Dinner time chats

Caiden tells us all about his day during dinner!

Say hello to my little friend

We were thrilled to find out that BTT friends Scott & Lindsay were going to be sending their new baby boy to Bright Horizons too! Jackie started a few weeks ago. He is in a different infant room, but he usually starts out his day in Caiden's room so they get to see each other for a little while. And sometimes I get to catch up with Lindsay when we happen to be picking up at the same time.

What a cutie! Hopefully I'll get a better picture of these two soon!

Fast on the move

Caiden's crawling skills are rapidly improving. He used to only gimp around to get to toys. Now, he can motor across a room and likes to explore. This kid is trouble!! He gets better and faster every day.

Here is what having a mobile child means:
-Lots of bumps and bruises. Caiden crawls under something low and then tries to sit up, crawls over to pull up on something unsturdy and falls over... etc.

-Toys are everywhere

-Cleaning up toys is pointless as Caiden can redistribute them around a room in about 5 seconds.

-He always wants to go directly to the one thing in the room that we don't want him playing with. A floor lamp. A full trash can. Anything with any element of danger.

-He is simultaneously easier and more difficult to manage. Easier because he can entertain himself so well. More difficult because we really must watch him every second!

-My new fear is of Caiden getting his fingers slammed. He has already done it once. I was getting some clothes out of his dresser when he crawled over and pulled himself up to standing on the lowest drawer. The drawer was open a little bit and as soon as he put his weight on it, it slammed shut and crushed his little fingers. The poor little guy. He rebounded quickly but the cry of real pain was terrible, and he had a bruise on one of his fingers for a few days. It makes me nervous any time he heads near a cabinet or drawer, and I've seen him with his hand in the crack between an open door and the wall it's attached to. We need to do some more baby-proofing!

Sunday Funday

On Sunday my work had an outing at Kimball Farm in Westford. It was an all day thing, but we worked around nap times and hit the event during the most critical time... ice cream buffet hour.

I hadn't been to this Kimball Farm location in a few years, and man- has it grown!! It used to be ice cream, pitch & putt, and a driving range. Then they added bumper boats and mini golf. Now, they also have an arcade, batting cages, a mini-zoo, and pony rides. The place is bonkers. Caiden was overwhelmed, but had a great time people watching, meeting a few of my co-workers, and watching the ponies. I am sure that in a few years, this place with be Caiden heaven. As a non-appreciator of crowds, lines, and any location filled with hundreds of sugar crazed children, I can't say I am looking forward to those days.

Sleepy Saturdays

We're noticing a sleep pattern here. At home, Caiden always naps well. At daycare, not so much! We're lucky if he gets in two 45 minute naps (but two 30 minute naps is typical), and usually he is so tired when I pick him up that he falls asleep on the car ride home. But the last several weeks, Caiden has taken monster naps on Saturdays. As in, 5 hours worth of napping. We figure that he is catching up from all the missed sleep from the week. On Sunday he's back to normal.

Yesterday Margaret and Doug came to babysit while Dan and I went out for a belated birthday celebration for Dan. Caiden had a lot of fun playing with them. Thanks, guys!!

Margaret said she heard Caiden screeching up in his room as he was falling asleep, but when she checked on him she found him bouncing up and down, and he gave her a big smile when he saw her. Silly guy. Bouncing is a new favorite activity, and sometimes he gets going so much that he looks like he might do a face plant.

Sunday - Happy Father's Day

Dan is home now, he got home in time to get a few Father's Day hugs from Caiden before bedtime. Welcome home Dan!

Earlier in the day, Grandpa Jack and Aunts Elizabeth & Margaret came over for Father's Day brunch.

Now that Caiden is so mobile, he keeps falling asleep in funny positions

After I snapped a photo I unfolded him to keep his circulation going!

Later in the day Caiden and I took a long walk, goofed around in the house, and made dinner. Well, I made dinner. Caiden did this:

We are both glad that Dan is home now!!

Saturday

Caiden had a good night! We played in the morning, and he crashed for an early nap (he's in a waking-up-at-5am trend).

We did some errands in the morning, and went to Costco. I looked away for a second, and he managed to grab the post-it note with the shopping list, and cram the entire thing into his mouth. Yet, later at lunch, all he would do was stare at the chopped up food. Grocery lists? Yes, he will eat those. Food? No.

He took some monster naps today. His midday nap was almost 2.5 hours. He slept like this

Then, Aunt Elizabeth came to play! We went to the playground, Caiden hung out in the swing and then we played in the grass.

Give me that coffee!!

Ahhh... delicious (don't worry, it was empty)

We came home, Caiden napped again (I woke him up after an hour and a half as it was too close to bedtime). Before his nap we tried giving Caiden a quick bath to wash the sunblock off. It did not go well. I don't know what it is about bath time that he no longer likes... but he hates it. I don't just get tears, it's screams! We played in the living room for a little while. Here is another look at the crawling. He still has the "bum-leg" thing going on :)

The above photo reminds me of Dan in this photo. I think we know where Caiden gets his full head of hair from!

Then it was dinner, Aunt Elizabeth was cracking Caiden up

Then it was off to bed!!