Somewhere in the last 2 months my little baby boy has become a little boy... I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm such a sentimental person that it actually makes me a little sad when I think about him growing up. Yesterday I realized that he doesn't crawl anymore... today he drank the last of my frozen milk. Sam thinks I'm crazy... but I that's just how I am. I just want to soak up every minute, as I'm afraid that I'll blink and I'll miss something.
Here's a few notable (at least to me, the Momma) things that have happened in the last two months.
Landrick got sick, and I mean S-I-C-K for the first time (I actually blame the downward spiral into no posting on his sickness) about a week and a half before Thanksgiving. He and I were home alone, the electricity went out due to a HUGE tree falling in the neighbor's back yard as I was putting him to bed around 7:30... when I went to investigate Landrick started throwing up... and pretty much threw up about every 20 to 30 minutes for the next 7 hours. We survived... and then I got sick. I knew I would, as Landrick pretty much threw up on me all night long. Oh well... that's what Mommys are for, right? :)
Landrick started walking... his walk was a little 'Frankensteinish' at first, but now he's pretty much mastered it. He wouldn't bend his knees in the beginning, but after a few weeks realized that knee-bending was actually pretty beneficial. He's all over the place now and always wants 'down' in the store. BUT he's not quite mastered the art of holding our hand, so he doesn't get down very often.
He started saying 'Snowman' which actually sounds like 'Noman' when he says it... but he says it allllllllll the time and can literally spot a snowman ANYWHERE within eyesight - no matter how big or small. When he sees a snowman he says 'noman' over and over and over and over... After the first few days Sam decided it was time to really try teaching him a new word... haha.
Landrick has started 'taking direction'... meaning I can say "Landrick, go get your hat' and he'll actually go and get his hat... it's wild. Parents out there will more than likely understand what I mean by 'wild'... one day you are trying to interpret what your baby is thinking, wanting, etc... and then next day BAM you can communitcate with them on a whole new level. (I'm still trying to teach him to shake his head 'yes' but he's not yet mastered that... he's SUPER at shaking his head no though... hehe.)
He's gotten three new teeth (lower left molar, and two bottom teeth that sandwich his two front bottom teeth) and another one on the way (upper left molar).
He's begining to get a little seperation anxiety... nothing too bad, but will still cry occasionally when I leave or will shake his head 'no' when someone tries to hold him when I'm holding him.
Sleeps from 7:30pm till around 7:30am.... love that! Still takes 2 naps a day too, one in the morning (9:30 till 11:30) and another in the afternoon around 3:00 that usually only lasts about an hour or so. I think he's going to love sleeping like his mommy!
Has begun his picky eater stage... MUCH to my dismay. This happened soon after I stopped nursing which was the day before Thanksgiving. Thankfully he'll eat more than just Ritz crackers now (which is the ONLY thing he wanted to eat in the begininng... besides fruit)... but is still no where near the champion eater he used to be.
He stopped nursing... well, I weaned him. And I can tell you it was much harder on me than it was on him. I knew it was the right time to stop because he really was completely unphased. I omitted one feeding every 4 days, the last eliminated being the early am feeding. The last day that I nursed was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I mixed his whole milk with stored breast milk for the first few weeks, and then would only give him breast milk mixed in every few days after that. Today I actually gave him the last of my frozen milk... so no more mommy milky for Landrick. :)
Landrick loves bathtime... all I have to say is 'are you ready to take a bath' and he makes a mad dash for the bathroom.
He's constantly congested.... which makes me sad and makes for an interesting bedtime regime (humidifier, vicks vapor rub, nose sucking - which he HATES). Not sure how to remedy this any other way.
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