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Baby diary: 52 weeks 2 days
Dec. 14th, 2019 06:18 am Alan went back to daycare on Friday, after delays (48-hour fever over the weekend, then his doctor's appointment -- at which he turned up with a mystery viral rash -- then birthday). He did cry a bit and has to adjust again, but it's been clear since he got back that he hasn't forgotten about his previous environments. Anyway, now that he can have dairy I saw him drink nearly a whole bottle of milk, the way babies are supposed to, which makes me feel much better about his hydration. He also loves tomato soup, apparently, which is great for him, as I'm not making it at home. XDD How I loved canned tomato paste as a small child! But other than the fact that I can't eat it now myself, it just seems a masochistic exercise to feed red sauce to a toddler.
Behavioural: this past week or so has been all about fitting square pegs into round holes. Well, round pegs go into round holes, but balls also go into round holes, and small handle-less cups, and long cylindrical objects stood on end, and square objects if they are small enough. So the rule is more complex than it appears. The round peg is blue plastic, for instance, and some of these other objects are also blue plastic, and it took multiple experiments to control for the confounding factor. He's also extremely interested in kitchen appliances that beep or ding or whirr and have doors that open and close, and demands/points to be carried close so he can examine them. So now I have him "help" me make coffee, first by selecting a Nespresso capsule (pretty colours) then putting the capsule in the machine (round peg into hole). Of course, he's not allowed to touch the machine while it's running.
He's slightly more into books, although only ones that have flaps and such. He's a city boy and to my chagrin I don't think he recognizes or understands pictures of animals at all. But we're getting there with fruit and motor vehicles. While at my parents' place I also gave him my old doll to play with -- the black haired one that looks like him -- and he was absolutely delighted. But it became evident within minutes that the 35-year-old hard plastic was too fragile and breaking down. So now I'm in the market for a boy doll. So far I have learnt from Amazon that many people do buy dolls for their boys, but also for dementia patients, of varying degrees of uncanny-valley-ness.
Medical update: he's been tagged for not saying any words, though he has a multilingual environment and it's not considered an issue to look at until 18 months. My sense is that he was on the verge of breaking for Shanghainese but since he got back he's become confused again. ^^; As I suspected, he got taller but slimmer since the 9-month checkup - he's dropped to the 75th percentile curve for weight, but still 95-97% for height. Mostly, I feel like his arms and legs are proportionately very long, speaking for myself and my 25" inseam XD; His reach is such that my ability to childproof tables and counters is now quite limited. He also feels very heavy, though that could be the winter clothing: next week will be snowsuit weather. My lumbar region has really been feeling it.
Behavioural: this past week or so has been all about fitting square pegs into round holes. Well, round pegs go into round holes, but balls also go into round holes, and small handle-less cups, and long cylindrical objects stood on end, and square objects if they are small enough. So the rule is more complex than it appears. The round peg is blue plastic, for instance, and some of these other objects are also blue plastic, and it took multiple experiments to control for the confounding factor. He's also extremely interested in kitchen appliances that beep or ding or whirr and have doors that open and close, and demands/points to be carried close so he can examine them. So now I have him "help" me make coffee, first by selecting a Nespresso capsule (pretty colours) then putting the capsule in the machine (round peg into hole). Of course, he's not allowed to touch the machine while it's running.
He's slightly more into books, although only ones that have flaps and such. He's a city boy and to my chagrin I don't think he recognizes or understands pictures of animals at all. But we're getting there with fruit and motor vehicles. While at my parents' place I also gave him my old doll to play with -- the black haired one that looks like him -- and he was absolutely delighted. But it became evident within minutes that the 35-year-old hard plastic was too fragile and breaking down. So now I'm in the market for a boy doll. So far I have learnt from Amazon that many people do buy dolls for their boys, but also for dementia patients, of varying degrees of uncanny-valley-ness.
Medical update: he's been tagged for not saying any words, though he has a multilingual environment and it's not considered an issue to look at until 18 months. My sense is that he was on the verge of breaking for Shanghainese but since he got back he's become confused again. ^^; As I suspected, he got taller but slimmer since the 9-month checkup - he's dropped to the 75th percentile curve for weight, but still 95-97% for height. Mostly, I feel like his arms and legs are proportionately very long, speaking for myself and my 25" inseam XD; His reach is such that my ability to childproof tables and counters is now quite limited. He also feels very heavy, though that could be the winter clothing: next week will be snowsuit weather. My lumbar region has really been feeling it.
