First Poop on the Potty!
Elijah finished his breakfast and was in his booster seat making grunting noises so I casually asked him over chicken soup, “Elijah do you want to go poo poo on the potty?” And he stretched out his arms to be carried so I carried him over and set up the toilet seat insert. He willingly got ready and sat down and within 5 minutes of playing with some toilet paper and pushing, I heard the *leak leak, plunk*
HOORAY ELIJAH! You did your first poo poo on the potty at 20 months old. I’m going to ask him every morning from now on!
First Year milestones
Elijah’s DOL or first birthday passed and he’s done some new things recently- like dancing to music while standing, giving objects back to us, pushing a toy shopping cart and walking! This past Wednesday night we were at the church play yard. There’s a foam plat yard with a tunnel and a low border. He now crawls through the tunnel and climbs over the walls! I also put him down the Little Tikes slide.
I see him thinking and making connections! We just assembled a little Fisher Price silly town toy with a little orange slide and he started trying to climb the slide because he knew what it was, even though it was miniature of the one he rode at church! Bright kid!
Also we began sleep training him again and his cries in the crib were much less terrified and more just complaining. It made it much easier to see him working through his discontentment. After he finally stopped crying he lay there with bright eyes looking around, touching the slats of the crib, and holding my hand. I heard him sigh a few times. It sounded like he was accepting that his crib was a safe place.
New stuff
Elijah learned to stick out his tongue,
Played on the sand at the park,
Climbed stairs on the playground,
Can do the Korean nodding head greeting! “Eensah!”
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Last weekend we visited the Missions in San Juan Capistrano. Entrance fee was $9 with an audio guided tour. It was a nice little area and great photo op!
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Alondra Park in Redondo Beach
We went to feed the birds in Alondra Park for the first and last time- it was really gross and scary. But we got some great family pics afterward! Elijah loved it! He was singing “Mama BamBA! wooo wooo woooooo!!!”
Cheerios & the Pincers
Elijah has gotten very good at picking up single cheerios! He currently has 4 teeth up top and 2 on bottom. Sometimes he grabs the camera and makes the lens blurry. These are photos from his 9th month. Enjoy!
sleep training
We started sleep training Elijah on Saturday night. Decided finally it was becoming too great a risk that he might wake up in the night and crawl off the edge or something. Besides it was just time. This isn’t the typical sleep training. Its a mix of attachment method and sleep training. Trying to help him sleep on his own while I’m present so he doesn’t feel abandoned. Just going by instinct- hope I’m not confusing the kid.
Saturday he cried 2 hours and fell asleep sitting indian-style - sheer exhaustion.
Sunday we laid him down and he went right to sleep- church all day can do that to you.
Monday he cried 1 hour 50 minutes and I finally nursed him to sleep when he gestured he was hungry.
Tuesday cried for 40 minutes before falling asleep mid-cry… progress
Elijah Drinks from a Straw Sippy Cup!!
Just after he learned how to blow a whistle (thanks to tootin tub toys) he learned how to drink from the straw. I tried whistling and then swapping out the cup, then tried putting the straw next to my “natural straw”…but it still didn’t click. Then I put my mouth on the straw and showed by example and that’s when he got it after a few tries. I’m so proud of him!