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| Getting a bath on his birthday. His Granna said she made a 1 out of his hair . |
...Well I guess it doesn't matter how I try to spin it, my baby is growing up:( I did tear up a little today and yesterday if I am being honest. I hear people saying things like "don't blink or you will miss it" and " I don't remember my life before my kids" well I am jumping on that bandwagon because those people know what their talking about. Easton had a great birthday. Unfortunately I had to work but his Granna took off work and stayed with him. When we got home we had a birthday supper and he had a cupcake. I will post pics of that mess! His party will be Saturday and that will have to be a blog all by itself. That's about all I can handle of the birthday talk, I may actually cry again. Let's discuss what Mr. E has been up to this month.
I will begin by asking, who took my sweet, cuddly, angel baby and replaced him with -baby with an attitude-? This little guy has been a total mess since mommy and daddy got back from our trip to the beach. I think he is teaching us a lesson. That lesson being "leave me again and you will pay!" No, but really, he has become SUPER clingy to me, he pitches temper tantrums, and along with all the hair pulling he has started biting (I'm glad now he doesn't have teeth).Now I have went and broke the cardinal rule in teaching. When talking to parents you are always supposed to tell them three positive things about their child before a negative. I suppose since I am talking about my own child I can say what I want. Now onto the positives....
Milestones
- He has learned to stand up without using anything to pull up on.
- He is drinking from straw.
- Following simple directions. Ex: understands no, will hand me something if I ask.
- Signs "more" on command.
- He is no longer taking formula. He switched to whole milk like a champ.
- No bottle for this big boy. Again we had no problem at all taking the bottle away.
- We are weaning off the paci. I tried to do it cold turkey but that only lasted a day. I decided to cut it down to just nap times and bed time. That went so well that for the past 3 nights he has not even taken it at bed time. Now we just have to pull it at nap time. I am waiting on that one since he is still adjusting to napping at the babysitters house but I am proud of my little guy.
I am going to end by saying that this has been the most amazing month thus far. I have watched him learn and grow so much over the past year but this month feels like a switch went on and he suddenly understands everything. I am sure he understood alot more than I gave him credit for before this month but now I can see it. It is a great feeling to ask your child something and he is able to answer you, not necessarily by words but by actions. Maybe I am crazy but this is so exciting to me.
Oh my goodness I must be exhausted because I almost forgot one of the most important milestones. Easton is WALKING. Right after he turned 11 months he took his first steps. Around 11 and a half months he was taking 4 or 5 steps at a time. Now he is taking 10 or more! I am so happy that I was still home to see him start walking. I was so afraid that he would do it at the babysitters and I would miss it. I guess that confirms it. Easton is a big boy. Sniff sniff.
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| His pre-birthday supper at McDonalds |
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My first day of work. He was saying "mommy don't cry, I will be fine." :)
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