ONE year!

 

Well it has officially come and gone, our baby’s first year. Time really is flying. Here are some more Caleb tidbits:

• Weighs 22lbs 4oz which is the 50%
• Height 31 inches which is the 85%(all torso)
• Head is down to 90%
• Has 5 teeth (not the original 7 we were thinking, the doctor said that his two front teeth, that we were calling 4, are really just big ‘notched’ teeth.)
• Still loves Elmo, balls, HATS, straws, greeting cards and books
• He rolls anywhere he wants to go know. Usually he stays in about the same area but every once in a while he will surprise you with his quick speed.
• Still in PT and educational therapy each for an hour a week. We love Mrs. Kristy and Mrs.Kim
• Mommy’s goal was for Caleb to be crawling by a year, the PT said “well, he is 12 months for 4 more weeks”…SO you’re saying there’s a chance? We are still working hard at this skill and he is getting stronger and stronger every day.
• Is a great eater, and boy is he eating!
• Started the weaning process but is kind of frustrating because he is a great nurser but not a good drinker. He knows how to do it he just won’t. I’m kind of worried about him getting enough to drink.
• Mostly sleeps on his back or side still but we do occasionally catch him on his belly and it makes us laugh.
• Has had a total of 5 haircuts
• We turned around his car seat and for the first week(and sometimes still occasionally) he would scream hysterically. He hated it. I think it was torcher for him to be able to see us but us not look at him. He is doing much better now and just sucks his thumb and looks out the window or plays toys.
• Sleeps from about 7-8pm to 5-6am and then naps at 9 and 2(usually about 1-2 hours)
• Size 4 diapers
• Size 4 shoes
• Size 18month tops and 12month bottoms(but usually wears 18mo bottoms because that’s what we have most of)
• Favorite food is mandarin oranges with chicken, pears,cheerios, mummums, and noodles in close second.
• Still refuses a bottle or regular sippy cup-only will drink from a straw and loves chick-fil-a’s kids cup with bendy straw
• Still a very happy, content, lovey baby but his strong will is starting to take effect. Can be very loud when he needs to be!
• Still doing signing with him. His signs: waves ‘hi’, said ‘more’ at his birthday party, ‘eat’ a couple of times. Although he understands a whole lot more.
• Verbalizes Hi(sometimes), Hat(sounds more like hhhhhhhhhhhhhh), bubbles( sounds more like bbbbbb), mom/mama. He is picking up in his babbling a whole lot. Josh and I get so tickled listening to him “talk”.

 

Extra updates(Between his birthday and me getting this post done)

• Got #6 tooth
• Moved up from the infant nursery to the crawler room at church. He loved it. Poor boy was surrounded by crying babies and infant toys with really no stimulation. Hopefully he will see all the crawlers and be motivated.
• Survived the time change again, and did very well…the last “fall back” was a doozie.
• Found out we can’t eat at Arby’s, ate a tiny fry and headed towards anaphylactic again but stopped the process early with Benadryl.