Wow, another 3 day weekend flew by. Did time always go this fast? I swear when I was little, everything seemed a lot slower. It just seems to go a lot faster now. Zander started a new phase on Friday which I absolutely LOVE. He started sleeping in a little later. On Friday he slept until 8:30! On Saturday, he got up at 8:15. On Sunday, I had to wake him up at about 7:45 because I had to get him ready for church. So I just knew, that because I was off today, he would not sleep late! And he didn't! His little head popped up at 7:15 and he woke up jabbering! He has started going to bed a little later.....between 9:00 and10:00. Last night he didn't go to sleep until about 10:30 because his nap was so late. I have no problem with him going to bed by 10:00 if he sleeps later......we'll have to see how this plays out. Oh, I will cherish the day I get to sleep in until 8:30 or 9:00!!!!
Zander had his 15 month check up on Saturday with Dr. Quinn - Medicine Woman! That is actually what her business cards say! Ok, not really.....but if that was my name you can bet my cards would say that! So he was in a good mood when we got there....but of course that didn't last. Let me first start off by saying that his nurse is about the same size as him......which is small for a nurse. This fact will become more important as I continue this story. So, I set him on the baby scale, which he is quickly becoming too big for. One could argue that he is already to big for it. He is 31.4 lbs now! That puts him slightly over 97% for his age group. Hey, I was happy with that....I thought for sure this visit they would tell me he was off the charts. Then, the tiny nurse (lets call her Tinkerbelle) has me put him in the dreaded drawer, to be measured. Now, if one thinks the scale is too small for him, then the drawer is definitely too small for him. He DID NOT like being put in that drawer either. He screamed and held on to my shirt. So the whole time she is measuring him, I'm hunched over him because he's got a death grip on my shirt. It appears he has grown an inch since his 1 year visit...so he is 32.5 inches tall now. This apparently puts him at 80% for his age group. I'm interested to see how tall he is at 18 months because in looking back at his growth chart it seems a pattern has started in that he grows 1 inch, then the next 3 months he grows 2 inches, then the next 3 months he grows 1 inch....etc. I'm just wondering how long that pattern will last. Hopefully it will keep up since his weight gain is not slowing down. Ok, so back to the story....Tink is done with us so we wait in the room for Dr. Quinn. The office must be about 85 degrees....which would be great if we were on the beach.....but we're in a tiny closed in room so it kind of sucks. Good thing 'Zander the human heater' is only wearing a diaper. Dr. Quinn MW finally comes in and he then starts clinging to me like...well...a booger. Anyway, she checks him over and all seems fine. She asks if he is saying any words. I tell her yes, but he won't always repeat them when I ask him too....just when he wants too. She also wants to know if he jabbers a lot and he does. She asks if he understands what I say to him. Oh yes, he certainly does. She said its really good that he hasn't really been sick a lot. After speaking with me some more she attributes a lot of that to the fact that he doesn't go to day care. I did tell her that he had the stomach flu at the end of January, but I didn't call them because I didn't figure there was any point to it. She said it was good that he hadn't had the other flu that is going around....so hopefully he won't get that one. Its the achey body flu that lasts for about a week. She leaves and Tink comes back in again....to give him his shots!!! Sooooo......yeah......it took both of us to hold him down and he cried before she even gave him the shots. It just kills me to see him cry like that...and it makes me feel even worse to be the one holding him down. It seemed like it took her forever to get done so I could scoop him up and hug him. Then, as he is screaming in my ear over this latest injustice, she tells me "Um, the next time you come in you need to tell them that he is really strong so they know they really have to hold him down." So, I have to admit at that point I secretly wished he would have kicked her. Maybe he did and I missed it! One can only hope! Lastly, we meet with Dr. Quinn back in her office. She is asking me various questions....which of course I can't remember now. She asked if I had any questions....and I really didn't. At this point, Zander has climbed up on a chair in her office and, with my special abilities to predict the future, I can see that he is about to pull a stack of magazines off of her desk. So, I say "Zander, don't you even think of touching those magazines." He turns to me and grins really big. Dr. Quinn says "Oh, yes, he definitely understands what you are saying." Yep, thats my boy. Already using his smile and dimples to get himself out of trouble. As we leave, he gets a cookie and all seems to be well in ZanderWorld again.
So, later on that evening after our nap, Z and I go get our haircuts. He sits on my lap and Aunt Kim cuts his hair. So long as he has something to entertain him, he is good. He stayed on my lap during my haircut as well. I think during all of this he played with an ashtray, a mirror, some combs, clippies, books and 2 dum dums. Whew! But, we made it through. She cut his hair over his ears this time since it grows so fast, and it makes him look even older. How often can I lament that my baby is growing up too fast.
Speaking of which, Sunday morning I was scheduled to work in the nursery. Well, there were only 2 babies again....Zander and Liam. This time I wasn't working by myself though....Dannelle was in there too. Zander was bored as usual and I'm just getting frustrated at even bringing him to church. I had told Danelle that next time I'm at church and not in the nursery, I'm going to take him to the next class up...which is the "steady walkers". Its for the kids who can walk, but aren't potty trained yet. She told me to go ahead and go since we didn't have anymore babies but Liam. So I jumped at the chance to try it. We walked over to the next room and as soon as we walk in he is sooo excited. They have toys that are much more age appropriate for him. He was the youngest one in the class but held his own just fine. They have mega blocks, cars, books, tables with activities on them, puzzles, etc....and his favorite.....snacks. They have this really cool table with seats embedded in it. I was afraid at first that Zander wouldn't fit in it...but he did. So I sat him in one of the seats and he had this big smile on his face as he was eating his fishies and drinking his pink lemonade. He was at the table with the big kids and he was so excited!!! Then, this lady sat this other little girl next to him....and she pointed at Zander and started crying. She didn't want to sit next to him. She kept pointing at him and saying something like "not him"and poor lil Zander looked at me all confused. He looked like he didn't know what he'd done wrong and I could tell he was on the verge of crying. I felt so bad for him. I just kept telling him it was okay, he was fine. Of course thats not all I wanted to say. So, they moved the little girl to the activity table, which was what she wanted in the first place. It turns out that whatever she wants, she gets apparently. (On a side note: a trend I see is that girls are bossy, and boys are clingy to their mommies.) Anyway, for the rest of the time, Zander really enjoyed himself. I can't wait to take him back in there to play again and see how he does. I'm thinking too of telling Julie (head of the nursery) that starting in May, I no longer want to be scheduled in the nursery. I want to concentrate on getting Zander settled into this room without me having to stay with him. I haven't been to an actual church service in about a year now. Its kind of ridiculous. So, if I'm working in the nursery, he'll have to stay in there with me if he won't stay in the other room by himself. And, with him being so bored in the nursery, that isn't going to help matters. So, time will tell.
Today, Zander and I kind of hung out this morning since we didn't have to be anywhere. I did get him ready to go shoe shopping today though. We left at about 11:15 and after about 5 minutes in the car and he was fast asleep......so I turned around and brought him home to bed. He took like a 3 1/2 hour nap. Now, seriously...why couldn't he have just slept until 8:30 this morning and taken a shorter nap? We did end up going to Payless later....but they didn't have any wide shoes for his chubby feet. So, Grandma has taken pity on me and she is going to go in on some Stride Rite shoes with me. He can't run around outside in his Robeez type shoes...so I feel bad. I gotta get him something he can run around and be wild in. Its probably good we're getting Stride Rites....he is probably going to need extra wide shoes. I'm hoping to get those for him next Saturday. So, now Zander is at Grandma and Grandpa's house....and I'm left doing his laundry.
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