54 posts tagged “moonpie”
Monkey is about 3.5 years now. Moonpie is 14 months now. Incredible.
They're really starting to play together. Interacting and chasing each other around. They get each other laughing and teasing all the time. I'm always on edge because they're still too rough and uncoordinated with each other. Still, it's wonderful to see them as friends and brothers. Good things to come.
Moonpie has been walking since 10 months. He's got about 5 B words and also says Dada, Mama (less often), and kitty. He has dimples on his dimples. The most amazing smile I have ever seen. And he's also got opinions. He's dramatic when he doesn't get his way. Also obsessed with bottles. Wants a milk bottle. I want him off the bottle, but that's going to be a big deal. A big process I think. I'm trying not to think about it or worry about it much. He's also a great eater. Many fewer opinions about food than Monkey. So that makes him easier at meals than his brother. No complaints on food.
Monkey is learning to swim. For about a week now he's been swimming with us in the big pool without anything to support him. He's kind of fearless about it and that makes me nervous. He's getting better and better every day though. Pretty amazing. He is a Pisces after all. My little fish. He should be really swimming on his own by the end of the summer I think. We swim every day after school.
They are wonderful.
We took 600 pictures on our vacation. Here are a handful of my favs...
Moonpie has been kind of an on and off wreck for the past 2 weeks. There was croup, then just a bit of a cold. This whole time he's given up solid foods. In fact, it's really, really dramatic to try to feed him. Just insane. He flails his arms, spits stuff out, smashes his face into the table in defiance and overall patheticness. Just a mess. He is also teething SO bad! His next two top teeth are just haning out up top, torturing him and all of us.
Until we went to Syd's 8th birthday party on Saturday night. (We had a really nice time at the party btw.) I was walking around with him on my hip and with a piece of chicken in my other hand. Out of nowhere the little dude starts leaning at my chicken with his mouth wide open, looking kind of crazy. So I ended up letting him pretend to knaw on my chicken. It was a weird and funny breakthrough. Kid wants to use the teeth that are killing him!
Here you go...Moonpie with a chicken wing in his mouth...
And then today he decided to actually eat some pureed food again. Got some pear/peach/blueberry in him, a small number of cheerios, and some chicken with carrots . I have no idea what's next. He changes his mind on me every day or so. Good think he's one of the two cutest babies I have ever seen.
He's also crawling like a little monster now. He's got his own strange patented crawl, but he's getting fast and going from room to room as he wants to. We're in big trouble.
Moonpie has croup. Got it Wednesday night. He was home with me Thursday and today, Friday. He's also teething. Not eating any solids. Nursing all the time. Not sleeping whatsoever. I've got the humidifier going in his room--it's like a sauna in there. Poor little baby.
Oh and he's also crawling now. Just the last day or two as well. He's funny though, he does it on one knee/butt cheek and the other foot. He switches from side to side. The point is that he is mobile now and so we better watch out. Got to re-baby-proof the house now.
Wish us all luck.
Moonpie in his new green monster shirt from Abuela.
Monkey in his new shark shirt from Abuela.
No whine here this morning. Out of the blue wonderful night with Moonpie. In bed at 9. Woke at 1am, and I needed to nurse him anyway. Slept until 6:30. I swear. That is the kind of night I can live with. Reinforces to me that when he doesn't sleep, there's something wrong. Sick, teeth, something.
Anyway, wonderful!
Thanks for all the nice comments!
