Taking after his Aunt K

When my sister K was little (under 2) she lost her front tooth by throwing a temper tantrum. Peanut has followed in her tracks. Although it wasn't through a temper tantrum. He was playing (or getting into trouble) in the other room and got into Ike's tools. He fell with a tool apparently in his mouth and cracked his tooth. At first we thought it might be okay but as the days passed we noticed that half of the tooth was falling out. To make a long story short, we visited a children's dentist and they pulled the whole thing to prevent infection. Now until his adult teeth come in he will be one baby tooth short!

His smile before the accident 

Here you can see the part of the tooth coming out (top right)

Since he was so young we did not want him put under anesthesia to get the tooth taken out. But they did do a local numbing- here we are on the way home. The dentist gave him a little toy and he loved holding the little bottle of toothpaste. :D 

His cute little grin now.

Monthly Update

Peanut Points:

Peanut turned one this month!

He started walking a week before his birthday.

Two new teeth cut through and two more are on the way.

The picture below is JuneBug on his first birthday (after the cake) :D  Inserted here for easy comparison of JuneBug and Peanut at similar ages.

Starting to notice how "slack" we are with the second child

Peanut loves all sorts of squash and green beans. He doesn't want "baby" food (like the puff snacks they make for babies now) he wants stuff he can sink his teeth into. Except cake. Loves the frosting but doesn't like the texture of cake.

Big Brother Bits: 

 We are on the 6th week of school and still loving it. Most of the time he reminds me to do it. I'm learning a lot too.

You can tell the world of words is opening up to him because already this morning I have been asked a gazillion times: "What letter does ____ start with?"

 He is a very helpful critter and his new thing is "need a hand with that?" :D

JuneBug is learning that his older relations, although they are his friends must be respected.

Oh, and does he love to sing. 

(words taken from the picture in the book he is holding)

I'll end with a transcription of a recent telephone conversation of him with one of his Aunts

JuneBug: Can I talk to Uncle J (Age 16)?

Aunt: No, not right now he is outside working with Grandpa. He's driving the the tractor.

JuneBug: Is he sitting on Grandpa's lap?

:D :D :D

Monthly Update

We are still without a camera so I'll keep it short. How about a bullet list?

JuneBug:

• Started School using My Father's World. He loves it!
• Learning how to be a good role model for the Peanut (instead of leading him to trouble)
• Whenever he is not playing (and even sometimes when he is) JuneBug is hungry. I think he is growing.

Peanut:

• Got two more teeth...finally! (Making a total of 4)
• Starting to eat table food. Whenever I sit at the table he is immediately at my feet seeing if I'm going to eat anything. :)
• Very very very close to walking. 
• He has a temper.
• Gives kisses, which is so stinkin' cute. I hope we get it on video before he grows out of it.

Looking back in the archives of this blog I pulled out a picture to compare JuneBug and Peanut at a similar age.

Here JuneBug (on left) is 11months and Peanut is 10months.

See you all next month!

Peanut Post

Peanut is another month older and we have seen a lot of growth in his life. For starters he is now pulling himself up to standing position. He doesn't really "cruise" along the furniture yet, although the other day he did let go and balance for a few seconds. The army crawl is still his fastest and favorite way to get somewhere (unless you count being carried).

One big change is the length of his hair. Always one for having his boys look like boys, Ike has wanted to cut Peanut's hair for awhile. And if you think 9 months is early for a hair cut... JuneBug's was cut at 5 weeks!

 Papa and Peanut getting ready

Before

In-between (Thanks to JuneBug for this picture) 

 After#1

 

After#2 

I'm still nursing Peanut but he has been enjoying some fruit on the side. A friend gave us a baby feeder that I've stuck different items in and allowed him to chew on. The contraption makes it so you don't have to worry about the baby choking. This morning I gave him frozen blueberries and banana and he LOVED it.

Peanut Post

Inspired by some friends I thought I would try to start making a monthly post on each of the boys. It will be to record their growth in all areas of their lives. I pray that I can be consistent with it!

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STATS: Our Peanut is 8 months old this month. He weighs 21 pounds. Since measuring the length of a baby is so difficult my best estimate of his height is 27 inches long.

FOOD: Exclusively eats/drinks Mommy's milk. Peanut has sampled avocado and "smoothie" (coconut milk and banana) but finds his appetite best satisfied with Mommy. Considering he got his first tooth only a couple of weeks ago it isn't too bad for Mommy either. (You can kind of see the tooth in the picture below)

MOBILITY: When Peanut is in his walker he runs! But put him on the floor and he moves at an army crawl. He is working on getting his knees up under him though. Because Peanut moves around so well in his walker he is also learning the meaning of "don't touch". :)

SOCIAL SKILLS: Peanut has the uncanny ability to melt your heart. He goes to anybody and likes to be cuddled. Quieter than his big brother, "he talks with his eyes" as one checkout girl at the grocery said.

 IMITATION: We have been telling JuneBug for awhile now that he needs to be a good example to Peanut and just recently have noticed why this needs to be the case. When JuneBug comes running into the room and yells "GGGGGAAAAA!!!!!!" Peanut will race after him in his walker and yell "GGGGAAAAAA" too. Remember in the last paragraph I said "quietER" not quiet. :) More examples are below.

SLEEP: A couple of nights last week he slept from 8PM to 7AM but now he is playing catch up with a feeding at midnight and 5AM. It isn't too bad and I have a theory that maybe he is waking up cold at one of those times because he hasn't kept the blanket on. So I plan to add a thicker covering to see if I can get by with just one feeding.

 CLAPPING: In the past week Peanut started to imitate clapping. Watch the video to see.

NIGHT-NIGHT: Part of the "Peanut goes to bed" ritual is everyone waving madly and saying night-night. Again this past week Peanut started to imitate us waving. He will even make a "na-na" sound telling us goodnight.

AN ANECDOTE: The other day Peanut was crying and JuneBug goes over and tells him "It's okay Peanut. Don't cry I'm your best friend."

Yes, I said awwwww! :)

Look for a JuneBug Post in a couple of days!

P.S. For those of you who may be wondering.... Mrs. L, Aunt Kt, Devin, Mum-Mum, Auntie S, Bugsbee, Britt, Bree, and "Mom" Alexander all chose the winning photo in the YoBaby contest.  Peanut was one of the six winning babies. He generously is sharing the yogurt he won with Mommy and JuneBug.