Happy first Mother’s Day Blossom! To celebrate we had a breakfast and then took Isaac to the playground. It was a gorgeous day, and Isaac got to wear his bug sun hat. We rode on the horses which he liked. I put him my lap and went down a slide, which he decidedly did not [...]
Isaac likes to empty things. Give him a filled container and he will fling the contents every which way.
Isaac J. is getting closer and close to full mobility. Frightening thought, really. He’s mastering the army crawl, and can roll over and sit up whenever he can be bothered. He can get his knees under him, but they don’t stay.
Isaac is not what you would call the most mobile of babies. He has expressed a marked reluctance to move on his own, although he loves to be propped up to bounce, or look out the window, or sit and play. But now it appears that is all changing. Watch as little man just begins [...]
Isaac has gotten pretty good at pulling a blankey over his head and waiting until you fire off the “Where’s Isaac?”. Then he whips it off and giggles as you hollar “Peekaboo!”. This isn’t his crispest effort, but it shows off his skills.
Mr. J. has yet to master the intricacies of coordinate movement. Meaning he doesn’t crawl, or walk, or scoot, or pull himself up, or roll over. About all he can do is sit and reach over and touch his toes. So we’ve been working with him to stand up and move around more. This wicker [...]
Grandma Marie sent us one of those red and blue globes with the shape holes all around, and the matching yellow blocks on the inside. Everyone I have talked to used to have one of these when they were a kid; ’tis awesome they are still around. Mr. J. likes it when I make all [...]
Last week Isaac developed conjunctivitis and to keep Mama on her toes he also contracted a nasty respiratory infection called Bronchiolitis. To allay his misery from these ailments, I am tasked with medicating (a.k.a. torturing) my child. How to treat the yellow gooey matter oozing from behind his red eyes? Take a small metal [...]
About a month ago Isaac began leaning forward when in a reclined position in his car seat or bouncer. He wasn’t reaching for anything per se but was simply trying to sit up. Propping pillows behind him for support, he eventually ends up slumped to one side or sliding all the way down until he [...]
Seems like Isaac has finally gotten over most of his illness. We had one cold after another there for a while, which was really screwing up his eating and sleeping. But now he seems to be back to sleeping through the night. And we’ve really ramped up on the solid foods. So far Mr. J. [...]
