(18m 5d)
Today is auntie Becky's birthday! 7-7-7...
Noah is such a happy kid... when he gets his way I should say. He is behaving as a typical 18 month old should... with obstanance and pseudo independance.. with a zest for life and the love for his dogs. Last night Joe overheard noah giggling... he found him sitting on the couch with paris, just beeping the poor dog's nose. over and over again.
Noah had coxsackie virus last week, otherwise known as hand, foot and mouth disease. It is a common summer time, very contagious virus kids get. He was lucky enough to get it from the park and another playmate of his got it the same day. Noah faired well, complete with a rash and fever and sore throat. He is fine now and I know he could have had it worse.
Noah had his 18 month appt a few days ago. The dr is so impressed with how far he has advanced since his 15 month appt. When asked if noah knows any of his body parts, I gladly smiled. "Noah..where is your hiney?" and noah quietly turns, plasters a huge grin on his face and pats his back-end. Got to love my kid.
noah is such a smarty-pants. today I just showed him one time where his chin is and his knees are. and he remembered hrs later in the day! he loves that game now, identifing body parts. he knows all the others, so now we have to start doing the smaller parts. And he can count to 3! he shows me his fingers, 1, he points his pointer finger really straight and high, 2, he crosses his pointer and middle together and 3, he shows me his whole hand! and he mimicks me... he is not saying one two three, but he makes the same sound I do. "onnne, twooooo, THREE!" "unnnn, ooooo (low pitch) EEEEE (high pitch) ... can you hear it?
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Mr. Independent
(17m,3w)
When did Noah become such an independent little boy that prefers to play than cuddle with his mom?
This past week.
He is so active and indepenedent, or tries to be, and is so over the cuddling and babying. I know I am raising a self-sufficient, secure-with-his-emotions little boy.. but it is making mommy sad! No more cuddling with his sippy cup of milk at night, no more holding him and singing to him in the rocking chair in his room before bed... it's g'night mom as he grabs his blanket, pulls it over his head and gets onto his tummy and goes to sleep.
He loves to play outside and run around the yard. He has a lot of outdoor toys including cars, swings and slides. He can kick and throw a ball. He has scraped knees and bruised shins. He definitely is a little boy.
When did Noah become such an independent little boy that prefers to play than cuddle with his mom?
This past week.
He is so active and indepenedent, or tries to be, and is so over the cuddling and babying. I know I am raising a self-sufficient, secure-with-his-emotions little boy.. but it is making mommy sad! No more cuddling with his sippy cup of milk at night, no more holding him and singing to him in the rocking chair in his room before bed... it's g'night mom as he grabs his blanket, pulls it over his head and gets onto his tummy and goes to sleep.
He loves to play outside and run around the yard. He has a lot of outdoor toys including cars, swings and slides. He can kick and throw a ball. He has scraped knees and bruised shins. He definitely is a little boy.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Oh wow!!
(17m 4d)
Noah's latest thing, not so new, but just so funny, is he makes this noise, I can't even spell how it sounds but it is when he is excited about something-- he goes, "huhh, oh wow!" but a long drawn in breath and getting high pitched towards the end. It is so funny!! and he does itsy bitsy spider when we sing it to him or his laugh and learn puppy sings it. He knows to tweek the puppy's nose three times and it will sing itsy bitsy and then he does the spider and the rain with his hands! I know all kids do this at this age, but when it is your kid, there is nothing funnier or better to watch in the world!
He is doing really well walking and climbing. He is independent with picking things up in the middle of the room, but he still cannot get up from a sitting position unless holding on to something. He is getting close though. He likes to walk down the stairs now and holds onto the railing.
We found the strawberries have really increased his eczema so he is not eating them now. But he loves raspberries, black berries and blue berries.
He is back to taking two naps a day. We tried one a day, after lunch, but he was miserable and could not stay awake through lunch, no matter how early we made it. He is still young yet, and two a day is fine.
Noah's latest thing, not so new, but just so funny, is he makes this noise, I can't even spell how it sounds but it is when he is excited about something-- he goes, "huhh, oh wow!" but a long drawn in breath and getting high pitched towards the end. It is so funny!! and he does itsy bitsy spider when we sing it to him or his laugh and learn puppy sings it. He knows to tweek the puppy's nose three times and it will sing itsy bitsy and then he does the spider and the rain with his hands! I know all kids do this at this age, but when it is your kid, there is nothing funnier or better to watch in the world!
He is doing really well walking and climbing. He is independent with picking things up in the middle of the room, but he still cannot get up from a sitting position unless holding on to something. He is getting close though. He likes to walk down the stairs now and holds onto the railing.
We found the strawberries have really increased his eczema so he is not eating them now. But he loves raspberries, black berries and blue berries.
He is back to taking two naps a day. We tried one a day, after lunch, but he was miserable and could not stay awake through lunch, no matter how early we made it. He is still young yet, and two a day is fine.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Noah is walking!!!
(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!
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!
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!!
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