So today I had to take little man to the doctor! He has been having a runny nose and then started a small cough. I wasn't to worried because some of the other kids at daycare have the same stuff and no one is running a fever. I also thought the runny nose was due to him hopefully trying to get his top teeth in!
Well this morning the cough sounded worse and I thought it might be related to asthma and he would need a breathing treatment so I called the doctor to check. They decided it might be a good idea to bring him in and check him out. So we made a 9:30 appointment and I decided we would see if I would go to work or not based on what the doctor said!
At the appointment they took his weight which was 16 lbs and 14 oz! Good lord he is really starting to pack on the weight, although you would never notice since he is getting so long too! While we waited for the doctor to come in Channing started to get crabby and sleepy and very clingy which is not normal for him! Then in came the doctor to let us know that the runny nose was not related to teething and that he did not need a breathing treatment but that he has a right ear infection that looks like was just starting. She gave us a prescription for an antibiotic and suggested we keep Channing home for the day to let the meds sit in his system for about 24 hours.
I called work to let them know I would come up to get some work to bring home! Once Channing and I got home he wanted to play on the floor! So I was letting him play on the floor while I was working on work stuff on the couch! I looked over a few minutes later to notice him playing with one ring(which seems to be his thing lately). He then threw the ring from the rug and onto the tile in the middle of the living room floor. I watched him as he kept looking at it and wondering if he should go for it! The next thing I knew he was out on the tile after the ring! He is slowly but surely starting to make progress with this whole crawling thing! He hasn't taken off or anything where we are chasing him but he is getting the hang of now moving his arms instead of the rocking back and forth part!
When Chase got home I told him all about it and how I think it is time to baby proof the cabinets and get some gates to keep him out of some areas!
Even though little man was sick today and I had to work from home we had a great day! He was very cuddly once I got done with work and slept pretty much the afternoon away when I was working!
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu
Monday, June 27, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
So we begin the CRAWLING...
Slowly but surely little man is figuring out how to crawl. It has started out with him learning to get up on all fours and be so excited that he could do that. Then a few days later he figured out how to be on all fours and then push his butt up in the air where his knees were no longer on the ground just his feet and hands! Then we went on to the rocking back and forth! He does this part a lot! It is the cutest thing ever! He get so excited and just laughs the whole time!
I know people will think we are crazy for saying this and later I might even regret saying it but we are so ready for him to crawl! I know we need to baby proof the cabinets and the plugs and get some baby gates and then we will be chasing him all over the place everywhere we go but we could not be more ready! It is just so exciting to us to see him learning new things and being so excited when he figures little things out!
I have even once tried to help him figure out how to move his hands with his knees when he crawls because that is the only thing left he has to figure out and he got so mad at me! He literally did this high pitch scream and started to cry! I figured out right away that he does not want our help and he will figure it out on his own when he is good and ready!
Lately he has been really rocking back and forth and then kind throwing himself forward and then moving his knees to catch up! Of course this moves him around places but it isn't really crawling!
Then today at work I got a text from Valarie(the babysitter) that she had put Channing down on the living room floor next to he couch. Her son Nathan was in the middle of the floor with his small cars couch. Channing decided he wanted to be over by nathan and just took off. She said he slowly started to move his arms with his knees and finally made it to Nathan! She said it was a very slow process and he isn't taking off or anything but he finally moved his arms! Once he got to Nathan he laid next to him and Nathan told Valarie that it was night night time and covered up Channing with his blanket and patted him on the back to try to get him to go to sleep! That is the cutest thing ever!! I can't believe very soon Channing will be crawling and be all over the place! Maybe he will have it all figured out for my birthday! That would be a wonderful gift!
I know people will think we are crazy for saying this and later I might even regret saying it but we are so ready for him to crawl! I know we need to baby proof the cabinets and the plugs and get some baby gates and then we will be chasing him all over the place everywhere we go but we could not be more ready! It is just so exciting to us to see him learning new things and being so excited when he figures little things out!
I have even once tried to help him figure out how to move his hands with his knees when he crawls because that is the only thing left he has to figure out and he got so mad at me! He literally did this high pitch scream and started to cry! I figured out right away that he does not want our help and he will figure it out on his own when he is good and ready!
Lately he has been really rocking back and forth and then kind throwing himself forward and then moving his knees to catch up! Of course this moves him around places but it isn't really crawling!
Then today at work I got a text from Valarie(the babysitter) that she had put Channing down on the living room floor next to he couch. Her son Nathan was in the middle of the floor with his small cars couch. Channing decided he wanted to be over by nathan and just took off. She said he slowly started to move his arms with his knees and finally made it to Nathan! She said it was a very slow process and he isn't taking off or anything but he finally moved his arms! Once he got to Nathan he laid next to him and Nathan told Valarie that it was night night time and covered up Channing with his blanket and patted him on the back to try to get him to go to sleep! That is the cutest thing ever!! I can't believe very soon Channing will be crawling and be all over the place! Maybe he will have it all figured out for my birthday! That would be a wonderful gift!
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