development – Page 2 – Baby Wong (Caleb Wong & Caris Wong & Chloe Wong)

August 2, 2008August 2, 2008

Hope Klutziness Isn’t an Inherited Trait!

Caleb has heaps of bumps and bruises. He’s discovered this amazing ability to be able to walk one direction while turning his head and looking another direction. Of course, this leads to trouble. He’s run into so many walls and tables. And he likes to try to walk really fast. His knees and shins look like mommy beats him.

So, last week, Chris tells me his head hurts. Why? He closes my trunk SUV door on his head. What?! How did you do that? I’ve never heard of anybody closing a trunk door on their head. I laughed at him. I’ve had this SUV for 7 years, and I’ve NEVER closed the trunk door on my head. Caleb must have gotten his klutziness from his daddy.

Today, we went to the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus in Anaheim. It was Chris’ and Caleb’s first time. Caleb had so much fun, but he didn’t nap long on the way to the circus. And, it lasted much longer than we expected. Caleb was ready for a long afternoon nap. So, we were hurrying at the end to get him home. We removed the stroller from the SUV trunk to make room for a quick diaper change. Chris goes to put Caleb in his car seat. I put the stroller back in the trunk and close the door. I had to lean in cuz the stroller was starting to fall out. Whack (really hard)! Whoa. That’s right. I hit myself. No, not just a little hit. I whacked my face hard. My vision went black for a couple of seconds, but not to worry… I didn’t pass out. I made it back to the passenger front seat. Tears were rolling down my face. It was like some uncontrolled reflex since I hit the bridge of my nose so hard. My forehead, nose, & eyes were throbbing. Chris tells me I’m bleeding across my nose and it’s getting swollen. Then, he says, “See, I’m not the only one who can hit my head.” It hurt my nose so bad to laugh. 6 hours later after lots of ice, it feels much better. Just a dull ache. The cut really isn’t bad at all. I wonder if I’ll get a bad bruise across my face. Poopers, we have a wedding next Sunday. And, we’re supposed to have Caleb’s 1 year old family pictures taken. Oh well. It’s pretty funny now. Watch out for those dangerous SUV trunk doors! I guess Caleb may get my klutziness too. Poor Caleb.

July 26, 2008

More about Me before I turn 13 months old

I like to sit on stairs.

I still like to eat. Aren’t I a cutie?

I love reading, and I love my cat Tommy.

I still love stacking… only higher now. And, I like dumping things out for mommy to clean up again. Sometimes I’ll actually put away my toys myself.

I love to imitate mommy. She cleans, I clean (at least I try).

I have a new pair of shoes. Well, grandma & grandpa bought them for me over a month ago. These Stride Rite shoes are more expensive than any shoes mommy has ever bought (except for her rockclimbing or hiking shoes). I didn’t like these shoes before. They made me trip and fall. This is a video of me trying on my 1st pair of shoes again a few days ago. I like them much better now.

I still love music. I used to dance by bouncing my butt up and down. Now, I twirl/spin.

I’ve got 11 or more teeth now. I got 3 molars in right after I turned one. 1 more waiting to pop out on the bottom left jaw. My canines are coming out too. Soon (maybe), I’ll have 16 teeth. Almost done with getting all my baby teeth, and I’m not even 13 months old!

July 25, 2008

Clapping Video

Oh, this is a very late post. Somebody noticed that we never posted a clip of Caleb really clapping. I forgot. This is Caleb clapping. It’s several months old now, but here it is.

June 12, 2008

More Caleb Adventures

I forgot to mention that Caleb has discovered the fun water in our toilets. If you’ve been to our place recently, we have to keep all the bathroom doors closed. His bathroom has a toilet lock. Otherwise, Caleb likes to lift up the toilet lid and throw his head and hands in the water to have some splashing fun. No pictures of this. Sorry. When I see my son in the toilet, my first instinct is not to run and get the camera.

He also loves to unwind all our toilet paper. He’s discovered that if he keeps turning the roll, the paper keeps falling down next to him. This is pure joy for him. No picture of this either.

Our son has gotten quite a bit taller. He thinned out a lot. But, he’s learned that he can reach even more things, not just by growing, but by standing on his tippy-toes.

Last week, I left Caleb in our childproof bedroom to go use the bathroom. When i came out 1-2 minutes later, our son was smiling/clapping at me from the top of our dresser. Yes, from the top. He had systematically pulled out the drawers and climbed up. And, yes, our son was clapping and obviously proud of himself. No picture of this either. I wasn’t about to leave my son 4 feet up on a dresser to run downstairs to get our camera.

