"Yeah" is officially Reshen's new favorite word. And as most of his words, he usually voices it as an exclamation. Me: "Do you want more milk?" Reshen: "Yeah!" Me: "Do you see the bird?" Reshen: "Yeah! " Me: "Let's go bye-bye." Reshen: "Yeah!" It sure beats the constant "no" we were hearing before!
Reshen has collected a new obsession, almost rivaling his intense love of slides. Doors. He has to open them. He has to close them. He shouts "Door!" when he sees one. If there is something or someone he wants on the other side of a door, he gets frantic, calling out "(Name of object) Door!" over and over again. He still can't turn a doorknob (thank God!), but sure tries. I see those annoying childproof doorknob covers in our future.
Our big excitement this week was the evening that Reshen got half of a plastic Easter Egg stuck in his mouth. I don't know *how* he got it in there, but I freaked! The worst part, was that it was wedged so tight in there that the rim of it cut into his little gums :-( He was screaming and sobbing after I got it out and his mouth was bloody. :-( I felt like crying right along with him. It took awhile to calm him down, but after gnawing on some frozen yogurt he was OK. I also dabbed some oragel on his gums and gave him some Tylenol to help with any pain. Don't worry- he is fine now. I'm sure it hurt him in the moment, but it did no real damage. It was just scary for us. So if any of you have little ones, and some plastic Easter eggs lying around, you might want to put them out of reach.
The Easter Egg is not the only thing he tried to stick somewhere... I caught him trying to push a cracker crumb up his nose while he was eating. What is it with this kid and sticking objects into his nose and mouth? I'm know it has something to do with his intense curiosity, but it's wearing me out! I've already had to fish a pea out of his nose a month or so ago.
He's getting really good at stringing words together to get his point across. Today I was rocking him with his sippy of milk before naptime. When he finished it he sat up in my lap and announced "Gone!" I said "Yes, your milk is gone. Now we go to sleep." He pointed at his sippy and said "Milk (gilk)" then pointed at the door and said "Stairs" "Mama." I said "You want Mama to go downstairs and give you more milk?" "Yeah!" was his excited reply. How could I deny him after he put together that amazing "sentence?" :-)
Reshen is still working on his molars. I think the top two have come in, but the bottom too still have a ways to go I think. Some of the points are through, but you can tell much of each tooth is still buried. He's been a bit manic the past few days and fighting going to sleep again. Once he's asleep he's sleeping well (through the night) and taking adequate naps, but just getting him to sleep has been a challenge. He's taken to talking and squealing in his crib. He's never done this before- he was one of those babies that would either cry or sleep in the crib... never was the type to play by himself in there. But lately he's been having a good ol' time after I lay him down. I didn't mind at first because he was actually putting himself to sleep after playing for a bit. I was shocked the first day that happened. He had been squealing in delight about something up there and then there was *nothing.* Concerned I peeked into his room and there he was, sound asleep in his crib, all his blankets and animals on the floor below that he had apparently tossed out. But the past few days the playing ends in crying and screaming and then he *won't* go to sleep. Yesterday I went in during one of his crying spells and found that he had taken off his pants and socks! I had to laugh at that one. I'm sure if he wasn't wearing his onezie undershirt he would have had his diaper off too. But he spent an hour, yesterday, cycling between the playing and the crying (with me coming in and laying him back down) before I finally rocked him. He needed that nap *so* badly and was showing all of his tired signs, but he just didn't want to give in I guess. As most of his sleep issues have gone, I'm sure this one will change in a week. He's consistent about one thing- being inconsistent.
His singing skills are evolving still. Now he'll "sing" songs out of the blue. The other day he was playing and began saying "Baby GaGa, Baby GaGa," over and over again in a sing-song voice and doing some hand motions. I wasn't sure at first what he was talking about and then realized he was singing "Baby Beluga." I started singing it and he grinned really big and began grooving and singing with me. I love how he just thinks of these songs while he's going about his business and starts to sing them. So cool! I wonder if he'll be into music when he grows older. Whatever he decides to do, I'm sure he'll do it with determination and gusto :-)
4 comments:
Grandma is SO sorry she sent those darned plastic Easter eggs to you! I never dreamed the little man could, or would, ever get one of those in his mouth! All kids have to experiment with the poking of tiny things into the nose or ears, don't worry it is normal. And yes, it is scary, too. You have a second cousin that required a trip to the ER to have a pussywillow bud extracted from his nasal passage. The more his mom tryed to remove it with the tweezers the farther up it went. Kids, as they say, will be kids :-) You never did that though, as I recall. I laughed out loud reading the tidbits about the little man's singing and his "good ol' time" in the crib when he is supposed to be napping. I can imagine him in there removing his clothes and singing and playing until he runs out of things to do and then deciding to cry instead. You sure do have a live wire on your hands. Too funny! Never a dull moment, huh?! Squeeze my little man for me!
Hello, I have to say even though it is sad that our little man hurt his mouth, I had to laugh when I pictured that egg stuck in his mouth. That had to be quite a sight:) I love it that he is now undressing in his crib, that is very funny. He just has a new trick for you every day. I love you both, tell him aunt carly loves him.
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I *totally* got rid of Lucas's plastic Easter egg right after I read your e-mail, LOL! :) Lucas's favorite word lately is "Yeah," too! :)
My gosh, Raine, Reshen looks so big in that picture! Your Easter egg incident is so scary...I tossed all ours right after reading about it. I cannot believe how well he's putting words together to get his point across! I'm sure you think your little man is genius and I do too. :o) I had to laugh at Reshen entertaining himself in the crib for hours on end - as Nadia does the same thing! She has shed all clothes before, too! Too cute that he sings like that. He's really into music isn't he? Nadia really doesn't care about it. Once again, I enjoyed reading about your growing boy!
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