Category: Feeding

Mommy called your daddy this week to tell her about something you did and she couldn’t stop laughing. Daddy told her not to encourage you, but came home to find you in this state:

It's good for my skin, right?
It’s good for my skin, right?

You also got a message from your Mimi this week thanking you for her Valentine’s Day card. Here’s her message and her picture:

Hi Campbell, we wanted you to know how much we loved your card and how excited we were to see you had signed it. It was great to see that you wrote a C and an A and an M. You are amazing and we love you sooooooo much. We have your card on our living room coffee table so we can see it all day long. Thank you! Your card helps us remember your love and your beautiful face. Mimi and Doc

Look. You're famous!
Look. You’re famous!

Hopefully, they think of your beautiful face without all the avocado on it.

Autumn Sniffles

Spiffy hoodie daddy! What else did you bring me?

Daddy went to London a couple of weeks ago and in addition to the little souvenirs he returned with (your London hoodie, for one), he brought back a pretty nasty cold.

And now you and mommy are fighting it too. Not fun, mostly because you’ve been confined to be in the house, but hopefully we’ll all get over it soon enough to enjoy Halloween. You still don’t have a costume, but hopefully tomorrow we can get you one.

You had a pretty big break through at the dinner table; you finally ate an entire bowl of chili by yourself without spilling a drop. We’ve yet to repeat that performance, but proves you can do it when you want to.

Now on to more slippery food…

Other than that, you keep coming up with the funniest things to say (like, “Daddy no pee pee potty time!” which we think means, no, daddy, you can’t go to the bathroom right now). And for some reason, to you, the funniest thing this week has been to say “NO DOO DOO!” Yes, you’re not hardly two yet and you’re already gearing up your potty humor. That’s our boy…

The Rambunctious Boy

Congratulations! Today is your 18 month birthday. And as daddy is writing this post, you’re sitting behind him watching intently as you color. You’ve gotten quite good at coloring. So much so, that you have a meltdown almost every time we have to put the crayons up. If you could sleep with your crayons, I think you would.

One of many crayon drawings

Today we want to tell you about some “milestones” that you rushed into. To date, you:

  •  Know how to climb up on the couch by yourself, to mommy and daddy’s consternation.
  •  Left daddy a “floater” while he was giving you a bath (more like a sinker).
  •  Can identify the X-box logo, to mommy’s chagrin.
  •  Can use a fork, though the food doesn’t always end up making it to your mouth.
  •  You can identify a LOT of objects, but can’t say them all.
  •  Have started using the word “Baaba!” for sheep when you see them on our flashcards.
  •  Are a expert at saying “apple”. You use that word for LOTS of things.
  •  A world class clown, entertaining us constantly with your antics.

You also tried ice cream for the first time this week. No surprise, but you loved it.

Yessss. I LIKES IT!

And we went to Art-a-Whirl again this year, but you were a little more cranky than last year. It was hot, so that was part of the problem. And it’s tough when you have the ability to reach, touch, tear, poke every painting you see, but aren’t allowed to.

 

 

Guys Night In

Mommy took off tonight for a class, so daddy had to come home from work early to take care of you. It was pretty fun for the first couple of hours. You showed him how you could bash your cup on the side of the table like a drum, how you could fling your pieces of toast into the floor after you had them in your mouth and how you could spit our your spinach, tear it apart, then gleefully reconsume it.

Later you were pretty cranky, but you and daddy read lots of books until you fell asleep.  (Which you do much better now that mommy bought you an LED “Monkey Tree” night light)

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Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!

What a fun day. You got up early and opened presents with mommy and daddy. You got lots of fun stuff: A kitty that lets you chase it, an alphabet train, a pirate ship, books, clothes and lots of other useful things.

Later that afternoon, when you had played with nearly everything, we decided to go for a walk. You had a great time swinging, we said Merry Christmas to everyone we met (there we lots of people out), and then we came home so you could nap while mommy made Christmas dinner.

And oh what a dinner! We had  hazelnut cranberry (vegan) roast “en croute” (that means in a crust), sauteed spinach with lemon & sea salt, and the best mashed cauliflower we ever tasted. We were all stuffed. It was a great Christmas.

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Scarface, Bananaface

So tonight you had a little slip on your “baby fence” and gave yourself a wicked little nick on your cheek. While a dueling scar may be attractive if you’re a rakish swordsman, this one caused mommy &  daddy a little distress.

Banana Face : ORIGINS

Mommy decided that since you had a spill, perhaps some finger food would improve your mood. She gave you… a mashed banana.  It made all of us feel a lot better.

Bananas: The cure all

Danger-mouth

Yesterday, we had guests (Jason & Rachelle) who were our first official “non-family” visitors to the new apartment. You did a great job of being social and were actually much more vocal than you usually are.

Today, after breakfast, I gave you one of your favorite toys (Sophie Giraffe) and here we see you dashing mommy’s dream of you becoming a vegetarian, as you devour her with leonine precision:

Squeaking, Chomping & Logging On

Daddy was a little busy this week, so it was hard to get the time to post all the things you’ve done; you’ve tried to crawl, you’ve started making some pretty funny noises (we call it the “Christopher Walken”, where say something like “oh wowowow”), you took your first front facing stroller ride (and loved it) and you’ve really struggled through your teething like a champ.

Here are some videos to catch up the grandmothers and give a little taste of the funny, funny guy you’re becoming:

Today we were making fun of Puddy ignoring a squirrel JUST outside the window. You just ignored both of them and played with your rattle. Well, that and made some adorable squeaking noises.

You’ve also started holding your own bottle, but for some reason, you’ve decided that shoving it as far into your mouth as possible is the best solution to getting the milk into your mouth. (This angle looks like you’re drinking air, but it’s just the camera angle, I assure you).

And as requested, here you are playing on the computer. Yes, at 8 months old, you’re enamored with a site called Kneebouncers. It requires very little from you in the way of input (you simply need to hit any key), but you have figured out the “smash = reward” ratio and get quite excited when we play on that site. Your favorite activity (documented here) is the one with the loud vehicles. Chalk it up to being a city baby, I guess. Funniest part to me? When you start to imitate the noises you’re hearing.

Foodie

No pictures today, but I wanted to take a moment to let you know what foods you were eating early in your life. So far, you’ve eaten NEARLY every solid food presented to you. From Spinach & Potatoes (our pre-Indian Food primer!) to Carrots, Winter Squash & Peas, you’re a pretty agile baby vegetarian.

Your favorites include:

  • Prunes & Oatmeal
  • Bananas
  • Peach/Oatmeal/Banana combo
  • Bananas/Raspberries
    (okay, basically almost anything with bananas)

So far your LEAST favorites are:

  • Lentils & Rice. That’s it…

You also had a bit of diaper rash this week, so we took you in to the doc. You weighed 17 lbs and 4 oz. You are certainly our continually growing boy!