{"id":765,"date":"2009-02-03T01:02:03","date_gmt":"2009-02-03T09:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baby.chriswong.org\/?p=765"},"modified":"2009-02-03T01:02:03","modified_gmt":"2009-02-03T09:02:03","slug":"oh-how-they-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baby.chriswong.org\/?p=765","title":{"rendered":"Oh, How They Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just to update you a little on Caris.  She is doing great.  At this stage in her life, she is sleeping great.  She has problems with wanting to sleep, which is something Caleb has always had, even now.  Caris does what a regular baby is suppose to do.  She sleeps.  She eats.  She poops.  And she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fuss much at all.  She didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even cry when she came out of the womb!  Relatively, she has been an easy baby.  We get less sleep because of her, but she does make it as easy as possible for us.<\/p>\n

Compared to Caleb, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s almost night and day.  Caleb was wailing the moment he came out of the womb.  Caleb couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be soothe by simply holding him.  We had to pull out all the weapons to get to stop crying at times.  And then he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to sleep either.  He required to be held to sleep.  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d cry whenever we put him down.  He hated the car seat.  No HATED<\/strong> the car seat.  From that first cry in his first ride home until he was tall enough to see outside, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d cry in that car seat.<\/p>\n

Not much has changed with Caleb.  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still the loud boy that he was born as.  He cries loud.  He screams loud.  He even talks loud.  But he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s our big boy.  And boy has he ever grown.  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s learned to sleep (mostly) through the night.  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thickening up again.  His butt is so big.  His feet are so big.  His head is so big.  I went in tonight to go soothe him cause he was crying right after holding Caris, and my goodness.  I keep forgetting how big a boy Caleb is now.<\/p>\n

Now we just need to protect his brain until he gets older.  There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the cure for cancer in there.<\/p>\n

Among the other things he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s grown into, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s learned to talk.  And not just talk, but talk a lot.  They say a 2 year old boy can say an average of 50 words.  I said before I thought he knew about 80 words.  Well, he just keeps learning more and more each day.  We counted the words off the top of our head, and have them listed here.<\/p>\n

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  1. mama \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Mommy <\/li>\n
  2. dada \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Daddy <\/li>\n
  3. doo doo – Gung gung <\/li>\n
  4. popo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Grandma <\/li>\n
  5. bah \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ball <\/li>\n
  6. ba ba ba \u00e2\u20ac\u201c blueberry <\/li>\n
  7. uh oh – uh oh <\/li>\n
  8. doo doo – reverse, backing up <\/li>\n
  9. baahh bah – Bob (the Builder) <\/li>\n
  10. poo poo \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Poop <\/li>\n
  11. watermelon <\/li>\n
  12. banana <\/li>\n
  13. water <\/li>\n
  14. mango <\/li>\n
  15. magnet <\/li>\n
  16. strawberry <\/li>\n
  17. up <\/li>\n
  18. down <\/li>\n
  19. help <\/li>\n
  20. out <\/li>\n
  21. more <\/li>\n
  22. milk <\/li>\n
  23. no <\/li>\n
  24. bao bao <\/li>\n
  25. head <\/li>\n
  26. heart <\/li>\n
  27. square <\/li>\n
  28. bus <\/li>\n
  29. duck <\/li>\n
  30. dog <\/li>\n
  31. squirrel <\/li>\n
  32. deer <\/li>\n
  33. mouse <\/li>\n
  34. cat <\/li>\n
  35. cow <\/li>\n
  36. walk <\/li>\n
  37. toast <\/li>\n
  38. toes <\/li>\n
  39. nose <\/li>\n
  40. train <\/li>\n
  41. hat <\/li>\n
  42. diamond <\/li>\n
  43. oval <\/li>\n
  44. bike <\/li>\n
  45. car <\/li>\n
  46. star <\/li>\n
  47. moon <\/li>\n
  48. boz <\/li>\n
  49. digger <\/li>\n
  50. grandpa <\/li>\n
  51. grandma <\/li>\n
  52. natalie <\/li>\n
  53. button <\/li>\n
  54. computer <\/li>\n
  55. gorilla <\/li>\n
  56. done <\/li>\n
  57. monkey <\/li>\n
  58. crocodile <\/li>\n
  59. butterfly <\/li>\n
  60. bird <\/li>\n
  61. horse <\/li>\n
  62. rooster <\/li>\n
  63. sheep <\/li>\n
  64. bunny <\/li>\n
  65. baby <\/li>\n
  66. wagon <\/li>\n
  67. tofu <\/li>\n
  68. applesauce <\/li>\n
  69. one <\/li>\n
  70. bubble <\/li>\n
  71. truck <\/li>\n
  72. stuck <\/li>\n
  73. light <\/li>\n
  74. peek-a-boo <\/li>\n
  75. fish <\/li>\n
  76. bowl <\/li>\n
  77. book <\/li>\n
  78. turtle <\/li>\n
  79. bear <\/li>\n
  80. shoulder <\/li>\n
  81. door <\/li>\n
  82. goat <\/li>\n
  83. boat <\/li>\n
  84. fire truck <\/li>\n
  85. airplane <\/li>\n
  86. helicopter <\/li>\n
  87. bye <\/li>\n
  88. bucket <\/li>\n
  89. booger <\/li>\n
  90. open <\/li>\n
  91. hot <\/li>\n
  92. watch <\/li>\n
  93. sock <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There are probably more, but this is what we could remember.  If you count, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 93 words that we know of that he speaks.  Sure, they all sound very similar and he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say them correctly, but they are distinct.  Our big boy is a genius.<\/p>\n

    Of course he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also very assertive.  I’ve been taking him to Gymboree the past few days while I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m home, and he likes them boys with curly hair.  He likes them a little too much.  So much in fact that he likes to pull their hair and hit them.  Or maybe he just likes to make them cry.  I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know.  But we have to channel him in the right direction.  At this point, he can be a great leader.  Or simply a bully.  The latter we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trying to avoid.<\/p>\n

    Picture Time<\/u><\/h3>\n

    Caleb with his new toy (our new massage thingy)
    \"IMG_3263\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

    Yvonne multi-tasking.  This is why she doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get enough rest.  She always has to be doing something.
    \"IMG_3265\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

    Caleb eating.  He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so big.
    \"IMG_3266\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

    Caris sleeping.  She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so small
    \"IMG_3267\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

    Their feet.
    \"scratch_90AVTYIGYKMQBW2R-LBQIG\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

    We got Caris\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 first week pictures today.  But their printer was down.  Once we get the CD, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll post them up.  That last picture there was done by Kiddie Kandids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Just to update you a little on Caris.  She is doing great.  At this stage in her life, she is sleeping great.  She has problems with wanting to sleep, which is something Caleb has always had, even now.  Caris does what a regular baby is suppose to do.  She sleeps.  She eats.  She poops.  And … <\/p>\n

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