BP 90/50
Height 42.5" 38%ile
Weight 41 lb 50%ile
BMI 16
2 shots, no tears! However, much angst about having to take off clothes and put on an exam gown. Can you blame him? The doctor thinks he is dreadfully shy. Coming from a mother who did not appreciate anyone in her personal space or anyone who felt threatening, namely medical professionals, at that age, I feel for him. Sometimes doctors just aren't smart about psychology...and sometimes they are! But I suppose they're doing they're best and can't understand each child's needs, as they're all so different. And maybe there's just nothing a doctor can do in some instances to befriend a fearful soul :}
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Lollipop
Couldn't resist posting this video my mom sent as she's transferring VHS tapes to DVD's at her house. Thinking of my Dad two years in heaven now, and what a good sport he always was. The annual show-choir show at our high school picked him as their victim for this show. I'm sure I was at least mildly (if not mortally) embarrassed of this as a teenager, but now I just love his unstoppable grin. Any embarrassment on his part passed quickly enough...I think he loved it ;)
https://vimeo.com/43731811
https://vimeo.com/43731811
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Asher in undies
Started the potty training process last Thursday. Since day 1, have progressed from all-out refusal tantrums, heavy bribery and basically nonstop accidents to today a trip to the city for church and back with only one change of undies (and they weren't wet :} and a VERY proud of himself little boy who now joyfully runs to us and says he has to go potty!! WHAT A CHANGE!! I was committed, but knew it was going to be a serious uphill battle with Asher and that it might not happen quickly. Well, Thursday and Friday nearly knocked me out. I was so exhausted!! It was a huge mental wrestling match all day each day, and there are two other kids to care for around here. But we made it.
Now we just have to deal with the #2 problem. That part of the training is not so far along. But with the success we now have under our belts, I think he will step up to the plate soon enough. With a little help from a teaspoon of miralax a day, which will commence tomorrow ;)
Now, I ask myself, WHAT HAVE I DONE??? This makes getting out and about considerably more difficult with a newly trained guy. Let's face it, even with him coming and telling me that he needs to go, it is necessary to keep an eye on the clock to avoid the inevitable accidents for the next couple months. Well, it had to happen sometime, and I could tell that even though he acted like he didn't want any part of being trained, he was secretly wanting to be out of diapers.
Aaaaah. A fruitful weekend :) Not to mention, Reuel is replacing our storm door as I type! The old one was hanging half of the hinge for the last 6 months, so this will be a wonderful update!
Pic: Asher with his 'snake cake'. This was his request (demand?) in exchange for his first (and so far only) #2 on the potty. We ran to the store and back for premade cake and a can of frosting which I fashioned into a form of a snake (good enough for a 2 year old anyway!). He was THRILLED!!! He has also been promised a new puzzle, but that award awaits another success. Kids these days (or should I say: parents these days). How were children potty trained in the great depression? :}
Now we just have to deal with the #2 problem. That part of the training is not so far along. But with the success we now have under our belts, I think he will step up to the plate soon enough. With a little help from a teaspoon of miralax a day, which will commence tomorrow ;)
Now, I ask myself, WHAT HAVE I DONE??? This makes getting out and about considerably more difficult with a newly trained guy. Let's face it, even with him coming and telling me that he needs to go, it is necessary to keep an eye on the clock to avoid the inevitable accidents for the next couple months. Well, it had to happen sometime, and I could tell that even though he acted like he didn't want any part of being trained, he was secretly wanting to be out of diapers.
Aaaaah. A fruitful weekend :) Not to mention, Reuel is replacing our storm door as I type! The old one was hanging half of the hinge for the last 6 months, so this will be a wonderful update!
Pic: Asher with his 'snake cake'. This was his request (demand?) in exchange for his first (and so far only) #2 on the potty. We ran to the store and back for premade cake and a can of frosting which I fashioned into a form of a snake (good enough for a 2 year old anyway!). He was THRILLED!!! He has also been promised a new puzzle, but that award awaits another success. Kids these days (or should I say: parents these days). How were children potty trained in the great depression? :}
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
First spoonful--movie
Well, I've always been a fan of skipping the rice cereal and going with first foods like sweet potato or avocado (the boys always liked sweet potato best) but I happened to have some rice cereal that I picked up for later on and didn't have any of the other ready, and it just seemed like a fun day to let Eden try a bite...she was in a fun mood and starting to stare at us eating more than in the past. I had so far let her suck on a slice of peach, and on an Italian chicken sausage :P So I wasn't sure if rice cereal would appeal after those real flavors. But she was very excited about it, and after her few bites, she was cooing and squealing and clearly feeling big in her britches and quite grown up. So cute! Now I've done it. Whereas before she was perfectly content to watch from a distance I think she'll have a bit more urgent interest in joining in before too long :} Might pretend this didn't happen for a few more weeks since she doesn't really *have* to be eating yet and is clearly porking out just fine on milk. She is getting the familiar michelin man physique I recognize from former nearing-6-months-old children in this family.
Asher moments
Whenever I vacuum, Owen makes a joke of lying on the ground near me and 'pretending to be some dirt.' Asher is both fascinated and slightly horrified by the thought of being vacuumed. Today the boys and I were cleaning the car together while Eden napped, and Owen promptly rolled into a ball on the floor of the van. Asher excitedly yelled, "I'm not a boy-crumb! I'm not a boy-crumb! I'm just a boy!!!", and then ran away.
Asher's getting wiser by the minute. His wisdom usually comes out as odd, seemingly random and funny phrases with meanings that perhaps only his family fully appreciates. Tonight at bath I had replaced my smallish hair-rinsing cup with a big tupperware bowl that happened to be nearby. Asher was not a fan of the rinsing-by-deluge. Instead of whining, squealing or shouting no like his brother would have done Asher shouts, "This is going to wake up Eden! This is going to wake up Eden!" He's come to associate that phrase with undesirable activities I guess :} Other random utterances are less interpretable. The other day the boys were getting a treat at the grocery store checkout and Asher was giggling uproariously in excitement and exclaimed, "HAHAHA!!! RADISHES!! HAHA!" Who knows. He does this sort of thing all the time...just picks some words that he's heard in the last week and yells them out in excitement. Another one I remember from this week was, "Pirate pinata!!" shouted at some completely unrelated moment. Sort of like a cute version of Tourette's syndrome.
Asher's getting wiser by the minute. His wisdom usually comes out as odd, seemingly random and funny phrases with meanings that perhaps only his family fully appreciates. Tonight at bath I had replaced my smallish hair-rinsing cup with a big tupperware bowl that happened to be nearby. Asher was not a fan of the rinsing-by-deluge. Instead of whining, squealing or shouting no like his brother would have done Asher shouts, "This is going to wake up Eden! This is going to wake up Eden!" He's come to associate that phrase with undesirable activities I guess :} Other random utterances are less interpretable. The other day the boys were getting a treat at the grocery store checkout and Asher was giggling uproariously in excitement and exclaimed, "HAHAHA!!! RADISHES!! HAHA!" Who knows. He does this sort of thing all the time...just picks some words that he's heard in the last week and yells them out in excitement. Another one I remember from this week was, "Pirate pinata!!" shouted at some completely unrelated moment. Sort of like a cute version of Tourette's syndrome.
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