, they said he has low muscle tone, which is called hypotonia. it is not severe, but the W sitting gave it away ( I have to correct his sitting position). they said using a walker (which we bought him for xmas but does not use much) encourages the toe walking, so they discouraged use of that. the johnny jumper increased tight heel cords (achiles tendon) b/c they jump on their toes, not allowing their foot to go flat and stretching the cords. but since he was late to sit up on his own, late to crawl and now not walking unassited yet, they said it is low tone. he is not and never was floppy and the pedi did not ever notice it, so it is by no means severe. he does not drool and always sucked well (besides at birth when he was premature and jandiced and sleepy). so I did some research on line, and most of what they talk about is more than what noah has. Joe was the same way, so I am thinking he was an undiagnosed low tone baby. I am happy they found something (not that I ever want anything wrong with him) and now we can move forward with PT. She will call me on vacation so we can plan for a time when we get back. they said they are happy that we are doing this early, but I wish I pushed more when he was late to sit up and late to crawl. first time mommy, now I know better!!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
first steps
15m 3w)
Noah has taken a few steps! He took a few for us the night before and yesterday afternoon and then a few for nana! Birth to three is scheduled to come out on Friday, so we will see if he will be walking on his own soon, like dr Lamoureux predicted. He said at his 15 month appt that in 3 weeks he would be walking on his own.
Noah had a major melt down yesterday. He, after have 3 prior hair cuts, has now decided he HATES getting his hair cut. he screamed, SCREAMED, and cried during it! huge tears and all. It is so funny from him to go from such a laid back, happy-go-lucky kid, to everything bothering him! and yesterday he got so mad at the dr for touching me at my drs appt. and when the tech did my bp and pulse, he all out lost it! clenched fists, kicking and screaming, face all crunched up! don't touch my mommy!!!!! I thought we were past that stage and I was lucky he did not get like that. he even cried when joe dropped him off at nana's this morning and was hanging on to him for dear life! and at the nursery, forget it! I wonder why now, he is getting like this. all kids are different I guess. He never had seperation anxiety before.
He is doing really well with only one bottle at night and to be honest, I am sure if I stopped giving it to him, he would be fine. I just love that time with him. He cuddles with me and I cherish it!
He loves his meals and has a great time eating. And he does very well drinking his water with a splash of added apple juice out of a big boy cup with a straw.
noah gave me the best hug yesterday morning! Usually he will wrap both arms around my shoulders and pat my arms but today he wrapped both arms around my neck and pulled me into him and hugged me! and stayed too! He is so sweet, I just love him so much!
Noah has taken a few steps! He took a few for us the night before and yesterday afternoon and then a few for nana! Birth to three is scheduled to come out on Friday, so we will see if he will be walking on his own soon, like dr Lamoureux predicted. He said at his 15 month appt that in 3 weeks he would be walking on his own.
Noah had a major melt down yesterday. He, after have 3 prior hair cuts, has now decided he HATES getting his hair cut. he screamed, SCREAMED, and cried during it! huge tears and all. It is so funny from him to go from such a laid back, happy-go-lucky kid, to everything bothering him! and yesterday he got so mad at the dr for touching me at my drs appt. and when the tech did my bp and pulse, he all out lost it! clenched fists, kicking and screaming, face all crunched up! don't touch my mommy!!!!! I thought we were past that stage and I was lucky he did not get like that. he even cried when joe dropped him off at nana's this morning and was hanging on to him for dear life! and at the nursery, forget it! I wonder why now, he is getting like this. all kids are different I guess. He never had seperation anxiety before.
He is doing really well with only one bottle at night and to be honest, I am sure if I stopped giving it to him, he would be fine. I just love that time with him. He cuddles with me and I cherish it!
He loves his meals and has a great time eating. And he does very well drinking his water with a splash of added apple juice out of a big boy cup with a straw.
noah gave me the best hug yesterday morning! Usually he will wrap both arms around my shoulders and pat my arms but today he wrapped both arms around my neck and pulled me into him and hugged me! and stayed too! He is so sweet, I just love him so much!
Monday, April 2, 2007
15 months
Noah is going for his check up this week. Two new words he said today are "All Done" and "bye bye". He waves bye bye with his hand, by opening and closing it and says bye in the sweetest, softest voice. And with "all done" he has been saying that for a while, but we just figured out what he was saying. "AAA DAA". He repeats me all the time when I ask him if he is all done, (with snack, meals, playing with a toy and he hands it to me). Joe mentioned that I say that a lot to him, so it makes sense he is repeating me. He says it all day long, repeating me, AAA DAA, it sounds like all done, and it is very cute!
He is walking with his push toys, and with our assistance, and cruising furniture, but not walking on his own yet. He got a new pair of stride rite's yesterday, so hopefully that will help him along.
