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Colton 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.
He 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.
Colton 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!
He can sit up without support for a longer period of time, about 10 mins. He can shake his rattle and he tries to bang his hand on different object and see if he can make any sound. He loves watching our cat. He’s eating solid too! He’s tried rice, oat and wheat cereal, green beans, zuccini, squash, yam, green peas and banana. His favorite food is oat cereal and squash. He loves going to his swimming lesson and splashing water. He loves to sit up in his tub when having a bath. He also can grap toys under the water too. He can say more things now, like Gee, Nai nai, ma ma, ba ba, mum mum, vu, yee, tsee……
He can roll! Oops! I shouldn’t say that, he can flip from tummy to back first, then about a week later, he’s able to flip from back to tummy. He has 1 tooth on Oct 20 and another one came on Oct 29. They’re both the front lower teeth. He tries to sit up but almost always lean to the front. But when he was 1 week to 6 months, he could sit for a minute or 2 without support. He loves watching the fishy in our aquarium, we called it his private TV with fishy channel. And he notice we have a cat at home!
He can grab toys and put it in his mouth! He giggles too! But as parents, we have to make so much effort to make him giggle!
My baby started cooing in month 3. He finally can make some noise than crying. He can say “Ah Goo!”
My baby can finally smile at people at month 2 and another milestone is thumb sucking.
Carol’s Mom has left on Sunday and my Mom is here since Monday night. It a big change for me, Carol and baby Colton. I guess individual has different perspective for taking care of baby. At the end is all good when we give more patient to listen, learn, explain, understand… Big thanks to Carol’s Mom…
Chris
Colton had his first doctor visit. The doctor checked him and everything was fine. He was 7lb when he came home from the hospital. He is 8lb 12oz. So he’s doing well.
Carol