James turned 14 months on Monday, the 12th. My Dad's birthday. It scares me because once he is 18 months (to the day) we'll have another baby here. That's in 4 months! Yikes..that will be here before we know it. It makes me so excited..I can't imagine having another little one to love on as much as I do James. It scares me because I hope this next baby is as easy as James was/is (usually!) :)
Speaking of which..last time I wrote about how he became such a finicky eater overnight. I was getting frustrated because he wasn't eating much or getting much protein. I continued to offer him everything we eat and changed up some of his snacks. Tried to not give as many snacks before meals. Offer one food at a time during meals. Bring back some old foods (chicken sticks, made by gerber..he loved them awhile ago and I had stopped buying them because I thought he was eating pretty good and would just eat with us. Well I brought these back and he loves them..yeah protein!) It's all been working pretty well and he's eating again! It does help to use his favorite "cars" or "clifford" plate and fork and he'll feed himself for a couple bites and then let you feed him a couple bites. I'm just happy it's not a huge hassle anymore! That was a short phase, thankfully.
Other things he's been up to this month include-
*Loves animals and continues to learn different animal sounds. He's doing kitty, dog, fish (face), tiger/lion/bear roar, giraffe (tongue), elephant
*Starting to climb. Yesterday he climbed up onto a folding chair all by himself. He gets so proud and stretches his arms up in the air as if to say ("look mom, no hands!") and wants me to say, "soo big!" It's so funny and cute.
*Saying a couple words more purposefully: nana (he'll see a banana at the grocery store and say "nana?" like, "I would like to eat that now please!") mommy, da, and baby. It's so cute when he says baby. He will point to my tummy and say "beebe", and then lay his head on my belly like he's giving baby a hug. adorable. Aunt Ali gave him one of Lux's baby dolls yesterday so he can practice holding baby.
*Still using his signs consistently. He really loves to say please..he thinks that means he automatically gets whatever he's asking as long as he says please. He's also signing raisin. He made up his own sign for raisin, but it's always the same so we use it. He also changed his sign for 'more' but it's consistent too.
*Loves balls and trucks. He loves the baseball, football and basketball picture in his room and points to them over and over so I can name them. He loves to play with his football and throw it to you. He loves his truck too and will make the truck sound as he pushes it around the room
*Still taking 2 naps a day, usually for about an hour each. And sleeping from 8pm-7:30am
*Daddy has used the buzzer on his hair a couple times now and the past 2 times he hasn't minded it at all. Well now he's seen daddy cut his own hair and so now when we go downstairs James wants to get the buzzer out and wants me/daddy to "buzz" his hair. He puts it up to his hair and says "please". It's hilarious.
He's communicating so well. It's fun to know what's going on in his brain and watching him figure out what I'm saying too. Growing up fast!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
bananas and raisins
"James is a great eater!"
That's what I used to say. Now all of a sudden he turned 13 months and he is picky! I am so against being picky. I was raised to try everything and eat everything on your plate. So when people said, "my toddler will only eat cake, so I give him Pedialyte so he gets in some nutrition" I always rolled my eyes and said, "really?" Haha. I guess my judgements are coming back to bite me.
James thinks he could live on bananas, raisins, a blueberry cereal bar from trader joes, cheese and sometimes crackers. These are the 4-5 things I can get him to eat pleasantly. Anything else he takes 3 bites of and does his sign language for "all done" if I try to give it to him after that he starts crying and turning his face into the back of his highchair. Needless to say eating has become one of my least favorite times.
He is still curious and will walk around asking for a bite of whatever you are eating, but one bite is about all he wants. You get out something sweet though and I swear he has the nose of a dog and can smell sugar! He will come up to you and sign "more" over and over until you give him some..and of course could eat the whole thing saying "mmm". It's actually funny to watch, but also frustrating! I guess it is my fault since I fed him dessert after dessert while pregnant! What can I say..he got his mom's sweet tooth.
I am wondering at what age can you "make" him eat those things he doesn't want to. He's at a weird transition stage between real food and baby food. He really doesn't want baby food, but gets tired of chewing up solids so then he quits. I don't want him to think he can just snack all day and then not eat with us at meals, but he's not at an age yet where he can understand me when I say, "You'll sit there until your plate is clean or you'll eat this for every meal until it's finished." Remember those days? Or was that just my family :)
He has learned to sign "raisin" so he's up to 7 signs now. His version of the sign is so cute. It's just so funny how he wants to be so independent already. He has used a regular cup since 9 months, but I introduced a sippy cup to him the other day when we were in Aurora because it was an easier way to transport milk. Now he LOVES his sippy cup and asks to drink out of it all the time.
He's growing up so fast! I am starting to recognize some of his words and he's making a couple animal sounds too. He says, "nana" for banana, and "da" for daddy. He can make a kitty, lion, bear, and elephant sound, and for a giraffe I taught him to stick his tongue out (I saw a giraffe on a safari trip in NJ and his tongue was so long and hanging out so when we were reading a book and it came to giraffe that's what I did and he loved it!)
I can't say enough how much I love him and enjoy watching him grow up. I know there will be many more challenges than getting him to eat some protein so I try to remember that and be thankful for each bite he takes! :)
That's what I used to say. Now all of a sudden he turned 13 months and he is picky! I am so against being picky. I was raised to try everything and eat everything on your plate. So when people said, "my toddler will only eat cake, so I give him Pedialyte so he gets in some nutrition" I always rolled my eyes and said, "really?" Haha. I guess my judgements are coming back to bite me.
James thinks he could live on bananas, raisins, a blueberry cereal bar from trader joes, cheese and sometimes crackers. These are the 4-5 things I can get him to eat pleasantly. Anything else he takes 3 bites of and does his sign language for "all done" if I try to give it to him after that he starts crying and turning his face into the back of his highchair. Needless to say eating has become one of my least favorite times.
He is still curious and will walk around asking for a bite of whatever you are eating, but one bite is about all he wants. You get out something sweet though and I swear he has the nose of a dog and can smell sugar! He will come up to you and sign "more" over and over until you give him some..and of course could eat the whole thing saying "mmm". It's actually funny to watch, but also frustrating! I guess it is my fault since I fed him dessert after dessert while pregnant! What can I say..he got his mom's sweet tooth.
I am wondering at what age can you "make" him eat those things he doesn't want to. He's at a weird transition stage between real food and baby food. He really doesn't want baby food, but gets tired of chewing up solids so then he quits. I don't want him to think he can just snack all day and then not eat with us at meals, but he's not at an age yet where he can understand me when I say, "You'll sit there until your plate is clean or you'll eat this for every meal until it's finished." Remember those days? Or was that just my family :)
He has learned to sign "raisin" so he's up to 7 signs now. His version of the sign is so cute. It's just so funny how he wants to be so independent already. He has used a regular cup since 9 months, but I introduced a sippy cup to him the other day when we were in Aurora because it was an easier way to transport milk. Now he LOVES his sippy cup and asks to drink out of it all the time.
He's growing up so fast! I am starting to recognize some of his words and he's making a couple animal sounds too. He says, "nana" for banana, and "da" for daddy. He can make a kitty, lion, bear, and elephant sound, and for a giraffe I taught him to stick his tongue out (I saw a giraffe on a safari trip in NJ and his tongue was so long and hanging out so when we were reading a book and it came to giraffe that's what I did and he loved it!)
I can't say enough how much I love him and enjoy watching him grow up. I know there will be many more challenges than getting him to eat some protein so I try to remember that and be thankful for each bite he takes! :)
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