Oh my gosh! I just totally realized that I have been updating Facebook with all of Kaleb's latest stuff, but totally slacking on my blog. Sorry!
For all you non-Facebookers....Kaleb is officially walking as of this past week!! If he has to get somewhere fast he will resort back to the old faithful crawl but most of the time he walks around like a drunk Frankenstein.
Will post a video soon....
Thanks for reading!!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Terrible Ones?
Ok so here we are, 1 week and 1 day away from Kaleb's BIG DAY....he's turning the big O-N-E!! I can't believe it. In the midst of all the excitement, I am beginning to notice quite a change in my little dude. He has been very aggressive lately. Ok, REALLY aggressive lately. Things like....slapping the spoon away from his mouth, grabbing Oliver and Zilla and pinching them until they yelp, hitting his Mommy in the face and laughing (that one I just LOVE!) and then there was today. Hmmmm, we'll call it a great lesson for the both of us.
I knew the day was shot when he woke up at 5 am and had absolutely NO interest in going back to sleep. none. I finally gave him a bottle about 6:15 and he settled back down for about 45 min. All throughout the day, he would just get fussier and fussier and then in the early afternoon, it happened. A total baby breakdown.
I was on the phone with my Mother and Kaleb decided he wanted to say hello to Grandma by grabbing the phone. Well, let's be honest-that's cute for about 2 min. and then ok, it's time for Mommy to chat again. Oh no. When I took the phone away from him it was like I ripped his right ear off. He threw himself down on the floor kicking and screaming with tear drops the size of Texas rolling down his cheeks. I tried to distract him with another toy, coax him with an afternoon bottle and carry him around to calm him down. NOTHING worked. I had to put him on the floor and let him be....there it was-unfolding before my very eyes. My baby boy was big enough for his first tantrum.
All I can say is...WOW. If they handed out an Oscar for the lead role of maddest baby he would've won hands down. I was at a loss of what to do. Afterall, I'm a new Mom. I don't know about these things. not yet. I thought kids didn't start doing this stuff until maybe two, three if I'm lucky. But one, ONE?? He's still supposed to just be cute and cooperative. (ha, you experienced Mothers are laughing, right?) I finally mangaged to wrangle him close to me and hold him. He was still crying but the kicking and screaming stopped. Then, just as soon as it started-it stopped. He was talking and pointing at things out the back window. Like nothing had ever happened. He needed to get some stuff out and then, he was over it. I guess it shouldn't have shocked me that bad really. I mean, I act like that every once in awhile only I try to use words instead. Kaleb just doesn't have words. not yet.
I read in one of my favorite books, My Baby's First Year, that tantrums are actually a healthy part of growing up. They mean your baby feels comfortable enough to "express" their emotions with you. They feel safe.
Well, Kaleb must feel extra safe with me :)
I knew the day was shot when he woke up at 5 am and had absolutely NO interest in going back to sleep. none. I finally gave him a bottle about 6:15 and he settled back down for about 45 min. All throughout the day, he would just get fussier and fussier and then in the early afternoon, it happened. A total baby breakdown.
I was on the phone with my Mother and Kaleb decided he wanted to say hello to Grandma by grabbing the phone. Well, let's be honest-that's cute for about 2 min. and then ok, it's time for Mommy to chat again. Oh no. When I took the phone away from him it was like I ripped his right ear off. He threw himself down on the floor kicking and screaming with tear drops the size of Texas rolling down his cheeks. I tried to distract him with another toy, coax him with an afternoon bottle and carry him around to calm him down. NOTHING worked. I had to put him on the floor and let him be....there it was-unfolding before my very eyes. My baby boy was big enough for his first tantrum.
All I can say is...WOW. If they handed out an Oscar for the lead role of maddest baby he would've won hands down. I was at a loss of what to do. Afterall, I'm a new Mom. I don't know about these things. not yet. I thought kids didn't start doing this stuff until maybe two, three if I'm lucky. But one, ONE?? He's still supposed to just be cute and cooperative. (ha, you experienced Mothers are laughing, right?) I finally mangaged to wrangle him close to me and hold him. He was still crying but the kicking and screaming stopped. Then, just as soon as it started-it stopped. He was talking and pointing at things out the back window. Like nothing had ever happened. He needed to get some stuff out and then, he was over it. I guess it shouldn't have shocked me that bad really. I mean, I act like that every once in awhile only I try to use words instead. Kaleb just doesn't have words. not yet.
I read in one of my favorite books, My Baby's First Year, that tantrums are actually a healthy part of growing up. They mean your baby feels comfortable enough to "express" their emotions with you. They feel safe.
Well, Kaleb must feel extra safe with me :)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Rockin' out and tossin' peas
Kaleb loves to rock out in his high chair and pretty much does it every day. It's so cute that I just had to get it on camera. Well, this particular day he had just about had enough of his peas. check it...
Monday, February 2, 2009
Quite the personality
So Kaleb has always had a great personality ever since he started smiling, but recently....wow is all I can say. The last two times we have taken him out to eat he will wave at anyone that walks by, flirt with all the waitresses and if there is a baby/small child anywhere in a 20 ft. vicinity he proceeds to yell and wave until that child acknowledges him. For example, we ate at Pei Wei the other night and there was a baby about 2 tables over. Kaleb would not even eat his food (which if you know Kaleb is very strange for him) b/c he was so busy trying to get this baby to react to him. The other baby wasn't having any of it and it drove him CRAZY. Needless to say, we left shortly after :)
Don't get me wrong, I love it that we have a social baby but I must be honest-I miss those days that we would take him out to eat or to the nursery and he would just quietly observe things from afar...
His recent faves for food are: Edamame, peas, green beans, strawberries, pizza crust and vanilla ice cream. (in moderation of course)
His recent faves for toys are: his activity table, his plastic PF Changs cup, his big Tonka truck that he pushes all over the house, his stuffed puppy Spot and of course, the real puppies. God bless em' they still want nothing to do with him-maybe that will change soon. doubtful :-~
Don't get me wrong, I love it that we have a social baby but I must be honest-I miss those days that we would take him out to eat or to the nursery and he would just quietly observe things from afar...
His recent faves for food are: Edamame, peas, green beans, strawberries, pizza crust and vanilla ice cream. (in moderation of course)
His recent faves for toys are: his activity table, his plastic PF Changs cup, his big Tonka truck that he pushes all over the house, his stuffed puppy Spot and of course, the real puppies. God bless em' they still want nothing to do with him-maybe that will change soon. doubtful :-~
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