Showing posts with label milestone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milestone. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
BAD TEMPER + CONCRETE ENTRANCE = BAD ACCIDENT
Carter and I were having a great time this morning. We both woke up in a good mood. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. I spent the morning on the floor with him doing lots of "rough and tumble" play. Carter also walked/took lots of steps at different times this morning. (He just started walking yesterday.) He ate his breakfast and I gave him a bath. Late in the morning I packed his diaper bag and my camera gear so that we could spend the day with Grandma. After getting everything and everyone ready, I put Carter on the living room floor with a toy and a bottle so that I could run our things out to the car. Well, this made Carter angry because he didn't want me to leave him behind. I could see that he was having a temper tantrum and I made sure that the glass front door was tightly latched behind me...or so I thought. I went as fast as I could because I could hear him crying behind me (I actually ran to the car). When I got to the car, I threw all the stuff into the front seat, and then locked and shut the car door. By the time I spun around I could see Carter pushing the glass door open and trying to crawl between the door and the door post. Before I could get to him, Carter became wedged, lost his balance and slammed his face into the outside concrete entrance way. His nose was bleeding and he now has a really bad abrasion on his forehead. He was crying so hard he couldn't breath. My poor sweet baby! I held and rocked him until he stopped crying. I then let him call Grandma and "tell" her all about it over the phone.
Friday, September 17, 2010
UPWARD AND ONWARD
Carter walked four steps this afternoon at daycare. According Miss Amber and Miss Jennifer, his teachers, a toy walker that he was pushing across the floor rolled away from him. Carter stood there, looked at the toy and then took four steps to retrieve it. I was excited to hear that he had walked four steps when I picked him up at daycare this evening, but I also felt sad that I had not been there to see it. I want to be present whenever Carter reaches any milestone. I have to keep reminding myself that I did get to see Carter walk 1 1/2 steps several weeks ago at my mother's house - so technically I did get to see him take his first steps although at that time they were a little bit forced.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
BECOMING DOMESTICATED
These pictures were taken at my mother's house. Carter is learning to feed himself with a spoon. He's only been practicing for about 1 1/2 weeks now, but I think that he's doing well. He is required to feed himself at daycare and I've been letting him practice at home too. Carter is also doing a great job of drinking out of a sippy cup. He is still getting a bottle when he wakes in the morning, at nap time and sometimes in the evening. I would like to have him completely weaned from his bottles by Christmas.
Monday, September 6, 2010
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
I was resting on the sofa this afternoon with my eyes closed. I could hear Carter playing on the floor beside me and I knew that he was safe...or so I thought. He's never tried to climb the stairs in our home before, so I was really surprised to find him on the stairs when I opened my eyes. He was standing on the third step and grinning from ear to ear. *Sigh* I guess that my little man now thinks that he is a mountain climber.
Today is Labor Day, 2010.
Today is Labor Day, 2010.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
FIRST STEPS
Yay! Carter walked 1 1/2 steps today!!! Carter and I were in the living room at Mom's house. We went there this afternoon after church. Anyway, Mom was holding Carter and she was trying to get him to walk a couple of feet over to Rachel. Mom stood him up on the floor, got him steady and then gave him a little push forward. He took 1 1/2 steps forward and then fell down. We all clapped our hands, congratulated him and told him what a big boy he was...then he burst into tears. I guess he was scared by all of the hoopla and a little sad and mad. He must have had a certain date in mind to do this and we destroyed his plans.
Friday, July 23, 2010
JUST ONE MORE MONTH
Carter turned 11 months old today which means that in just one more month he turns 1!!! He's got two teeth that have broken through in the top front of this mouth and there are some more that are starting to appear around the bottom front. He's been chewing like a wild dog on furniture, appliances, toys, shoes, blankets...EVERYTHING! He can say four words now: bye bye, Mamma, Dadda and whasis (what's this).
Carter is sweet, happy, smiley and chatty most of the time. When he smiles and laughs you can see his two shiny front teeth on the bottom of his mouth. He loves it when I give him “kisses” using my chin to tickle his underarms and soft round belly. I tell him that I think he needs “a kiss right here on this fat part.” He laughs a deep belly laugh when I give him my special “kisses.” Carter is the closest thing my eyes have seen to an angel. The sad thing is he doesn’t always act like an angel. He can be downright rotten. My baby has always had a temper and now when he doesn’t get his own way he does his ear piercing scream and throws himself down kicking his legs and beating his arms and fists into the floor. (Sigh.) I thought this kind of behavior was not supposed to happen until he reached the “Terrible Two’s.” My little feller isn’t even 1 year old yet! Carter has been having these little temper tantrums for the past few months, but it’s worse now that he is bigger and more mobile. After a recent revelation that things were getting out of hand, I’ve begun the process of curbing my little darling’s bad attitude. So far it has been kind of a painful process for both of us, but I can already see that my perseverance is paying off.
Carter is going through separation and stranger anxiety. He’s absolutely afraid of me leaving him behind and doesn’t want even my mother or sister to hold him. He follows me everywhere (even into the bathroom) and I tell him that he is my little shadow. When Uncle Matthew or another man (sometimes even Wilson) walks into the room he bursts into tears and clings to me in fear. He is absolutely petrified of my brother right now.
Carter loves to be chased. He thinks that it is especially funny when Wilson and I chase him as he makes a mad dash towards the top stair ledge on the second floor.
When he’s in the bathtub Carter loves to chew on the faucet and little handle that stops the water from draining out. He also likes to poke his finger down into the dirty drainer and pull out the most disgusting things – hair, slime, etc... Eww!!! No matter how much cleaning I do, he still manages to find something from down in that hole. I constantly have to drag him to the other end of the tub to keep him away from that area. Carter can make really big waves in the bathtub now. I like to see his little arms get tense and straight as he slaps the water to make the waves go higher and higher. He gets so excited and squeals in delight when he sees the water splashing midway up the walls.
A list of other things he can do:
- He points at interesting things to show me with his index finger
- He’s crawling really fast and getting into all kinds of trouble
- He’s pulling himself up into a standing position effortlessly and without help from me
- He’s practicing standing up with any support for a couple of seconds at a time
- He’s cruising between pieces of furniture that are positioned close together
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