Poor Caleb is still sick, he awoke a zillion times last night just crying out in his sleep but he always just resituated himself and want back to sleep. This morning when I got him up his poor little nose was all clogged it was a wonder he could breath and explained the wheezing noises he made all night. He’s back on albuterol and lucky for us it makes him sleep whereas most people say it makes kids hyper. I think he is trying so hard to breath that he is wearing himself out.
Life as a SAHM is going well. We both had dr’s appts. this week so we had reasons to get out and I had some shopping to do at Walmart. While out I bought Caleb his first box of crayons, eventhough Dean and I dont agree on the fact he is old enough to use them. When I worked in daycare we let the babies that could sit up by themselves sit and fingerpaint and color, under supervision of course. And I for one think he is ready for it, so despite Dean’s protest that crayons are not safe and that he will eat them, Caleb and I had art time! He held the crayons and drew lines and dotted the paper with tons of different colors and never once put a crayon in his mouth! Dean came home to Caleb’s first creation on the fridge door he laughed and asked if Caleb did it and I boldly said yes and all by himself. So thinking I wasnt making my point after dinner I gave Caleb some show off time. He drew another picture of lines and marks, this time he did even better than the first time. My child the artist!
This weekend we bought him the Disney Winnie the Pooh baby game for the computer, we played that yesterday and he loved playing peek-a-boo with TIgger. We also have him watching these Baby Genius videos which are supposed to help stimulate him, and he sits and stares at the tv the whole time, until he gets bored of course. Which amazes me becuase I think its silly, but I guess the makers knew what they were doing. I dont want to be a parent that pushes their child to grow up too soon but I am all for nudging him to a good start. I was a mostly straight A student and excelled in all classes and by no means a genius, and Dean and I both agree we want Caleb to have more as a child than we did. Which on my part wont take much, seeing as I dont remember much of my childhood and what’s there is not very positive. It’s so exciting at his young age to see him already taking it all in, and learning so much. He’s finally mastered crawling forward and is all over the place. He constantly pulls himself up to stand on anything close by, which forced us to lower his crib already. Funny thing is, you can put him on the living room floor to play with a ton of toys but he goes straight for the things he shouldnt have, right now he got himself all tangled up in the phone cord and is giggling all the while! I am loving to see him learn and grow everday , and it’s only been a few days. This morning as Dean got ready to leave we both felt the desire for him to stay home. I brought Caleb to him this morning so I could get a bottle ready and he just wanted to hold his daddy and look at him, it’s like he knew he’ d have to leave for work soon. Well on to another exciting day at home…..
