I finally found some play groups for Colton. The Tuesday one is $2 each time and the Wednesday one is free with snacks. Each of them is 1.5 hours long and I get to meet other moms too. The library also has story time every Friday morning for 0.5 hour. So I take Colton to the park every Monday and Thursday morning. Afternoon is his napping time. He usually naps for 3 hours from 1pm to 4pm. Then snack time after. Then we play for a while and dinner time around 6-ish. Then play time until 7:30pm and then shower and bedtime. That’s my daily routine.
Learn MoreYes, Colton is speaking a few words that we understand. Things like “Bye, bye”, “Bah, Bah”, “Goh, Goh”…….He’s doing more than 10 signs to help him express himself. Like “more”, “eat”, “full”, “Sleep”, “Bye”, “Bird”, “fish”, “keys”, “Car”, “Bath”, “Hat”, “Brushing teeth”, “Washing face”, It’s a lot of fun to play with him now.
Learn MoreWe went to the air show last Sunday (Aug 20, 06). We went there around 1pm and stayed until 5pm. Colton only napped for about 0.5 hours in the car on our way there. He used to nap 2 to 3 hours everyday. He didn’t fuss and he stayed awake all the time. He loves the planes in the sky and he didn’t scare of the big noise when planes taking off or landing. Then we went out for dinner too. Colton napped for about 5 mins then he was awake again once we were in the restaurant. He smiled and played and ate a lot. Then we put him down to bed at 7pm and he was exhausted. He slept till 7am the next morning. He’s such a good boy.
Learn MoreMy babysitter was taking vocation for the last 2 weeks. So Colton was with my friend (Auntie Lynn) and her boys (age 10 and 4) for 2 weeks. After this 2 weeks, Colton seems to be able to understand a lot of our language. I was in the dinning room and asked him to get his cup and have his meal. He would go grab his cup and walk to his high chair. The other day when he was at day care, the sitter asked him to have a sip of his milk and he would get his cup and have a sip. I think he understands both chinese and english. He’s learning both without noticing that. How nice is that!
Learn MoreYeah! Colton doesn’t need a baby bath tub anymore. Starting Aug 7, 06, he can take a real shower using the shower head. He will grab on the handle by the tub and stand still when taking a shower. He ljust oved it. It’s much easier to bath him now! He looks like a big boy now.
Learn More14680Yes! Collton is finally walking. He started walking the day after he turned 14 months old (July 13, 06). Now he just like walking everywhere. He wants to run but his feet are not as fast, so he would fall. Another new achieve is that he would cry and scream whenever he can’t get the things that he want. That’s called temper tantrum! He babbles a lot and once in a while he would say a really word like “juice”.
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Oh! My God! Colton turned 9 months old the second day we came back from Hong Kong. He woke up 4 to 5 times a night. Sometimes he could stay awake for an hour or two. The worst night he woke up at 2 and I put him down then he woke up and I put him down. This cycled repeated for couple times and it took me 3 hours to put him back to sleep. A week after we came back. He got chicken pox. Yes, chicken pox. I didn’t believe it either but that was what he had. I’m sure that he got it from Hong Kong since the incubation time is 2 weeks. And 2 weeks ago we were at our friend’s son 1st birthday party. Now with the jet lag from the trip, plus the new tricks he learned, plus the chicken pox, his sleep cycle was broken into pieces. He was a good sleeper before, now he turned to another baby at night. It’s terrible. He pulled himself up in his crib and cried out loud and asked for help. For God’s sake, he just learned how to pull himself up but not able to sit back down. So we had to rescue him a couple times during the night. He forgot he could suck his thumb to sooth himself to sleep. It was really stressful for us and for him. About 2 weeks after coming back, he woke up once a night. But he could stay awake for 1 hour. I tried giving him water, singing him a lullaby, nursing him, etc. Nursing is the easiest way to calm him down without fighting with him, but I know he doesn’t need that feeding anymore. So last week, I called the public health nurse for help and I got some books from the library that are recommended. Now Colton is under sleep training. Every time he wakes up at the middle of the night, we let him cried for about 10 mins then go to him and check if every thing is fine and he’s safe. Then we waited a little longer each time until he fall asleep on his own. The whole process took us almost 2 hours. Every night was like a battle. We also found out that he behave a lot better with Chris. So I asked Chris to do it at night. The night before last night we used the baby monitor to watch him instead of going into his room every certain minutes, he finally fell asleep on his own in a awkard position. He was kneeling with his face was on the mattress. Last night he just fussed a little and fell asleep with his awkard position again. Twenty minutes after, I put a blanket on him then he WOKE UP! He stood up and cried like the nights before! Then Chris went in and he took less then 3 minutes to put him down. We’ll see how Colton is doing tonight.
