Thankfully we made it 16 months before Caleb had any serious injuries, but a week after Landon was born Caleb fell on the corner of a plastic toy bin and split open the skin between his eyes, requiring a stitch to fix it. Of course he landed on a vein so it was a bloody mess, freaking out a mom even more than just any old boo-boo. It is amazing how quickly children heal and sure good that they forget things.
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| The day of the accident, boogers and all... |
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| A few days later it was already looking so much better |
I would say Caleb is doing fairly well adjusting to the addition of Landon to our family. Of course he has his difficult moments, but judging by the large number of kisses Caleb gives Landon each day I'd say he definitely loves his little brother. He gets very excited to go look at him sleeping in his bassinet or swing, and he puckers his lips and makes a kissing sound with his eyebrows raised to tell us he wants to give him kisses. And once Caleb is out of his crib in the morning the first thing he does is run either to Landon's bassinet or swing to see him - so darn cute.
Caleb's favorite things:
- LOVES Signing Time videos and The Laurie Berkner Band (a musical DVD - he marches with just ONE foot to tell us he wants to watch it, as one of his favorites is the 'We are the Dinosaurs' song.)
- Obsessed with Peanut Butter
- Cuties (Mandarins)
Gaining speed on his attempts at words:
- Blue = 'boo'
- Tools = 'toos'
- Knife (part of his plastic cooking set) = 'ni'
- Mandarins (Cuties) = 'ala ala ala' (I know it sounds like a stretch, but I call these 'mandarinas' (Spanish) so I think he hears all the syllables and tries to mimic. He consistently makes the same sound for them every time
- Down (to get down from hi-chair, crib, couch, etc) = 'dow!!'
Communicating quite well with noises and gestures, and some signs:
- Hearing something (points to ear) - trains, sirens
- Making the sound of sirens for fire trucks, etc.
- Swings arm and says 'baa' for playing baseball outside
I know there are more that I can't remember right now... Will have to add them on later.
- Cuties (Mandarins)
Gaining speed on his attempts at words:
- Blue = 'boo'
- Tools = 'toos'
- Knife (part of his plastic cooking set) = 'ni'
- Mandarins (Cuties) = 'ala ala ala' (I know it sounds like a stretch, but I call these 'mandarinas' (Spanish) so I think he hears all the syllables and tries to mimic. He consistently makes the same sound for them every time
- Down (to get down from hi-chair, crib, couch, etc) = 'dow!!'
Communicating quite well with noises and gestures, and some signs:
- Hearing something (points to ear) - trains, sirens
- Making the sound of sirens for fire trucks, etc.
- Swings arm and says 'baa' for playing baseball outside
I know there are more that I can't remember right now... Will have to add them on later.
Great post! Even though the bloody adventure was not fun, it'll be reminiscent everytime you look at the pictures :-)
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