I’m sure there’s more. I have to remember to blog this stuff when it happens.

May 30, 2008

11 Months Old

Caleb turned 11 months old on Tuesday. We can’t believe Caleb’s almost one year old!

Over a week ago (last Thursday), Caleb took his first steps. Well, he’s taken 1 or 2 steps on his own before this… but on Thursday, he walked to me in 5-6 steps. He tried walking again today outside. He still prefers to hold onto somebody’s hand or another object. He also favors clinging to mommy’s legs as she walks around trying to get stuff done, making her do what she now calls the Caleb shuffle.

He’s been trying to feed himself more often. Most of the time, he won’t eat unless he gets to try himself. Yes, our son is determined. And, yes, Caleb is messy.

Yummy hummus & a giant pretzel stick:

Caleb’s spinach fun:

Also, our son has started throwing infant tantrums. I knew that we could expect them in the toddler years… close to 2 years old or so. Did you know there are a few babies who throw tantrums? Ours is one of them. It used to be where we would take something away and he would just scream or cry. A few days ago, I closed his bedroom door since it was time for him to get ready for his nap. Caleb wanted to go out to keep playing (as always). He took one look at the door, one look at me, and then flung himself on the floor on his back and starting hitting the floor with his legs/feet and arms/hands while screaming and crying. Quite a sight.

Here’s a short video of Caleb with Ellie’s (our kitty) collar. He pulled it off her neck. Each time Chris tries to touch it, Caleb yanks it away from him out of fear that it might get taken away. This is just Caleb’s infant way of saying, “mine!!!!” Did I mention we have a strong-willed child?

Also, on occasion, Caleb makes it very known that he doesn’t want to be put in his car seat. He arches his back, yells/screams/cries… grabs at the mirror, at the window, at mommy’s hair. This almost always seems to draw a slew of onlookers since Caleb rarely does his protests quietly. No, Mommy is not abusing this child. And, yes, Mommy is strict and still makes her child get into the car seat.

Besides the tantrums, Caleb’s learning to do lots of fun stuff too.

Caleb is still a little scared of the vacuum cleaner sound, but he loves to play with the vacuum. I can’t wait until he can help me clean. Yay! (I know, I know… please just let me dream!)

Caleb likes to make himself comfy in his stroller.

Caleb loves to clap. Here’s a 1-second video of it. We have another better one that we’ll put up once we download it.

Caleb loves to sort things. Give him measuring cups. Give him regular plastic cups. Give him things to put into cups. Give him rings. Give him blocks. Sorting things is fun, fun, fun.

He even likes to put things where they don’t quite fit or belong. Caleb, that block doesn’t fit into daddy’s xbox!

Caleb loves to go through cabinets, especially the ones we’ve chosen to not childlock. He loves to pull things out of the cabinets/drawers. And we always find unexpected gifts in cabinets too. Mommy says to daddy, “Have you seen where Caleb’s green ring is? He was just playing with it, but it’s missing now. (10 minutes later) …Oh nevermind, I found it behind the extra diaper wipes, inside the closed cabinet that’s inside his closed bedroom closet.”

I’m sure there’s lots more Caleb is learning to do, but this post is getting long. So, bye for now!

April 27, 2008

Happy 10-Month Birthday!

Caleb turned 10 months today. Caleb’s got the cruising thing down. Give him a piece of furniture, a wall, a knee, a hand… and he’ll show you his cruising stuff. He also tries to stand and walk on his own. He doesn’t quite have the coordination down yet, but he’s trying. He loves his little push toy walker.

When he finally starts to walk well, we’re going to have to buy him his first pair of shoes. He received some pass-me-downs from friends at church, but our son has big 5.5W feet and has outgrown all the shoes passed down to him already.

It seems like he hasn’t stopped teething since the last 6 came in. Animal-like gnawing and puddles of drool are commonplace, but Caleb still only has his 8 teeth. No canines or molars yet.

This made me laugh.

April 18, 2008April 18, 2008

9 month birthday

ok, ok… so our son is nearing his 10 month birthday and we have yet to blog on his 9 month one. we’re a little behind with our blogging. we’re a little behind with everything!

At his 9 month checkup, we discovered that our son is no longer this huge baby anymore. Always in the 90-100th percentile, he is now in the 50-75th percentile in everything. Hmm, am I starving my baby? Strange thing is that Chris and I get different measurements than Caleb’s doc. Our scale told us that he was 22.5 pounds, and we measured him at 29.5 inches. Oh well. We know our munchkin is a healthy, active baby.

