Just a quick update to let you know that on Sunday we noticed Grayson’s bottom two middle teeth about to break through his lower gums. As of last night, his left tooth had broken through and the right isn’t too far behind. So far, his demeanor has been great in terms of dealing with what I would think is a painful process. He is still the happy little baby that we all know so well.
As an aside I wore braces for two+ years as an adult and dealt with all that pain. So seeing G’s teeth cutting through his gums brings those memories flooding back. You know, it is like seeing someone with an eyelash or hair on their eyeball - just makes my eyes water thinking about it.
Good morning everyone. I know it has been a while since we posted anything… life is just busy right now and as much I want OSK to pay the bills, it doesn’t. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was very pleasant and G’s first Thanksgiving was a great day for him to socialize with his family. He was a pleasure to have with us while we celebrated and gave thanks to the things we have.
This morning we will take G to have his second of two flu shots. He had his first flu shot about two weeks ago I think. He handled it well, so he will have the second shot this morning. But, that means I am at the house waiting to take him to the doc’s office so I thought I would try to give you an update on where he is with his development.
He is a great crawler. He loves to motor around and explore everything he can get his hands on and some things he can’t get his hands on. He is great a pulling himself up now and can stand while holding on to something with only one hand. I don’t think it will be too long before he is able to stand without holding on to anything.
As he learns to explore he inevitably tumps over and hits his head on things. We would love to keep him in a protective bubble, but we feel that doesn’t do him or us much long term good. So, we have to live with short bursts of intense crying after he falls and bumps his head on the sofa or something like that. In fact, he has learned to anticipate the pain that comes from falling such that when he falls but doesn’t hit his head, the fear of the pain that he thought he was going to have causes him to cry. But, that give us clues as to where his brain development is in the long path of growth.
After the time change we had a very hard time getting G back on his all night sleep schedule. We started putting him to bed an hour later (the clocks jumped and hour back when meant his time relative to the position of the sun was an hour later even through the clock read the same time) and he started waking up about five minutes earlier each day. After a couple weeks, that five minutes a day adds up to not very much sleep for the parents. We got online and read about others that have similar problems and the consensus seemed to be to put the child to sleep earlier. So, we do that now and he sleeps nearly the same length of time only he is up earlier in the morning than he was otherwise by the clock, but it is the same time of day given that we just turned the clock backwards several weeks ago.
Gman does a fantastic job of turning the pages on his books. Each night, as part of his bedtime routine, BM reads a short book to G to help him relax and go to sleep. BM allows G to turn the pages and he is able to turn the pages in the correct direction and is so happy with himself after he does it. In fact, he really doesn’t care about what is on the page, rather he cares only to make the pages turn so he can get to the end of the book.
Below are a few pics from the last couple of weeks. Hope you enjoy.
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