Ben is a year old! Wow! He is growing and changing so much right now. He is adding new words to his vocabulary weekly it seems, including: mama, dada, more, duck, quack quack, wow, uh-oh, woof woof and there are probably others that we just haven't figured out yet. We had a great visit to the pediatrician this week. Ben is a growing boy! He is now 22 pounds and 10 ounces and 32.25 inches long! He is off the charts for head size and height and about average for weight.
Ben is still cruising along. He now has gone from cruising only along furniture to using walls and people and anything that is more stable than he is. The doctor did say since he is tall with a big head on his shoulders that his balance may take a little longer to accomplish. Ha ha! Ben is enjoying playing upstairs in the playroom a lot more. He "reads" for a while, then gets out a puzzle, then works on the stacking rings, etc. His attention span is growing but he likes to fit in a little bit of everything.
We are now up to nine teeth at last count. Ben has five of the front eight teeth and all four molars! We are glad that he is developing but ready for a break on the old chompers for a while as they can cause some rough nights. Ben is doing really well with table food. He is pretty much exclusively eating table food with the occasional jar of food when he is feeling picky. His favorite meal right now is raviolis. He cannot get them into his mouth fast enough. Ben transitioned to whole milk this week and doesn't seem to notice really. This is a wonderful blessing to our morning routine since the daycare provides milk and will keep a couple of his bottles and cups at school and wash them for us.
We are looking forward to celebrating his birthday with some friends and family this weekend. We will try to get pictures up soon of this month and the party.
September 27, 2007
August 27, 2007
Ben: Eleven Months
Yes, another month has flown by. This one was a busy one too, with lots of new experiences and a fun vacation!
Ben is about 22 pounds now and getting taller by the day. He has cut 4 teeth and is working on 4 more. So we have lots of swollen gums, rough nights and are looking into buying Orajel stock. With these new chompers and more interest in table food, Ben has been trying lots of new things to eat. He now eats what parts of the school lunch that he can and we supplement his meals with baby food on the days they are serving hamburgers and the like. On hamburger day though, we got a note on Ben's care sheet that he "ate lots of hamburger bun and French fries". Way to go, buddy! A few days after that he ate a ham and cheese sandwich. We haven't found much of anything that Ben hasn't liked which is great.
Ben is cruising a little more now around the furniture at home and working on "walking" while holding our hands. His crawling speed has gone from quick to lightning speed in the last month and he still loves crawling upstairs to the playroom each evening with Mom and Dad. Ben likes to wave all of the time now except when we ask him to (of course). He waves to Mom during dinner time and waves to Dad while he is mowing or grilling. It is quite funny.
We haven't had much progress in our signing, but Ben is working on saying some words and it is so exciting! We have had a repeat or two of "quack quack" when we talk about our rubber duckies and Ben started saying "ba" for ball. He will say it when he throws a ball to you or when he finds one in his toys or in a book. It is so fun! We look forward to seeing what is next!
Ben had lots of new experiences this month when we drove to the beach in Destin, Florida. We made the trip over two days and he did so well in the car. We got lots of beach time while we were there. Ben loved the ocean and we would take turns holding him in the water so he could splash around. Ben tolerated the sand and learned to like it a little more after he realized we could play with it. He wasn't so sure about it sticking to his hands so we kept water nearby to rinse off as needed. We tried to eat out mostly at lunch time to avoid crowds and work more easily into Ben's schedule. He liked all of the different places and really enjoyed getting bites of French fries and crackers along with his lunch. He was quite the trooper and seemed to have lots of fun too. There are lots of pictures in the links section under Month 11.
We look forward to celebrating Ben's first year soon! We hope all is well with your families.
Ben is about 22 pounds now and getting taller by the day. He has cut 4 teeth and is working on 4 more. So we have lots of swollen gums, rough nights and are looking into buying Orajel stock. With these new chompers and more interest in table food, Ben has been trying lots of new things to eat. He now eats what parts of the school lunch that he can and we supplement his meals with baby food on the days they are serving hamburgers and the like. On hamburger day though, we got a note on Ben's care sheet that he "ate lots of hamburger bun and French fries". Way to go, buddy! A few days after that he ate a ham and cheese sandwich. We haven't found much of anything that Ben hasn't liked which is great.