Length = 28.25 (50 percentile)

Weight = 20 lb, 14.5oz (60 percentile)

Head Circumference = 45.5 cm (50-75%)

Grandma & grandpa bought Caleb his first ride-on toy. Caleb loves it!

Caleb’s crib now looks like a white prison. Since he started crawling, we’ve had to remove the bumper from his crib leaving it completely bare. Good thing, though… cuz Caleb loves to stand and climb. He climbs onto our bedside tables already. He pulls out his dresser drawers and tries to climb them. He pushes boxes and get on top of them to reach things on higher shelves. Where did he learn to do all this from?

Caleb is looking more and more like his daddy. Both of them are so adorable!

Caleb still loves his music class, but now he’s more active and can stand and hit the drums hard.

Awh, Caleb had his first (and hopefully) last allergic reaction. We tried out a new rice cereal, not thinking that there would be any problem. Within 5 minutes of having it, he started getting unusually cranky and his face turned red. Then his eyes and face got puffy and itchy (see picture below). It was pretty scary. But our newlywed fellowship was there and prayed for him. He got drastically better within a couple hours without any need for a visit to the ER or for medications. Praise God!!!

Pupu (mommy’s mom) visited Caleb at the end of March. I had so much fun with her.

Caleb now occasionally can fall asleep at church for a short morning nap. This is far better than the hour or more of wailing he used to do when we took him to church.

Caleb is usually much better when we go out to eat now. He loves menus… maybe more than mommy and daddy.

Caleb’s 1st time on a playground swing.

February 29, 2008March 3, 2008

My, How I’ve Grown

[Caleb just celebrated his 8 month birthday on Wednesday, 3/27. Happy birthday, baby boy!]

I’ve got 8 teeth now. Can you see them when I smile big?

I can brush my own teeth now… kind of.

I’ve really excelled in my music class. This is how we play those jingle bell things.

I’m getting faster, but I still crawl like I’m a soldier.

I like to pull myself up on anything I can.

I’m fine tuning my pincer grasp. I’ve gotten much better at eating cheerios, except for those few slippery ones that just don’t want to stay in my mouth.

I’ve learned some new tricks along the way.

I’ve even learned how to shake my head no.

[We love you so much, baby Caleb! It’s so fun watching you learn new things.]

February 10, 2008February 10, 2008

7, 8, 15, 21, 6, 7, 2

Yvonne had posted earlier that Caleb was popping out teeth 3-6 on his top. After that Yvonne told me that teeth number 7 and 8, the next 2 on the bottom don’t usually come out until 15-21 months. That’s when the molars and canines come out around the same time too. So we’re thinking another 5 months or so of good non-teething for our son.

So you know those lower teeth that aren’t suppose to show up until 15 months? Well they’re here. And yes. That’s 6 teeth coming out at one time. From 2 teeth to 8 teeth in 2 weeks. No wonder he’s drooling so much.

So besides the teething, Caleb is also sick (as is the rest of the family). He’s been sick since Wednesday. He’s got a cold and can’t breathe through his nose well. He’s been eating much less than he normally does since he’s been sick.

Not only is he teething and sick, but he’s also constipated. Last night before we put our son to bed, we took his temperature. As the thermometer was up his butt, Yvonne could feel the poop right on the edge. So we helped him along. Helped him along to about 7 inches of poop coming out. Now for some of you, 7 inches of poop may not seem like much. But you have to realize that my son is only 28 inches long. That’s 1/4 his length. Imagine Shaq dropping a 2 foot deuce.

Anything else besides teething, illness and constipation? Yup! He’s just started to crawl as well. Well he’s not really crawling in your normal baby sense. But he definitely scoots across the ground.

So what does this all add up to? Well, Caleb since the beginning of the year has been sleeping extremely well for night time and for nap times as well. It’s quite an amazing turn around that he’s had since his non-sleeping days, which lasted for his first 6 months.

Since Wednesday, his sleeping has been pretty bad. It might be just the sickness messing with his sleep, but it could be and can be everything else that’s going on. He’s slept some nights waking up only twice, and then some nights waking up every hour. His naps have gone back to 30 minutes, rather than the 2 hours he had been getting consistently the previous month.

We know Caleb is going through a lot of stuff, but he needs sleep. He gets sleep, then mommy and daddy get sleep. If he doesn’t sleep, mommy doesn’t sleep and that doesn’t help anyone.

Please pray that Caleb will get healthy soon and return to his good sleeping patterns. Please pray that these short naps don’t become a habit, and he’ll return to his long napping again.