Walking... Caleb's still figuring out how to coordinate those legs. He's figured out it's a lot more fun to hold our hands and walk and that this gets him there faster. So we've been taking the world in at a slower pace these days. Walks to the mailbox. Walks down our street. Walks around the shops. All this walking has allowed us to chit chat with our neighbors, people on the street, and to notice things on the ground especially. Caleb is very easily distracted on his walks when he encounters something new on the floor of course. At least this walking wears him out and allows me to take the world in with a different perspective. Through Caleb's eyes...
He sees the leaves on the sidewalk
Taking Dad to work
The only sad thing for me is that Caleb isn't so content to sit in his stroller for our daily walks, unless of course, he's holding my hand. This makes it rather difficult for me to actually walk unless I'm bent half way over at a very awkward angle. Without my hand he's screaming and toys, food, bink, they aren't doing so much these days in the stroller. So we need a solution for this one quick.
Playing- This morning I peeked into the playroom because once again Caleb was playing so quietly which is unusual. He was sitting on the floor looking through all his books. I mean, really sitting there and studying them, leafing through the pages, looking at the pictures. Usually he likes to sit there and take all the books out of the basket and throw them on the ground unless I'm reading with him. But it was so sweet to me how he was quietly looking by himself through the books and was so engrossed for a good 15 minutes at least.
Health wise-And I know this is kind of random, but it's been kind of an issue since October. We've made about 4 doctor visits in the past couple months. I've almost lost count. First it was a double ear infection, then croup, then just a cold but I was still paranoid about the croup and he was coughing again, and then yesterday for a rash on his bumby accompanied by a fever Sunday night which turned out to be his eczema accompanied by a bacterial infection. I know it's flu season and all these nasty bugs have been affecting his playgroup friends too, but it just seems as though he can't shake it. One week he's fine and then the next something else pops up. It's been one after the other. At this point I am just ready for Spring time and for all these wintery bugs to take their sickness right out the window.
just tell him you need to let go, you are right behind him and you need to push with both hands to walk to "the store/playground/ library" "he will get there faster if you let go of mommy's hand." if he throws the stuff out of the stroller, don't give it back. let him scream. you are outside, no one cares. be strong.
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I hear it takes 30 minutes to walk to the mailbox ( end of driveway) be sure to leave early so Dave isn't late for work. If you walk the driveway at Dave and Lisa's, we may not see you all afternoon :)
Thanks for the tips. We'll work on those things! The screaming gets hard to handle after awhile and the walk isn't as pleasant anymore. I just hope he gets over this anti-stroller phase quickly :)
ReplyDeleteI can remember a phase where the babes didn't want to sit in their carseats. They would scream and buck up. I just would have to push them down and put on the buckles fast. Told them that's the way it is , no choice. same thing happens when changing their diapers. they grow out of it.
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