Our kitchen is a MESS! Which is one of the main reasons I have not been able to post as frequently. I couldn't be happier that we switched to a blended diet, but our kitchen has never looked worse. Specifically the cabinets and ceiling. Take a look below for some examples.
This is our ceiling. Oops, didn't know this one was there. The syringe exploded while I was talking to my friend, Janie, on the phone on Sunday. I thought it got in my hair but upon examination of my head there was no green goo. I couldn't figure out why there wasn't more on the floor...
This is the worst explosion yet. It went all over our cabinets and ceiling due to a faulty syringe (even with olive oil on the stopper they just don't work so well after the 6th feed or so). You can see the main splatter on the cabinet, but the worst part is the small splatters all over the cabinet and ceiling. I thought it would be an easy clean, but I found a large splatter inside the cabinet (it somehow made it through the small crack, tells you how much force was behind the splat) and then realized that it is near impossible to clean the goo from between the bumps on the antiquey, white ceiling. So, a day later, some of the splatter is still there.
Moving along...James is getting into the movement game! He is perfecting the crawling position, but still struggling with arm strength and balance. Enter...overalls! Ok, I wouldn't normally do this with my child, but he was wearing overalls and trying to balance on all fours so I gave him a little help. Check out how good he is getting. We are encouraging his crawl as much as possible as, when we work on propped sitting (which he can now do on his own for about 15 seconds) he tries to scooch on his bum. This is NOT allowed as crawling provides key skills and strength that James' body needs. We haven't gotten a picture of his crawling or propped sitting yet as they are very new skills that we are trying to encourage. And, as they only last for a few seconds, there is no time to encourage and grab the camera (except when we are both around). We will work on getting pictures of these exciting milestones, but, for now, check out the video of his "Overall Crawling."
Last but not least, we were finally able to inflate the Rody horse James got from his grandparents for his 1st birthday. It is insanely awesome. James' PT recommended it as it provides stimulation for his muscles (low muscle tone usually means his nerves are less sensitive and need more stimulation) which will help in overall development and, especially, with "waking" his body up to eat. It also helps with core strength, balance (we move him side to side and he corrects to midline), and proper sitting (we can face him backwards, prop his hands on the horse, and the horse's head keeps James' head from flailing back which is a bad tendency of his). It will be a great help to strengthen James' muscles and vamp up his crawling. Check out his first Rody ride:
Thanks for being patient with the delays, it has been a busy couple of weeks!
With love.
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