Elijah had his first week away this last month. Nick and I had to refinish the hardwood floors and the noise and dust would not be a good environment for a baby. He went to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Goodman and Great Grandma Kramer. He had lots of fun. He got to go swimming and to Dow Gardens Children's Garden. Nick and I missed him tons and worked 14+ hours a day to get done so Elijah could come home.
Lots of teeth have come through. Elijah has four on the top and two on the bottom. We are still experimenting with solid foods. He gags a lot and Nick and I are such worry warts we would probably feed him baby food until he was four. But we know it is important for Elijah to start eating "real" food. He eats cereal puffs and macaroni.
Elijah still isn't crawling. He has gotten up on all fours a couple of times. Maybe now that the floors are refinished he will be able to spend more time on them and get a move on. He is developing greatly in other areas though. He uses his pointer finger a lot. He likes to pick crumbs and specks of dirt off the floor and put them in his mouth, not that putting them in his mouth is a development but more so the picking them up part. I guess while he was in Midland he learned to put shaped blocks in their correct hole. He also is waving bye (which is accompanied with a mimic of how I say "bye") and clapping. Sometimes they are combined which is adorable. I think he is learning that I am "mama" and Nick is "dada". He also knows that Delia is "dede". He laughed when I talked to him on the phone and asked him where "dede" was. He thinks she is a hoot. He is really starting to explore and wonder what things are.
Elijah has his favorite pass times and toys too. He loves to go on walks with me and giggles at all the stuff he sees. Right now his favorite toy is his busy block that he puts his shaped blocks into. He is also getting more interested in books. He doesn't like books with a lot of words though. He looses patience and wants to go to the next page. So I just buy him books with a couple of words on each page. He really likes the No David books.
He is developing quite the little personality. He is a social butterfly. He prefers to be out and about meeting new people. Elijah loves a crowd. As long as there are new people around Elijah is content. We are constantly getting comments about how happy and smily he is. It is really only at home when Nick and I are not giving him 100% of our attention that he gets fussy. He is content to play in his pack and play for a little bit but then he gets bored. Elijah is not a very good self entertainer. He always has to have something going on and new things to look at. My prediction is that when he is older he is going to be a total extrovert. He will be that little kid that walks up to a complete stranger and starts up a conversation. He has a little bit of the "stranger danger" going on but he warms up to people after a couple of minutes. He doesn't try to hide his face or anything. He wants to look at new people and interact with them. He just doesn't want them to hold him.
Lots of teeth have come through. Elijah has four on the top and two on the bottom. We are still experimenting with solid foods. He gags a lot and Nick and I are such worry warts we would probably feed him baby food until he was four. But we know it is important for Elijah to start eating "real" food. He eats cereal puffs and macaroni.
Elijah still isn't crawling. He has gotten up on all fours a couple of times. Maybe now that the floors are refinished he will be able to spend more time on them and get a move on. He is developing greatly in other areas though. He uses his pointer finger a lot. He likes to pick crumbs and specks of dirt off the floor and put them in his mouth, not that putting them in his mouth is a development but more so the picking them up part. I guess while he was in Midland he learned to put shaped blocks in their correct hole. He also is waving bye (which is accompanied with a mimic of how I say "bye") and clapping. Sometimes they are combined which is adorable. I think he is learning that I am "mama" and Nick is "dada". He also knows that Delia is "dede". He laughed when I talked to him on the phone and asked him where "dede" was. He thinks she is a hoot. He is really starting to explore and wonder what things are.
Elijah has his favorite pass times and toys too. He loves to go on walks with me and giggles at all the stuff he sees. Right now his favorite toy is his busy block that he puts his shaped blocks into. He is also getting more interested in books. He doesn't like books with a lot of words though. He looses patience and wants to go to the next page. So I just buy him books with a couple of words on each page. He really likes the No David books.
He is developing quite the little personality. He is a social butterfly. He prefers to be out and about meeting new people. Elijah loves a crowd. As long as there are new people around Elijah is content. We are constantly getting comments about how happy and smily he is. It is really only at home when Nick and I are not giving him 100% of our attention that he gets fussy. He is content to play in his pack and play for a little bit but then he gets bored. Elijah is not a very good self entertainer. He always has to have something going on and new things to look at. My prediction is that when he is older he is going to be a total extrovert. He will be that little kid that walks up to a complete stranger and starts up a conversation. He has a little bit of the "stranger danger" going on but he warms up to people after a couple of minutes. He doesn't try to hide his face or anything. He wants to look at new people and interact with them. He just doesn't want them to hold him.
