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TWENTY FOURTH MONTH
JULY 21 – AUGUST 20 (2016)
COMMUNICATION & COGNITION
- says “Go!” & motions with his arm
- repeats “burrito” (sounds like “bee-tow”)
- repeats “poo poo” & “pee pee” and he (sometimes) says it to tell me he has to go
- practices saying “baby”
- he makes a sound & pretend-grabs the thing he wants from pictures in books or on the computer
- he actually started saying “mama” & “dada” to purposefully refer to us
- he says “beep beep” to refer to Eric because of Eric’s work van ‘back-up beeps’
- he says “dada, beep beep” a lot
- started saying “nah” for the word no (8/5)
- he started using a hand gesture (putting hands up to his mouth) to communicate wanting to have some “formula milk”
- started saying “no” instead of “nah” (8/14)
- repeats 2-word phrase “help, mama” & “help, dada” (his “help” sounds like “ah-p”)
- says no or no-no regularly
- repeats “apple”
- he does the Dragon’s Lair game sounds (“chew…chew…ahh!”)
- he uses an arm motion (like the crawl stroke) to communicate “swim”
- when my parents visited he said “grandpa” a lot: “gam-PA” (with emphasis on the “pa”)
NOW HE CAN…
- open “easy” doors
- Globber! (i.e. Todd’s 1st scooter!) (7/31)
TRUCKS!
- he liked watching the guys load the moving truck & he walked up and down the ramp
- the movers loaded up items from our house on 7/21, then unloaded items in Wenatchee on 7/22
- he loves watching garbage trucks lift up the cans on our street
- we watched the “diggers” at Jennings Park from his stroller (7/25)
- he loves the Tonka garbage truck that his cousins gave him for his birthday
- he loves watching the trucks & diggers working at the new school near our condo
DAY TRIP TO GUEMES ISLAND
- on 7/26 we needed to leave the house for the whole day so the guys could install our new carpet
- even though I used to work in Anacortes, WA, I’d never been over to Guemes Island
- we took the ~5 minute ferry ride over & Todd’s only complaint was that the ride was too short (he signed “more!” & cried when I had to rush him back into the car)
- on island we drove around a bit, then spent some time at the beach
- Todd loved kicking his shoes off, walking in the water & watching the ferry boats come & go
- 1st time burying himself in sand!
- for the ferry ride back, our car was positioned well (Todd could see the water right out his open door), so we stayed at the car. Todd loved it.
- on the way home, we stopped by my old workplace to visit co-workers. I weighed Todd on the wheelchair scale & he was exactly 24 pounds (i.e. he gained 3 pounds in the past 5 months)
EVERETT CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
- while the guys completed day 2 of new carpet installation, I took Todd to the Everett Children’s Museum (7/27)
- we hadn’t been there since his 1st birthday
- highlights were the trains, airplane, water feature, & the slide in the toddler area
MUSIC IN THE PARK
- we enjoyed a free evening music event at Jennings Park (7/29)
- Todd danced & socialized with people & dogs
- he even got to strum the bass player’s guitar during 1 song!
- he joined into a football game with several other kids
MORE FUN FOR TODD
- sitting/riding in Eric’s van (very slowly, in the cul-de-sac only!)
- getting into the bathtub & playing with the running water
- turning on the outside faucet, putting his head under it & playing with the hose (including pouring water on himself)
- Eric’s employer had a party for his last day of work (8/5); Todd joined the festivities
- he likes watching the Dragon’s Lair game on the iPad
- he loves playing with cars & Duplos
FAMILY VISITS – (ERIC’S SIDE)
- we visited Eric’s family at Todd’s cousin Adam’s graduation party (7/30)
- Todd was drawn to the lake & he liked chasing his Aunt Dallas’ chickens
- he cracked up playing throw & catch with the dog
- Eric’s parents came to visit before our final moving day ( 8/4)
NEW MOON FARM GOAT RESCUE & SANCTUARY
- visit to New Moon Farm Goat Rescue (8/3)
- (it’s where I volunteered weekly for the 5 years before I got pregnant)
- Todd’s favorite thing was sitting on the tractor
- he did like chasing the goats/sheep & feeding them snacks
SWIMMING SKILLS
- he tipped his head backward in the water, while standing up
- he jumped in & Eric caught him
- he swam with a swim noodle (8/15)
- he jumped into the deep end (I caught him) & climbed up the ladder (8/16)
- he tried to do a back float & kick (8/18)
- from the steps he jumps to me & coasts/kicks (8/20)
BABYSITTER GOOD-BYES
- 8/1 was my last day working PRN (as needed) before starting my new full-time job in Wenatchee
- Jeri also came to babysit on 8/4 for a few hours
- we were sad to say goodbye to Jeri because she is absolutely wonderful 🙂
MOVING DAY!!
