I'm trying to record a few things each day about what our kids are doing. It is kind of a "babybook."
Here are three reasons:
1. It may be of interest to Grandma and a few others.
2. It might help us remember when they did certain things.
3. They might be curious some day.
These are different audiences but we'll just see how it goes.
Today is my day (Tuesday) to watch the boys since Amy is working at church on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Ryan likes playing "soccer" with his "figures" (dinosaurs, lemurs, etc.) and a foosball soccer ball.
Jacob ate our dinner for the first time. It was Amy's first time making "ratatouille" and it is nice and soft. He ingested lots of new ingredients for him: red pepper, zucchine, eggplant, garlic, onion. We are glad he didn't react to anything. I shared a little of it with him last night when we had it first but tonight he ate a lot!
Up until now, he has been eating baby food and we have been gradually introducing new foods: Peas, Green Beans, Squash, Carrots, Banana, Apple sauce, Baby Cereal, Turkey, Beef. He had gagged on (choked on purposefully) the vegetables originally but he liked the fruit. Now he eats it all. (He has little choice). We started feeding him it around six months. We had started Ryan on solids at four months but times have changed and they are recommending it later. Jacob also likes feeding himself banana puffs and cheerios.
Jacob is making a buzzing sound with his mouth that some call "raspberries" which is a developmental stage. I don't know why they call it that.
Jacob loves Jolly Jumper.
Jacob in bed at 7:30 pm. He is basically sleeping until 7. Then napping 9-11. Then napping 2-4 – at least that is the ideal. He goes to sleep on his tummy with his pacifier.
Ryan is waking up at 7 and then napping 1:30-:3:30 and then going to bed at about 8:30. That is the ideal. He goes to sleep with his white blanket. We used to allow him to pick one toy to go to sleep with but that became a major hindrance to sleep and the process of picking a toy was also a major delay tactic. Ryan asks us, "Sleep with me, Mommy? Sleep with me, Daddy?" when we put him down. We sometimes lay down with him for a couple of minutes.
Ryan wants to sit on the adult chairs at dinner.
We potty trained Ryan in February I believe, before he turned three in April. Today he held it from noon to five.
Ryan is learning his letters. We are hoping to instill the love of reading though primarily and let the mechanics take care of themselves. I like the book: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook)
by Jim Trelease
(Paperback – Jul 25, 2006)
Ryan likes his big wheel. We go almost to the top of the street with me pushing him with the handle and then he goes all the way down the hill (slight incline) to our house and cul-de-sac.
Tonight Ryan and I played outside in the street with a superball, old minibasketball and old soccerball after it had rained.
Jacob who just turned 8 months does not crawl or have any teeth unlike others his age. But Ryan was the same way. Jacob will stand if leaned on the couch.