Parenting

Chanler has learned some new words (and the signs that go with them) this week. Currently “down” has replaced more as the catch all word.

Chanler also now signs milk/nurse instead of pulling on my shirt. I guess my persistence finally paid off.

Chanler has begun to consistently sign. Currently his only reliable sign is “more”*. More means anything and everything from I’m hungry, I want ______, and even time to nurse mommy. I know it is part of development, but it is sure confusing right now. Chanler must have said “more” 200 times today alone.

*As a side note Chanler has something of a “sign impediment” (jk) he makes the more sign with his right hand as shown in the link, but his left had flat. I have seen a variation using the flat hand and pointer finger to sign more (Thanks Fanny for confusing my kid hahaha). I guess Chanler just wanted to bring everyone together . . .

The beginning of the end

Well I was making lunch today and Chanler was playing in the living room or so I thought. The next thing I know I see him sitting (very nicely I might add) at the dining room table on a chair. I have NO idea how he got up there and can only imagine what he will manage to climb next

I should note that Scott thinks the beginning of the end was when Chanler started crawling. So I guess this is more like the middle of the beginning of the end . . .

I noticed the other day that when I am on the computer or reading etc, Chanler will take a toy and go and sit in the corner our dining room. It is cute and somewhat sad/antisocial at the same time.

When Chanler is excited or angry he bangs his head on whatever is near by – Mommy, Daddy, the floor, a shopping cart handle – whatever. Sometimes it is funny other times I worry because it smacks his head hard enough to make himself cry (if he wasn’t already whining)

I have this feeling that is all I am going to be able to think about for the next few days. What a trip – I was on my way to the hospital for a check up about now and had no idea that tomorrow would be my little boy’s birthday. And now he is turning one – where has the year gone?

We bought a climber/slide for Chanler to play on at home (trying to get him to climb it instead of the furniture). We bought it used from craigslist because we are cheap (no really we are). Anyway, it needed a bath before we set it up so we hauled it out onto our driveway and started scrubbing.

Well Chanler got a hold of a paper towel (usually not something we let him have because he will either eat it or make confetti) and he started to wipe the plastic as well.

He was helping us clean. Oh the cuteness!

It really hammers home the fact that Chanler is learning by watching us, so we had better be on our best behavior and be good role models. Yikes!


A month or so back we started feeding Chanler “solid” food, which currently means blended fruits and veggies. He is not too picky an eater so far, but he definitely likes some things more than others. He will eat oatmeal and blended apples and pears all day long, but he will not eat more than a few bites of yams, and peas take a lot of reminding that it is time to eat 😉

He does not quite yet seem to have any idea “why” he is eating – just about anything is more interesting than eating, and he is easily distracted. Except of course when he is eating the previously mentioned blended apples! The first bite is always amusing – he screws up his face as if you had just put the most awful thing in his mouth – still have yet to catch that on camera.