I really try not to be one of "those moms." You know, the ones who obsess about their kids sleep habits and nap times, but lets face it, sleep of the youngest person in the family can determine the mood of the entire family. And let me tell you, the mood of our family this week, was excellent! Moving to two naps has been wonderful for all. Somehow Calvin is sleeping more during the day with two naps than with three. His morning nap has increase to 1-1.5 hours and his afternoon nap is pushing 2.5-3 hours. His nights are about the same as before...I've given him the six week warning before we address that. Bed between 7-8 depending on how tired he seems, up once in the night (somewhere between 1-4), up once early morning (5:30-6:30), and up for the day between 6:45-7:30.
It was a big week in Calvin's mouth this week as he got his first tooth! He hadn't been showing really any signs of teething and I just assumed it was a ways away still (Caleb was 11 months before his first). Wednesday night at swim lessons I put my finger in his mouth and got poked by a sharp tooth! He then got a bit feverish and you could tell he didn't feel the best. He slept pretty good, just needed a little bit more help getting to sleep.
Unfortunately, it appears we are heading down the allergy road again. This past Wednesday around 3:00 I changed his diaper and noticed his belly and legs were covered in a rash. It quickly spread to his entire body. I began to get nervous and started thinking of any new foods and corn was the only new one. He had it for the first time Tuesday night. Travis put the kids to bed that night while I was at book club and I remembered him saying Calvin threw up, but I didn't think too much of it. Well he had the corn Tuesday for dinner and again Wednesday for lunch. The rash faded a bit Wednesday and then darkened Thursday. By Friday morning looked really, really bad, so I took him to the clinic. They said yes, definitely an allergic reaction, and probably to the corn if that was the only new thing. He's on Claritin and a cream to help with the itching. In two-three weeks we will try corn again to see if the same thing happens.
Calvin is still mostly army crawling, although he does get his knees under him sometimes. He's getting stronger and willing to go longer distances. He still does use rolling to get around too. He's made it back to sitting once, so we went ahead and lowered his crib down this weekend. He's not pulling up yet, but we still had it up on the highest level!
He's also eight months old! Some of his favorite things include:
- eating -- eats anything and everything! Unfortunately it doesn't appear he has the same 6th sense as Caleb about eating foods he's allergic to. He especially loves to eat things he can feed himself. Peas have been a big hit lately.
- playing with Caleb's toys! Caleb is learning that some things have to be kept up, but he's also learning he has to share with his brother.
- bath time -- he splashes around and flips over to his belly and kicks all over. He does a pretty good job of keeping his head up, but still freaks me out a little!
- balls -- he loves to sit up and hit a ball over and over again. He's especially fond of a beach ball and spends a lot of time playing with that when we are outside.
- being outside -- this little guy is in for a rude awakening shortly when we can't be outside as much.
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| This was when I took him in...it got a bit worst after that, but is looking better now. |
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| Very serious boys on the trolley |
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| If I smile really big, can I stay up for the game? |
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| Loves my phone! |
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