Walking & Stairs

Colden took his first step all by himself on February 9th.

 Since then, he has been working on his confidence and on stringing together several steps.

As you can see in this video, Colden is now walking!

 

(Walking Video)

Not only has Colden discovered how to walk, but he has also discovered how to climb the stairs.  Here, Saba is supervising Colden as he climbs the whole flight of stairs:

 

(Climbing Stairs Video)

Thankfully, we have a gate at both the bottom and top of the stairs.  

However, the third thing that Colden has discovered in the past few weeks is that the space between the last two railing posts is slightly wider than the space between the other posts.  And just wide enough that he can squeeze through and get stuck.  (Yes, I had to twist him out from between the railing posts).

Lesson learned on my end.  Apparently, not on his.

Stashing Food

I just thought this was too funny not to share.

This may be a precursor to wrapping unwanted vegetables in napkins:

(Stashing Food Video)

Nebulizer

Poor Colden came down with RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus).  He started exhibiting the symptoms of a normal cold: runny nose, cough and red cheeks.  He's had colds before.  What got me nervous was that he was wheezing.  He's never wheezed before.

We took him to the doctor, who promptly put Colden on a nebulizer.  We had to put him on the nebulizer every 4 hours for 48 hours and then ween him off over the course of 10 days.  Nebulizer every 4 hours, then 6 hours, then 8 hours, then 12 hours...

Let's just say that Colden was not always a fan of having a mask over his face for 10 minutes at a time.  (There are no pictures of him during the times when he fought the nebulizer because it became a 2 person job - 1 person to restrain him, and the other to hold the mask on).

Nighttime was much easier.

He slept through the treatments.

And believe it or not, there were times when he actually had "fun":

Look at the smile beaming from underneath the mask.

What a trooper!

11 Months Old

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(And yes, Colden's bunny is still wearing the surgical hat from when Colden got ear tubes put in about a month ago)

My 11-month-old boy has turned into quite the little parrot.  He tries to mimic almost everything we do or say.

("Mimicking" Video)
Or maybe it's reversed and he has us imitating him!    



Either way, it's pretty entertaining - for both him and for us.  What is also entertaining (for us) is watching his new way of crawling.  He started getting bruised knees from crawling on the hardwood floors, so he discovered a new way of crawling (which is pretty ingenious, if you ask me)

("Straight Leg Crawl" Video)

Colden's newest game is to open and close doors.

Although sometimes he forgets to get out of the way.

He also likes to play with the door stops...

...the blinds...

...and almost everything else he is not supposed to be playing with.  Why do I have a feeling he is going to keep us on our toes?