It feels like we've turned a big corner at the Boettcher house. Since Orien has turned 10 months he not only started crawling, but sleeping through the night. Let me just say that I forever have NO pity for anyone who says they are tired, exhausted, sleepy or has a baby that sleeps through the night early. Sorry! I cannot put into words how completely and utterly drained I have been these past months. BUT now that is in the past :)
The crawling has helped my sanity immensely as well. Pre-crawling life consisted of me holding Orien, trying to get him to not be fussy, and calling Brett to say "so when are you going to be home today"? Dont' get me wrong - he is a pretty happy baby overall, but he was extremely attached to me and didn't enjoy sitting and playing at all. So things are easier in a way now. And I don't even mind the extra mess around the house due to my sweet mobile baby :) I just enjoy having two free hands!
Here's a list of some other new things he's been doing...
1. pointing
2. throwing balls
3. hugging the dogs (and sometimes mom and dad)
4. testing us more :)
5. eating more table food
6. scaling more objects - but not quite ready for his first step
I really think Orien will be walking soon, but it's hard to say how soon. He crawls a LOT now, over walking while holding our hand. So who knows! But he is fairly sturdy while walking, but you can tell he is really hesitant to take a step on his own. Every time we let go of his hand, he immeditately sits down! Haha. He'll do it when he is ready.
The past few weeks I have been taking him to a nearby indoor playground calling Stomping Grounds. They have a baby/toddler area and it is FREE until he is one year. So we hit it up a lot while it's still free :) He loves it. I crawl around the play thing with him and he interacts with the other kids. The toddlers always love Orien. A lot of them pet his head like he's a puppy haha. Something about babies fascinates two and three year olds!
Well, I can officially say that I am READY for SPRING (and summer). I've had enough cold and rain. I'm ready for the sun! I cannot wait to use our pool this summer. Last year we didn't use it ONCE due to me being pregnant and having a little baby. But this year we will be sure to make up for lost time. And lots of sunscreen will be applied (so don't worry mom) since O and I are some of the whitest people I know! I also cannot wait to have some of my mom friends and their kids over to swim. We plan to head to the lake a lot more this summer as well. There is LOTS of look forward to!!!
I hope everyone is doing well and staying warm. Much love from the Boettcher's!!
Yes! I'm a mom friend that would toooooootally love to come over and pool it up.
ReplyDeleteYay for aaaaaaaaall those milestones. He's such a big boy already!!!
I can't wait until I'm where you are because Cady hates being immobile. I have to bring her everywhere, and my back hurts because she's so heavy. Oh yeah, and she STOPPED sleeping through the night! Now she wakes up staaaaaarving, and I don't know why that happened. I wanna go to that Stomping Grounds place, too, when she's old enough! Ah, it's going to be so much fun when she can do more!
Yes please please come over and swim! I need some what of a tan, because I'm practically see-through!!!
ReplyDeleteFor me it is MUCH better now that he is mobile. Every single person I encountered has said the opposite - that it would be harder when he is mobile but don't listen! They don't know what it's like to have a not-content, fussy, clingy baby 24/7! It wears on the moms! Orien actually PLAYS now and is so much more content crawling around.