Ben is cruising a little more now around the furniture at home and working on "walking" while holding our hands. His crawling speed has gone from quick to lightning speed in the last month and he still loves crawling upstairs to the playroom each evening with Mom and Dad. Ben likes to wave all of the time now except when we ask him to (of course). He waves to Mom during dinner time and waves to Dad while he is mowing or grilling. It is quite funny.
We haven't had much progress in our signing, but Ben is working on saying some words and it is so exciting! We have had a repeat or two of "quack quack" when we talk about our rubber duckies and Ben started saying "ba" for ball. He will say it when he throws a ball to you or when he finds one in his toys or in a book. It is so fun! We look forward to seeing what is next!
Ben had lots of new experiences this month when we drove to the beach in Destin, Florida. We made the trip over two days and he did so well in the car. We got lots of beach time while we were there. Ben loved the ocean and we would take turns holding him in the water so he could splash around. Ben tolerated the sand and learned to like it a little more after he realized we could play with it. He wasn't so sure about it sticking to his hands so we kept water nearby to rinse off as needed. We tried to eat out mostly at lunch time to avoid crowds and work more easily into Ben's schedule. He liked all of the different places and really enjoyed getting bites of French fries and crackers along with his lunch. He was quite the trooper and seemed to have lots of fun too. There are lots of pictures in the links section under Month 11.
We look forward to celebrating Ben's first year soon! We hope all is well with your families.
July 27, 2007
Ben: Ten Months
This has been a big month for Ben's motor skills! We are officially crawling, crawling up stairs, pulling up and getting into everything! This has been such an exciting time to watch Ben see everything in a whole new way. His face is so pleased and proud when he gets up the steps. We only let him "climb" the stairs when we are sitting right there with him, but it has turned into a favorite evening activity to work up an appetite before dinner. Ben has found that he can climb up on shorter things to get to higher things so we are really in baby proofing mode. When Ben isn't roaming the house, he has really been enjoying stacking all of his toys and knocking them down. He is also really into his toy drum and anything he can use to hit it with.
Ben's favorite foods now include fun snacks like Cheerios, crackers and the like. He will try just about anything and we haven't really found anything he doesn't like yet. Ben is still a good eater and always wants to try what Mom and Dad are eating. Ben is now pretty good at sippy cups and we will slowly be working our way to sippy cups instead of bottles over the next two months.
Ben is loving his new classroom! The transition went really well and the teachers are wonderful! He is currently the youngest and that has encouraged him in his crawling and getting around. There are a few that are walking and I think he is really interested in watching the "big kids". When I pick him up, he is usually sitting at the table munching on some Cheerios with a big grin on his face. He "talks" with the other babies and it is too cute! They babble back and forth and have little conversations with all the intonations and facial expressions that adults would use. Ben is just waiting for us to be able to understand him! We have been signing with him on a few "key" words related to eating and other daily activities. There was one isolated incident when Mom just knew that he signed "eat" and his clapping at meal time has started looking more similar to the word "more". So maybe he is starting to pick it up. Last week we had an isolated "conversation" where he said "duck" and "quack quack". Not sure if it was parental wishful thinking or he is really trying to say those things. Either way we are reading about and playing with our ducks a lot now.
We are getting ready for a family trip to the beach next month and will be sure to post pictures! Hope all is well for you!
Ben's favorite foods now include fun snacks like Cheerios, crackers and the like. He will try just about anything and we haven't really found anything he doesn't like yet. Ben is still a good eater and always wants to try what Mom and Dad are eating. Ben is now pretty good at sippy cups and we will slowly be working our way to sippy cups instead of bottles over the next two months.
Ben is loving his new classroom! The transition went really well and the teachers are wonderful! He is currently the youngest and that has encouraged him in his crawling and getting around. There are a few that are walking and I think he is really interested in watching the "big kids". When I pick him up, he is usually sitting at the table munching on some Cheerios with a big grin on his face. He "talks" with the other babies and it is too cute! They babble back and forth and have little conversations with all the intonations and facial expressions that adults would use. Ben is just waiting for us to be able to understand him! We have been signing with him on a few "key" words related to eating and other daily activities. There was one isolated incident when Mom just knew that he signed "eat" and his clapping at meal time has started looking more similar to the word "more". So maybe he is starting to pick it up. Last week we had an isolated "conversation" where he said "duck" and "quack quack". Not sure if it was parental wishful thinking or he is really trying to say those things. Either way we are reading about and playing with our ducks a lot now.
We are getting ready for a family trip to the beach next month and will be sure to post pictures! Hope all is well for you!
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