Wow, over a month. I told you I was bad about these things. August has flown by. I can't believe it will be September in 2 days! Oh well.
I will start with today and then work backwards to fill in what I missed. We took James to the doctor today. He woke up from his pre-lunch nap with a high fever. So, we took him in as soon as we could. His fever had already gone down by the time we got there just from the Tylenol we gave him. She said he has a virus I can't remember the name of. It's kinda like hand, foot, and mouth disease. She tested him for Strep, but it was negative. The only treatment she recommended is Motrin. He has been acting very tired and sluggish. He's cuddling a lot more than usual. But right now he's quite happy and crawling around like he always does. I guess he doesn't feel that bad. Oh yeah, he weighed in at 17 lbs 11.5 oz.
He's eating much better now. For a while he didn't want to eat baby food at all. Even his favorite things he would cry if I tried to feed him. Now he's doing great. He loves his morning cereal. And he will eat most of the baby foods without protest. He still doesn't like green things very much. And he doesn't like the stuff I have tried to make for him. I think what I make isn't pureed enough. It's still a little chunky. He is also eating banana flavored Gerber puffs. He loves holding them and sucking on them. It's the first food he has fed himself. I only give him one or two at a meal to keep him happy while I get his food ready. Cheerios have not worked yet. He still chokes on them. The sippy cup is still not working very well. He will take a couple drinks sometimes, but not much.
Hmmm...what else? He is crawling on his knees with his belly off the floor now. It's so cute. Usually he gets too impatient and wants to go faster so he switches back to swimming across the floor. He's doing really good standing up. He can stand up against anything, even a bare wall. He is starting to cruise around. He's not very confident moving around on his feet though. But he is not falling as much either. He has learned how to get back to the floor from his feet without hurting himself.
Favorite toy this month: his soft blue blanket
nap time again! still to come: stories from Arkansas.
