The house is all better - finally - after about a month of all kinds of stuff. Now, if all of Savannah's teeth would come in it would be great! She has been teething constantly since before Christmas. She has a full mouth of teeth - all of her top teeth and I think she lacks two of the bottom of having everything in but her 2 year molars.
I'm beginning to understand the concern a friend of mine had about her daughter not walking until she was 16 months old. Savannah still isn't walking - but she's just about 14 months old. It's hard not to have expectations for her when Connor walked at 11 1/2 months. She will walk all over the place if she's holding on to something. I guess she just doesn't have the confidence yet. I know she will walk when she's ready but I'm kind of ready for her to. She's getting heavy!! :-) She's learning a lot right now. She now knows a cow says "moo." When she's ready to go to bed she'll say "nigh, nigh" and start waving. She has learned to say "Please" in sign language and says "peas" while signing it. She usually does it when it comes to food - when she wants more and starts pointing to it. I'll ask her if she can say "More please" and she'll say and sign "peas." She has also learned to say "Shooey." Whenever I change and poopy diaper I'll say "shooey" and wave my hand in front of my nose. She now says it so clearly. She'll say "shooey" and wave her arm around. She LOVES books. When I get her and put her in my lap and grab books she can't stop smiling and starts bouncing. If she sees a book on the floor she'll crawl over to it and bring it to me and say "buh, buh" and want me to read it to her. She's not entirely happy just looking at them by herself. She would much rather be read to.
Connor is still like a little sponge soaking things up. He has learned how to count to five in Spanish. They are teaching them that at his school. They are also learning a little sign language like the alphabet. So he often asks me how to do a certain letter and I'll show him. He really wants to learn how to read and write. He has a few words he recognizes when he sees them. He does fairly good with his name about 1/2 the time. His "C" is usually backwards, he can make the "o"s you just never know what's going to show up for the "n"s. So, I am going to try to figure out how to help him learn how to read and write. I want to teach him all the things he wants to learn while he wants to learn them. I'd hate to miss this opportunity to teach him and then he decide he doesn't want to learn it. I just have no idea what I'm doing!! I'm sure it will be fun though! He's looking forward to doing schoolwork at home with Mommy.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
On the mend.....hopefully
OK, so these past couple of weeks have been a little trying. With just about everybody in the household not feeling well - with Savannah being.....I can't even think of how to describe her other than I say "Oh my word, Savannah, CHILL!" a lot - I'm glad I think most of us are on the mend. Connor is getting over his cold thanks to his antibiotics. It's still hanging around but he is getting better. I am getting better with a little lingering stuff but hopefully it will be over soon. Savannah is another story. We went back to the doctor today because I just knew she had at least one ear infection with the way she was acting. But, no, not a one. She's had something going on for 2 1/2 weeks now. So, thankfully they gave me an antibiotic to see if it would help her get rid of whatever she has. If it doesn't or she gets better and her attitude doesn't improve I'm in BIG trouble!! She's so different than what Connor was. Connor was and is an unusually well behaved kid. I'll just say I have to have a lot more patience with Savannah (which I don't usually have much of) than what I did with Connor. No kid can compare to him. Not that I don't love Savannah just as much as I do Connor. Just once you have a kid like Connor - you're ruined for whatever comes next! :-)
On a lighter note Connor had his 3 year check up today. Thankfully no shots today - just checking to make sure he's where he should be on things. His vision was 20/20 and he heard everything he was supposed to hear. He even peed in the cup for them to test and all came back normal. He was 34 3/4" tall - in the 2nd percentile and weighed 27 lbs - in the 5th percentile. Him being in the 5th percentile is the highest percent he has been in since June 2006 - when he was 6 months old. We're making progress!! :-) He actually loves going to the doctor. Whenever I take Savannah in for whatever reason and he goes with me Savannah's doctor has to check him out too - the whole thing - heart, ears, nose, throat, eyes, knees. But thankfully Savannah's doctor doesn't mind doing it and actually seems to enjoy a kid that likes to be there. It's funny because he's on the bottom end of the spectrum for physicality (is that a word?) but mentally he is far and beyond. In the questions they asked at the beginning they asked, "Can he count to 3?" I thought - he's done that for 1 1/2 years. He can count to 20. He knows all his colors and shapes. He even knows the difference between a circle and oval and also a square and rectangle. He's starting to read a little bit - just from memorization. He read the word "stop" while the doctor was in there. He was impressed. I really need to take time with him and work on some things but now I'm not really sure what to do with him. He goes to preschool twice a week and gets a lot of stuff there but I feel like I should be doing more with him and Savannah for that matter. I don't work with her on things like I did Connor.
Savannah is continuing to try to talk. She has said "uh oh" for a while but I now think she is adding a "dang it" on the end. It comes out, "uh oh, dango." Connor says dang it a lot - trying to get him to say that instead of crap. :-) She also says "dane do" for thank you. We're working on sign language - I've lagged with her compared to Connor - but she'll say "all done" and just started trying to say "please" today. She's getting closer to walking. It's more just a confidence thing than anything. She'll walk all over the place while holding on to something with both hands and does very well holding on to just one finger. She just needs to gain a little confidence and she'll be gone.
Connor's new phrase he says is "You kidding me!" Apparently I say "You've got to be kidding me" a lot. I never realized how much I say it. I guess I actually never realize how much I say a lot of things until I hear them come out of Connor's mouth. :-)
On a lighter note Connor had his 3 year check up today. Thankfully no shots today - just checking to make sure he's where he should be on things. His vision was 20/20 and he heard everything he was supposed to hear. He even peed in the cup for them to test and all came back normal. He was 34 3/4" tall - in the 2nd percentile and weighed 27 lbs - in the 5th percentile. Him being in the 5th percentile is the highest percent he has been in since June 2006 - when he was 6 months old. We're making progress!! :-) He actually loves going to the doctor. Whenever I take Savannah in for whatever reason and he goes with me Savannah's doctor has to check him out too - the whole thing - heart, ears, nose, throat, eyes, knees. But thankfully Savannah's doctor doesn't mind doing it and actually seems to enjoy a kid that likes to be there. It's funny because he's on the bottom end of the spectrum for physicality (is that a word?) but mentally he is far and beyond. In the questions they asked at the beginning they asked, "Can he count to 3?" I thought - he's done that for 1 1/2 years. He can count to 20. He knows all his colors and shapes. He even knows the difference between a circle and oval and also a square and rectangle. He's starting to read a little bit - just from memorization. He read the word "stop" while the doctor was in there. He was impressed. I really need to take time with him and work on some things but now I'm not really sure what to do with him. He goes to preschool twice a week and gets a lot of stuff there but I feel like I should be doing more with him and Savannah for that matter. I don't work with her on things like I did Connor.
Savannah is continuing to try to talk. She has said "uh oh" for a while but I now think she is adding a "dang it" on the end. It comes out, "uh oh, dango." Connor says dang it a lot - trying to get him to say that instead of crap. :-) She also says "dane do" for thank you. We're working on sign language - I've lagged with her compared to Connor - but she'll say "all done" and just started trying to say "please" today. She's getting closer to walking. It's more just a confidence thing than anything. She'll walk all over the place while holding on to something with both hands and does very well holding on to just one finger. She just needs to gain a little confidence and she'll be gone.
Connor's new phrase he says is "You kidding me!" Apparently I say "You've got to be kidding me" a lot. I never realized how much I say it. I guess I actually never realize how much I say a lot of things until I hear them come out of Connor's mouth. :-)
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