We have proof that Isaac can understand us! Today, several times, I said, "Can you clap?" without using any gestures. And he did! It's a nice feeling...and clapping is so much fun too.
Now...if he would just decide to understand us in regards to the cat food.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Friday: 11 months
Isaac is 11 months today! I just realized I didn't get the normal shots on the quilt, so I'll try to get those tomorrow.
Here we have him sitting nicely for some pictures. Some of them include his current favorite toy, jingle balls. Since it was Christmas I put some lights around him too...they turned out well but not quite like I had envisioned.
Here he is with his monkey.
Playing with the monkey
And with the puzzle.
Isaac has started to get a little fussier with food. I gave him some carrots and bananas the other day and he wouldn't eat them. He's started throwing them on the ground, which is rather annoying. However, we've tried some new foods that he has enjoyed (curry with lots of rice, black bean soup) and he still loves his peas and cottage cheese.
He is easily pulling himself up and cruising around the furniture. He's going up stairs faster and pointing at everything. He enjoys taking his socks off.
He is sleeping until about 5-6am, wakes up to eat and then goes back to sleep until 7:30-8. I sometimes feel like we should get rid of that last feeding, but I'm afraid it would mean getting up earlier again and I really like this sleeping in. Isaac is down to two naps, and they're usually at least an hour.
Only one more month until he turns one! The year has flown.
Here we have him sitting nicely for some pictures. Some of them include his current favorite toy, jingle balls. Since it was Christmas I put some lights around him too...they turned out well but not quite like I had envisioned.
Here he is with his monkey.
Playing with the monkey
And with the puzzle.
Isaac has started to get a little fussier with food. I gave him some carrots and bananas the other day and he wouldn't eat them. He's started throwing them on the ground, which is rather annoying. However, we've tried some new foods that he has enjoyed (curry with lots of rice, black bean soup) and he still loves his peas and cottage cheese.
He is easily pulling himself up and cruising around the furniture. He's going up stairs faster and pointing at everything. He enjoys taking his socks off.
He is sleeping until about 5-6am, wakes up to eat and then goes back to sleep until 7:30-8. I sometimes feel like we should get rid of that last feeding, but I'm afraid it would mean getting up earlier again and I really like this sleeping in. Isaac is down to two naps, and they're usually at least an hour.
Only one more month until he turns one! The year has flown.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Thursday: baby food
Well, I wanted to document some of my experiences with making baby food. And I thought maybe someone else would want to see. A "1" is hard or low while a "5" is easy or good. edit: cost effectiveness refers to making the food vs. buying a similar, premade baby food. n/a means that there wasn't anything close enough to compare it to.
mashed food and purees.
| easy of making | cost effectiveness | notes | |
| apples | 2 | 3 | |
| asparagus | 3 | n/a | |
| avacado | 5 | n/a | freezing seems ok |
| banana | 5 | 5 | only from fresh |
| carrots | 4 | 3 | don't bake |
| cauliflower | 4 | n/a | |
| chicken and parsnip | 3 | n/a | |
| pears | 2 | 3 | |
| peas | n/a | n/a | |
| plums | 2 | 4 | |
| potatoes, mashed | 3 | n/a | reheat with water |
| squash, butternut | 4 | 5 | |
| sweet potato | 4 | 5 | |
| watermelon | 2 | n/a | too runny |
| zuchinni and summer squash | 5 | n/a |
finger food
| easy of making | eating | cost effectiveness | notes | |
| apples | n/a | n/a | n/a | haven't gotten soft enough yet |
| avacado | 5 | 4 | n/a | messy |
| banana | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| black beans (from soup) | 5 | 5 | n/a | |
| blueberries, fresh | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| blueberries, frozen | 5 | 1 | 4 | too red… ok with quinoa |
| carrots | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| cottage cheese | 5 | 4 | n/a | messy |
| kiwi | 5 | 5 | n/a | |
| peaches, fresh | 4 | 5 | ? | bake to remove peel |
| peaches, frozen | 4 | 3 | ? | kind of hard |
| pears | 2 | 4 | 2 | messy from frozen |
| peas | 5 | 5 | 5 | canned |
| plums | 2 | 1 | ? | too red |
| raspberries, frozen | 5 | 1 | n/a | messy |
| rice | 3 | 3 | n/a | keeps Isaac busy, only half ends up in mouth |
| shredded cheese | 5 | 3 | n/a | keeps Isaac busy, only half ends up in mouth |
| spagehtti | 4 | 3 | n/a | keeps Isaac busy, only half ends up in mouth |
| squash, butternut | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| sweet potato | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| zuchinni and summer squash | 5 | 3 | n/a | one batch good, one batch skin too hard |
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday: shopping for Isaac
Today Ben went shopping for Isaac.
It looks like he found a good one. :)
It looks like he found a good one. :)
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday: Ben
Tonight we celebrated Ben's birthday.
We went to Wild Chef for dinner. Isaac seemed concerned about the flames, but didn't have any problems.
We went to Wild Chef for dinner. Isaac seemed concerned about the flames, but didn't have any problems.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Sunday: yesterday
Yesterday we put up the Christmas tree and I haven't taken a picture of it yet. Isaac was rather uninterested in it. While it was kind of disappointing it will probably be a blessing as he won't try to yank it down. Also, the little amount of snow that we had all melted today. :(
Saturday, November 24, 2012
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