Elliott started crawling the week of Christmas. All of a sudden, he just lunged forward and took off. He moved slowly at first, but now that he's moving he always wants to be on the floor, mobile. He's really screaching now too. The screaching has replaced the ooh ooh ooh sounds. He's found his voice I guess! Something else that is new is that Elliott is reaching he arm up in the air and moving his fingers. He'll raise his arm up at the lights, at the tree, at someone who walks in the room. Maybe it's a form of waving bye bye? Maybe it's the first step to pointing? Not sure, but it's new, cute and he does it a lot these days.
Elliott had a very nice first Christmas. I was able to take off work the week of Christmas and was so lucky to spend the time with Elliott. We had such a great time finishing up our shopping, taking naps, playing together, and reading books and cooking! It snowed on Elliotts first Christmas too, his first snow. He went to Christmas mass on Christmas eve with his mommy, daddy, grammy, and great-great uncle John. He was really good in church but was very interested in the little girls sitting next to us. I would say he was actually flerting with those girls! He was tilting his head and smiling at them, reaching out to them. It didnt help that they were smiling and waving at him too. He is such a cute baby that it's hard for people to not smile at him. I was in Barnes and Noble before Christmas with him and one woman walked by and stopped to look at him and said to me 'what a beautiful baby.' And he is. After mass Elliott spent Christmas eve dinner with his Grammy, Grandpa, Great-Great Uncle John and his mommy and daddy. On Christmas morning his grandparents came over for beakfast and he gave his Christmas gifts to his grandparents: a picture frame with one of his 6 month photos and a package of diapers! His grandmothers were opening the diapers and they were surprised to see that the diapers were for a newborn, but when mommy confirmed the diapers were for a new baby everyone screamed in excitement! Yes, Elliott is going to be a big brother in August 2010.
Elliott received so many wonderful gifts from his grandparents, santa, his aunts and uncles and cousins. He is so blessed to have so many people who love him and made his first Christmas so special. Thanks to all his loved ones who made his first Christmas so memorable.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
December 14
Elliott is really mobile now. As soon as he is put down on his back he rolls over and is up on his knees. He still hasn't figured out how to move forward more than one lunge. One day last week it he was all of a sudden able to move from his back, roll over to his tummy, then move to a sitting position. He is now flipping himself over in his crib at night and is sleeping on his tummy more often.
Elliott has had some restless nights lately. Up until now, we've been really lucky to have such a good sleeper: usually, Elliott is asleep by 7 and sleeps all night long until 6ish. Lately though, he's been waking up at midnight and will not go back to sleep. Maybe it's a growth spurt, but even though he had plenty of food during the day he was crying in hunger and after a bottle he was ready for sleep. Sometimes even after the bottle he cries. We finally decided to let him cry it out. As the books all said, it was tougher on us than on him. We turned off the monitor and let him fall asleep on his own, finally. I think all together it usually takes about an hour/hour and half before he's back to sleep. It makes for an exhausting day. Thankfully last night he slept all night with no interruptions.
Elliott is also starting to pull up on furniture. He will grab hold of his toy box and pull himself up to his knees. He can now pull himself up in his crib so the crib rail is in his mouth. Tonight he tried to pull up to the tub, so I stood him on his feet while he held on looking in at the tub while I turned on the faucets. He was really intrigued, watching the water fill the tub.
In the mornings we have a little ritual where we get him up and bring him in our room for his bottle. Aaron will feed him his bottle, then they sit in the arm chair and get out a couple of books. Elliott will handle the books, and now he can open the board book pages. He actually 'talks' to the books: de da de th de the da ba ba." Aaron will read him the book and Elliott loves it! Then, we put him on the floor with his softbound books and he 'reads' and plays with them. So, morning is book time for Elliott.
Elliott has a big appetite too. His favorite baby foods are carrots, sweet potatoes, applesauce, and he loves bananas. I've started to mash up a banana and let him taste 'real' banana. The texture is new and strange to him, so hopefully after a few more times he'll be used to it and like it. I've also tried to give him cheerios. He doesn't quite know what to do with them. He holds the o in his hand and eventually they end up on his lap and then in Max's belly. I'm just not sure if Eliott either isn't ready for pieces of real food or if he just doesn't like the food he's been offered. I am going to cook up a sweet potato tomorrow and let him give that a try.
This week we are going to put up our Christmas tree. Elliott really liked seeing his Grammy's tree this weekend - it was covered in blue and white lights and all Elliott could do was say 'oh oh' when looking at it. I hope he likes our tree! We've bought a few Christmas gifts for Elliott, but we figure that the real fun will be this weekend when we take him to see Santa on Sunday.
Elliott has the best temperament. Everyone at daycare says how happy he is, how he loves to squeal and play and laugh. It's also nice to see how he really enjoys seeing his friends when he gets there in the morning. That makes it easier on us, knowing that he likes where he is when he's not with us.
Elliott has had some restless nights lately. Up until now, we've been really lucky to have such a good sleeper: usually, Elliott is asleep by 7 and sleeps all night long until 6ish. Lately though, he's been waking up at midnight and will not go back to sleep. Maybe it's a growth spurt, but even though he had plenty of food during the day he was crying in hunger and after a bottle he was ready for sleep. Sometimes even after the bottle he cries. We finally decided to let him cry it out. As the books all said, it was tougher on us than on him. We turned off the monitor and let him fall asleep on his own, finally. I think all together it usually takes about an hour/hour and half before he's back to sleep. It makes for an exhausting day. Thankfully last night he slept all night with no interruptions.