He is down to only one bottle a day now, at night before bed. Today we changed the morning bottle of milk to a cup of cold milk with breakfast. He seemed to be fine with it. He is eating all table foods now with an occasional jar of veggies, if he is not getting enough vegetables in. He loves to eat and enjoys meal time. I turn the radio on and he nods his head along and moves back and forth to the music! He also does this in the car, it cracks us up!
He loves playing with Jack (jacks) and paris (sis). He also loves going for walks with them. I attach the dogs leashes to the stroller and they walk along with us.
Noah goes to a play group once a week, and has fun with the other kids, and the moms enjoy visiting, too.
Noah loves "talking" on the play phone. He will pretend anything is a phone now, and hold it up to his ear and then to ours.
He has 4 teeth still, but finally #5 and 6 are coming in, and having broken skin! The other 2 looked like they were coming down, but have stopped.
We are looking forward to Easter dinner with the family and play time with Emma.
He is walking with his push toys, and with our assistance, and cruising furniture, but not walking on his own yet. He got a new pair of stride rite's yesterday, so hopefully that will help him along.
He is down to only one bottle a day now, at night before bed. Today we changed the morning bottle of milk to a cup of cold milk with breakfast. He seemed to be fine with it. He is eating all table foods now with an occasional jar of veggies, if he is not getting enough vegetables in. He loves to eat and enjoys meal time. I turn the radio on and he nods his head along and moves back and forth to the music! He also does this in the car, it cracks us up!
He loves playing with Jack (jacks) and paris (sis). He also loves going for walks with them. I attach the dogs leashes to the stroller and they walk along with us.
Noah goes to a play group once a week, and has fun with the other kids, and the moms enjoy visiting, too.
Noah loves "talking" on the play phone. He will pretend anything is a phone now, and hold it up to his ear and then to ours.
He has 4 teeth still, but finally #5 and 6 are coming in, and having broken skin! The other 2 looked like they were coming down, but have stopped.
We are looking forward to Easter dinner with the family and play time with Emma.
Thursday, March 15, 2007
a love of music
(14m 13d)
Noah cracks me up! He loves to dance to music! any kind of music, we will be driving in the car and I will have the radio on and look in the mirror and see noah head-bobbing! He has such good rythym, too! and some songs he will put his arms up in the air and head bob!
He still in not walking and showing no interest. He walks well with his push toys and cruises very readily along the furniture but when we attempt to take his hand and encourage him to walk, he resists.
He loves to talk on the phone, or pretend anyway. He will use his toy phones and hold them on his shoulder and talk to dada! then give us the phone so we can talk, too. He will use anything to pretend, a stuffed toy, his cup, a tooth brush. He also loves to brush his hair. He will take his brush (and tooth brush) and brush his hair! He can point to his belly, eyes, nose, and head when asked and beep your nose, if you ask, too. He loves the dogs, especially Jack. He comes down in the morning asking for "Jacks and Sis". It is so cute! He hugs Jack as paris will not tolerate it. He also puts toys in his mouth and "shakes it up" as Svet does. He eats cheerios off of his tray like the dogs eat food out of their bowl. He is doing well with the sippy cup, and only drinks from the bottle for his milk. That is the next step, to elimiate those 3 bottles of warm milk. I love the cuddle time, so I am partly to blame. I am working on making the milk cold, we have to by our trip in May.
He is going to nana's house twice a week from 7am-130pm and doing very well. He loves his nana and grandpa!
Noah cracks me up! He loves to dance to music! any kind of music, we will be driving in the car and I will have the radio on and look in the mirror and see noah head-bobbing! He has such good rythym, too! and some songs he will put his arms up in the air and head bob!
He still in not walking and showing no interest. He walks well with his push toys and cruises very readily along the furniture but when we attempt to take his hand and encourage him to walk, he resists.
He loves to talk on the phone, or pretend anyway. He will use his toy phones and hold them on his shoulder and talk to dada! then give us the phone so we can talk, too. He will use anything to pretend, a stuffed toy, his cup, a tooth brush. He also loves to brush his hair. He will take his brush (and tooth brush) and brush his hair! He can point to his belly, eyes, nose, and head when asked and beep your nose, if you ask, too. He loves the dogs, especially Jack. He comes down in the morning asking for "Jacks and Sis". It is so cute! He hugs Jack as paris will not tolerate it. He also puts toys in his mouth and "shakes it up" as Svet does. He eats cheerios off of his tray like the dogs eat food out of their bowl. He is doing well with the sippy cup, and only drinks from the bottle for his milk. That is the next step, to elimiate those 3 bottles of warm milk. I love the cuddle time, so I am partly to blame. I am working on making the milk cold, we have to by our trip in May.
He is going to nana's house twice a week from 7am-130pm and doing very well. He loves his nana and grandpa!
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