Wed, Mar 15 2006 – 10:21 AM CST
Name: Chris
here is the link for the video monitor, it is part of your home cordless phone system. It is very handy and we have been enjoying a lot because make us feel safty for our baby as parent. I highly recommend to any parents.
http://broadband.motorola.com/consumers/cordless_phones_sd4500_series.asp
Learn MoreColton and us went back to Vancouver a couple before going to Hong Kong for Chinese New Year. The weather in Hong Kong was like the summer in Saskatoon, but people there really dressed like having a cold winter. The other day, I remembered it was about 18 to 20 degree celsius, I saw baby bundled up like what I did for Colton when it’s -15 in Saskatoon. That baby was in a tuque and snowsuit. I was shocked. Colton was wearing a short sleeve!
In the trip, we noticed that Colton knew who his mommy and daddy are. He would never cling to us at home. But he cried like crazy in order to get me or Chris. Actually everything was good except his sleep. He was ok in the long flight. He cried when he was sleepy coz he couldn’t find the best position to sleep. Well, He used to sleep on his own in his crib in his own room. But we have to flexible on this in our trip. Colton was co-sleeping with me in Vancouver. Since he was able to crawl, I won’t stay with him until he was asleep. In Hong Kong, he slept in a crib in the same room that we stayed. But if we stayed over night at Chris’ sister’s house, then we have to co-sleep. Also, in Hong Kong he learned how to pull himself up in his crib and he learned how to sit himself up. All these new tricks cause another sleeping problem when we came back home.
Learn MoreHe has 8 teeth now. He got 6 teeth during the Christmas holidays. He has 4 on top and 4 on the bottom. He sits so well now he doesn’t need a pillow behind him just in case he fall. He started creeping a week before he turned 8 months. He just creeped for a step or 2 and didn’t know he can use this skill to go places he wanted. Now he’s a week past 8 months and he’s creeping faster and farther. He likes to go places where he’s not suppose to. He can pass toy from one hand to another and drop it on the floor. He likes to say “boo” when he has a mouth full of food. He can put his hands together and move them up and down from his forehead to his tummy. He’s on chicken but yogurt is still his favourite food. I started put him at the child care once a week for an hour so I can go to the gym. He did well so far. He can roll to his left and right with no problem at all. Changing diaper is like a battle now. He would roll from back to tummy and try to creep and reach for things. He can pick up Cheerios and put it in his mouth most of the time with no problem. Now I’m training him on sippy cup and the open top cup. Time passes too fast. Baby’s first year is full of excitement.
Learn MoreColton can sit on his own! But I have to sit him up. He’ll fall backwards ocasionally but not very often. He slept on his tummy twice in his life. He loves twisting his body when changing diaper. He had 2 teeth at 5.5 months and he has 4 more coming at the same time. The top 2 and the bottom side ones. No wonder he’s waking up every hour or two at night. He loves to turn to his tummy during play time. He’ll flip to his tummy almost instantly if he’s laying on his back. He still can only flip to his right side. He found his voice and he loves making fun of it by saying things at different pitches. I tried giving him Nutrios (Cheerios) on Dec 31, 2005. He tried to grab it using his whold hand and tried to eat his whole fist. Then He picked it up using thumb and index finger but he put his last 2 fingers in his mouth. Even if he can pick it up doesn’t mean that he can put it in his mouth. Way to go Colton!
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