- we officially moved to Wenatchee! (8/6)
- I had new employee orientation for my full-time job on 8/16, then I worked 8/19
- Eric started his stay-at-home-dad (SAHD) job!
FAMILY VISITS – ELISA’S SIDE
- my sister & her kid’s came to visit for a week (8/8 – 8/14)
- we went to the Rocky Reach Dam to check out the sights, including the fish ladder’s underwater viewing area (8/11)
- we went to Slidewaters (8/13); he didn’t want to go down the slides except for the little frog slide in the toddler splash area
- we went swimming at our condo pool
- dining out with family: La Fuente (8/8), Lemolo (8/13)
- my parents came to visit for 5 days (8/17-22)
- they camped at Wenatchee Confluence State Park
- we visited them at their site & had dinner there twice
- Todd liked playing in the dirt with his Tonka truck
- he liked checking out the riverfront beach & running in the lawn
- we all went to White Heron Cellars for a music event (8/20); Todd showed off his best dance moves!
- dining out with family: La Fuente (8/17), Mai Lee Thai (8/20)
FOOD NOTES
- he enjoyed wild blackberries while out on a stroller walk (7/25)
- we started trying out a different kind of no-spill cup (8/3)
- he liked drinking 100% cranberry juice (diluted with some water) (8/4)
- 1st time eating corn off the cob (8/11)
- 1st time sitting in a booster seat at the kitchen table (8/20)
- dining out: La Fuente (7/21, 8/6), Cafe Rio (7/22), Shire Cafe (7/25, 8/3)
ANOTHER TOOTH
- last bottom incisor poking through (the left one)
- that’s his 15th tooth
DAY TIME NAPS
- crib naps were typically 2.25 – 3.25 hours
- shortest nap = 2 hrs (8/1)
- longest nap = 3.50 hrs (7/28)
- when he took naps in the Pack ‘n Play, he loved having a body pillow in there with him
- he wanted to get into the Pack ‘n Play for his nap on 7/28 & 7/29
- there were several days when he didn’t get a nap (other than in the car) because of various daytime activities
NIGHT TIME SLEEP
- he woke up crying in the night 4x this month
- when he woke up at night he went back to sleep quickly, after drinking his “formula milk” (1x needed a change of clothes, too)
- sometimes I held his hand through his crib rails as he fell asleep at night
- Todd & I slept in the hall on 7/26 because the new carpet installation wasn’t completed in 1 day
- from 7/27 to 8/6 Todd slept in a Pack ‘n Play for naps & night time sleep because the crib was packed up
- from 7/22 to 8/6 we were without my glider chair at home for our usual wake up/night time routine
- the first thing he said when he woke up was “dada” (8/2)
- after we moved & his crib was set up in his own bedroom, Todd transitioned well!
- bedtimes were often late this month (so much going on!!)
POTTY TALK
- 19 poops were done in the toilet
- 23 poops were not done in the toilet
- he said “poop poop” to tell me he did one in his diaper (8/2)
- he said “poo poo” & then he went in the toilet after I took him (8/12, 8/20)
- he refused to sit on the toilet (even though I knew he had to go), then he went in his diaper (8/19)
- 1st time peeing in a public urinal (8/19)
- started trying to put things in the toilet