Life with Joshua: December 2004

Sunday, December 19, 2004

What can I say, he is a bit of a ham these days!

1 Year Check Up

Josh had his 1 year check up last week, here are the official results:

Weighs 21 lbs and 13 oz (he is about mid-range on the percentile rankings, which is normal for a breastfed baby at this point)
Height 30.5 inches
Is doing quite well for his age/gender with his vocabulary
Really hates getting shots in his arms instead of his legs (makes Mommy cry too)
Has LOTS of teeth for his age and many more ready to come in
His doctor loves him :)

I forgot to add a few words that he is using now:

Book
Graham Cracker - Yes I know it is a big word, but when you hear it you know exactly what he means!
Quack Quack - His one and only animal sound at this time and he uses it whenever he sees a duck!

We went to Kindermusik on Friday after missing the past two weeks and were so disappointed. There was a substitue teacher and she was nowhere near as good as our regular teacher. She has been teaching for 6 years, which I find really surprising because the class was a real dud! After this session is over with we are not going to sign up again. I think between the great free library storytimes and some other play sessions at the rec center we should be covered for his social interaction requirements! I can't wait for better weather because he is going to have a blast at the park and beach next year.

Saturday, December 11, 2004

I'm 1, I'm 1, I'm 1..!!!!

Well.....my little guy has turned a whole 1 year old. Unbelievable. Along with his birthday seemed to come a bit of an attitude! It's like he woke up on the wrong side of the crib. His schedule is all wonky, so we have stayed pretty close to home this past week. We even missed both of his storytimes :(.

But the good news is that along with the 'tude is lots of fun advancements. He has a small vocabulary that helps us figure a few things out:

Dada, Dadeeee - This is his favorite and there is no doubt who he is talking about when he says it! He has a very funny way of saying it with conviction that he knows he will get Michael's attention. Like hey, pay attention, I'm talking to you!
Momma - This is rare but he can say it, he just chooses to torment me by saying it only on the odd occasion.
Sock - Loves socks, likes to chew on them. In fact give him a sock, he'll stick it in his mouth and crawl all over the house with it (his size sock of course!)
Shoe - Although he doesn't like to wear shoes (shuz) he loves the word. The funniest thing happened the other day, he was nursing and I looked down at him and he had this huge grin on his face (while nursing!). I started laughing and said what are you grinning about, he raised his leg up until his foot was near my face, he let go for a sec and said "shu". I cracked up laughing, because he knew exactly what he was talking about and you could see his little brain clicking away and he was just so darn proud of himself!
Cheese - More like sheez, one of his favorite foods.
Milk (nursing) - actually we use a hand signal for this one, when he starts opening and closing both of his hands at the same time, it is a very clear sign as to what he wants.
CookCook - Used for cracker/cookie type items. I had a box sitting on a shelf behind me and when he noticed them, he went crazy with saying cookcook. Now if I can just keep him thinking that graham crackers are the only cookies in the whole wide world, we'll be in good shape.
Bye Bye - Of course, he has had this one down for awhile. Works for both his going somewhere and someone leaving.

He is walking really well now, he prefers it over crawling. He has been on the walking kick for almost two weeks now. I finally had to go buy him some soft leather shoes so he could get a grip on the wood floors and quit slipping and falling! Of course, that didn't stop him from taking a dive on the carpet at the library yesterday and coming up with a huge bloody lip :(. I felt bad, he has fallen so many times and we just pick him up and brush him off, well, it wasn't too easy to do it this time with blood smeared across his face! He still has a fat lip today so we stayed home (!), actually we didn't just because of that, but you should have seen some of the looks that I got at the grocery store last night. Geesh people, I didn't do it, he tripped!

Josh got some good daddy time today, I taught class this morning, came home for about an hour to give Michael a break and then left again for 4 whole hours (!). I went into my old place of work to help out with a short project. Josh and Michael, hung out, played, had lunch, took a little walk and when I got home Josh was crashed out on the couch in the family room. It was so cute, he would have never let me put him down there to sleep, but it was okay if daddy did it. :)