Monday, August 20, 2012

14 Months, 2 Weeks

Unfortunately, I left our camera at my brother's place last week, so we have no new photos.  Baby CP caught a cold last week, most likely from me.  It's nothing serious though, just a runny nose.  He was also drooling a TON, but I am not sure whether that was because he had to breathe with his mouth open or if it was due to teething. 

Baby CP received his vaccine for chicken pox last week.  He cried when the nurse stuck him with the needle, but it was quick and stopped crying quickly.  He did learn from his nanny how to say to get pricked in cantonese.  If you ask him where he was stuck, he will point to his thigh and sometimes he says it himself and uses a finger to "prick" his other arm.

We realized that while Baby CP continues to learn new words every couple days, he only really says one syllable words.  So for strawberry, which  is "cao mei", he says "mei" and for rainbow, which is "cai hong" he says "hong".  The only two syllable words he says are two of the same syllables, like "ba ba" and "ma ma".

Someone introduced Baby CP to grapes and raisins last week and he loves them!

Monday, August 6, 2012

14 Months Old

This week, Baby CP will reach the ripe old age of 14 months.  He can now say "dan" for egg, "nai" for milk and can say the "ring" and down" for the beginning and ending of Ring Around the Rosie.  Baby CP continues to be obsessed with "cooking" and feeding his stuffed animals. 

He's been watching the Olympics and gets especially excited to watch the swimming events.  He will flail his arms around to "paddle" when he sees the swimmers in the water.
For some reason, Baby CP's swim teacher decided that he should wear goggles this week.

It's gotten a little more difficult to deal with Baby CP as he has become more mobile.  Not a ton different from when he was crawling, but sometimes he likes to climb onto our bed and stand up.  This makes me very nervous, but as I lunge towards him to make sure he doesn't fall, he smiles and giggles, which makes it seem fun for him...sigh.  It's also hard to keep him out of the kitchen when we're using the oven, so I decided to purchase this safety gate to see how it goes.
First Years Hands Free Safety Gate

He's also tall enough to open the knife drawer as well, so I had to purchase some drawer locks.  I'm hoping they're not difficult to install.
Magnetic Locks
Safety Straps