Elliott is also starting to pull up on furniture. He will grab hold of his toy box and pull himself up to his knees. He can now pull himself up in his crib so the crib rail is in his mouth. Tonight he tried to pull up to the tub, so I stood him on his feet while he held on looking in at the tub while I turned on the faucets. He was really intrigued, watching the water fill the tub.
In the mornings we have a little ritual where we get him up and bring him in our room for his bottle. Aaron will feed him his bottle, then they sit in the arm chair and get out a couple of books. Elliott will handle the books, and now he can open the board book pages. He actually 'talks' to the books: de da de th de the da ba ba." Aaron will read him the book and Elliott loves it! Then, we put him on the floor with his softbound books and he 'reads' and plays with them. So, morning is book time for Elliott.
Elliott has a big appetite too. His favorite baby foods are carrots, sweet potatoes, applesauce, and he loves bananas. I've started to mash up a banana and let him taste 'real' banana. The texture is new and strange to him, so hopefully after a few more times he'll be used to it and like it. I've also tried to give him cheerios. He doesn't quite know what to do with them. He holds the o in his hand and eventually they end up on his lap and then in Max's belly. I'm just not sure if Eliott either isn't ready for pieces of real food or if he just doesn't like the food he's been offered. I am going to cook up a sweet potato tomorrow and let him give that a try.
This week we are going to put up our Christmas tree. Elliott really liked seeing his Grammy's tree this weekend - it was covered in blue and white lights and all Elliott could do was say 'oh oh' when looking at it. I hope he likes our tree! We've bought a few Christmas gifts for Elliott, but we figure that the real fun will be this weekend when we take him to see Santa on Sunday.
Elliott has the best temperament. Everyone at daycare says how happy he is, how he loves to squeal and play and laugh. It's also nice to see how he really enjoys seeing his friends when he gets there in the morning. That makes it easier on us, knowing that he likes where he is when he's not with us.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
December 1
Elliott had a nice first Thanksgiving. The weekend was full of spending time with family and trying new foods. Elliott tasted mashed potatoes and real sweet potatoes for the first time. He also tried a little bit of stuffing. He seemed to enjoy it.
His two bottom teeth are poking their way through, slowly but surely. It is obvious that he is experiencing some pain, so we've tried to alleviate the pain with some tylenol. He also has a cough that won't go away and a runny nose, so I took him to the doctor again yesterday. They said he sounded good and his ears looked great, so we just have to continue with the humidifier and the vicks vaporub.
Elliott is really moving fast now. When on his back, he flips over quickly onto his tummy. He flips over a lot in his crib and on several occasions in the last week I've gone into his room at night or in the morning and he's on his tummy.
Elliott also discovered a new sound 'oh.' It is so funny - he'll notice something and say 'oh' then look in another direction and say 'oh' and on and on. In the morning, when he wakes up, all we hear on the monitor is 'oh, oh, oh, oh' it's so funny!!
Elliott is also searching for toys when they fall on the floor. When I hold him on my lap and we are looking at a book, he will now drop it on the floor then lean over to look at it on the floor. I will say 'uh oh' and pick it up. TOnight, he was dropping his bath toys over the edge of his bath tub, then leaning over and reaching down to pick it up. He was straining and reaching and when he finally was able to grasp the toy, he brought it up to his mouth and gave it a big bite! Everything is going into his mouth these days due to his teething, though!
This evening Elliott was in his Exersaucer, which was butting up to the antique commode. I turned around and Elliott had pulled out the top drawer of the commode and was peering into the drawer. Another reminder that we need to secure all the drawers in the house, and soon!
His two bottom teeth are poking their way through, slowly but surely. It is obvious that he is experiencing some pain, so we've tried to alleviate the pain with some tylenol. He also has a cough that won't go away and a runny nose, so I took him to the doctor again yesterday. They said he sounded good and his ears looked great, so we just have to continue with the humidifier and the vicks vaporub.
Elliott is really moving fast now. When on his back, he flips over quickly onto his tummy. He flips over a lot in his crib and on several occasions in the last week I've gone into his room at night or in the morning and he's on his tummy.
Elliott also discovered a new sound 'oh.' It is so funny - he'll notice something and say 'oh' then look in another direction and say 'oh' and on and on. In the morning, when he wakes up, all we hear on the monitor is 'oh, oh, oh, oh' it's so funny!!
Elliott is also searching for toys when they fall on the floor. When I hold him on my lap and we are looking at a book, he will now drop it on the floor then lean over to look at it on the floor. I will say 'uh oh' and pick it up. TOnight, he was dropping his bath toys over the edge of his bath tub, then leaning over and reaching down to pick it up. He was straining and reaching and when he finally was able to grasp the toy, he brought it up to his mouth and gave it a big bite! Everything is going into his mouth these days due to his teething, though!
This evening Elliott was in his Exersaucer, which was butting up to the antique commode. I turned around and Elliott had pulled out the top drawer of the commode and was peering into the drawer. Another reminder that we need to secure all the drawers in the house, and soon!
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