Journey with You

Well, you see! Sweets are really “children-killer”. We had a small birthday party for Cyrus the day after his actual birthday. That’s the first time we let him eat a cake bought from a store. He’s never had anything that sweet before and he seemed to be crazy about it. He kept licking the plate after he finished the little piece of cake we gave him. We didn’t stop him since it’s once a year and it’s his birthday cake after all.

We took Cyrus to his one-year checkup yesterday. He weighed 20 lbs 1 oz, a little bit below 25th percentile; 29′14″ tall, around 25th percentile; head measured 48cm, about 75th percentile. The doctor didn’t seem to worry about his weight. He said many children’s weight drop at this age since they start walking and thus use more calories than before.

We went to buy a new car seat for Cyrus. Ya! Time for a toddler booster seat! It’s temporary in our living room and Cyrus loves to climb and sit on it himself. He even read a book there. I simply found that so amazing and cute.

He’s been showing a lot of interests in books. For the past couple weeks, he would grab a book and hand it over to us and sit down right in front of us. That’s telling us that he wants us to read that book to him. He can sit there and let us read to him for an hour. Every time I finished a book, he would go and grab another one. His favorite book right now is this one:

Besides walking and baby-talking, he is also very observant. He can find any tiny pieces of crumb on the floor. We took him to a forest hike the other day and he gathered some acorns out of piles of leaves. We saved a pine-cone, a small flower, and an acorn. We planned to put them in a keepsake box for him. He also listens to “NO”. When he was going to touch something we didn’t want him to, we would say no and he would look disappointed but stopped.

Cyrus’ grandmom bought him a indoor slide. He is still too young to know how to climb on it but he loves it when I put him up there and slide down. He’s also finally learned to clap hands. He also likes to imitate the sound I make and my facial expression. It’s really time to pay attention to what I do and say in front of him.

It’s much better in terms of his sleeping habit. After we bought an AC for his bedroom, he started to sleep from 9:30pm until 5:30am or 6am the next morning. We didn’t know if it’s because the temperature or the white noise. I guess we’ll find out when the weather cools down.

The most difficult time with Cyrus now is meal time. He used to eat whatever I offered but now he would pick and choose. When he doesn’t want it, he would split it out, throw it on the floor, push my hand away, and turn away his head. His clothes, the high chair, and the floor are always a mess after a meal. Sometimes it really drives me crazy. Hopefully it will eventually get better.