Mom Remembers

6:34 - breakfast Related Words: cereal, juice, milk, spoon, bowl, eggs, pancake, toast, Spam, banana, apple, please, more, thank you, sit down, chair 7:12 - free play Related Words: crayon, paper, car, tree, [alphabet] 7:49 - story time Related Words: book, church, elephant, Pop, socks, baby, dog, kiss, please 8:10 - dressed Related Words: pants, socks, shirt, stop it, diaper, butt, toes, feet, hand, head 8:37 - room play Related Words: toys, phone, car, square, circle, oval, star, triangle, sky, moon, house, boat 9:19 - Soren & Mom playtime Related Words: Mommy, stop, go, blanket 10:07 - getting ready to go Related Words: shoes, coat, hat, let's go, door, knock, outside 10:19 - car ride Related Words: car, keys, O's, go, alphabet, please 10:52 - outing Related Words: walk, stroller, cookie 12:22 - lunch Related Words: cracker, cheese, bread, water, please, thank you 1:31 - nap 3:26 - still napping 4:07 - awake Related Words: stairs 4:47 - cartoons Related Words: please, ch...

Carl is sleeping through the night. By sleeping through the night, I mean eight hours of sleep. That usually means six or seven hours for me. Seven hours of sleep! The last time I slept seven straight hours must have been last spring! But not anymore. Since last Friday, Carl has slept eight hours every night. This is a happy house.

As Soren develops more and more vocabulary, he is better able to make finer distinctions and express exactly what he wants. This means that, rather than just "tee vee" or "buk", he can ask for specific movies and books. Below is a list of his media words. I've tried to spell them like it sounds when he says them, to capture his facility. aech dog (H dog) - "Harry the Dirty Dog" (book) akis akis (kiss kiss) - "Kiss, Kiss" (book) baebee (baby) - "The New Baby" (book) beeya (B) - "Letter B" (song) chorj (George) - "Curious George" (book) cow (cow) - "Where's my Cow?" (book) chik chik boom (chicka chicka boom) - "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" (book) chooch (church) - "Green Eggs and Ham" (book) dog (dog) - "That's my Dog" (book) dooeen (doing) - "Do as I'm Doing" (song) elfant egg (elephant egg) - "Horton Hatches the Egg" (book) ess arr k...

He wears 3 month clothing and doe sn't fit as neatly in my arms. He's filling out and shooting up far too quickly. He can grasp. Carl doesn't reach for things, yet, but when something comes into close proximity to his hands, he grabs on tightly. I went to pick him up today and found that he was clinging to the wire of his bouncer quite tenaciously. He recognizes faces. He will smile readily when he sees his Dad or makes eye contact with me. He scowls at everyone else. He can hold his head up , at least for a little while. This means that tummy time is a lot less frustrating for him; he doesn't have to spent five minutes eating sheep hair. Instead, he can keep his face off the floor and look around! It also makes riding in the car a lot more pleasant since he doesn't have to slump all over himself. He can roll over. Yesterday, Carl rolled over twice in a row, showing that if he wanted tummy time to be over he could darn well end it himself. He can sleep f...