Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Hey there,

Been a while since my last post so I'll try to remember what's new so far. Well little Tyler had his 7 month check up with the nurse again a week or two ago and boy was he happy to see her. He's
starting to remember and recollect his memories now because he looked at her like he was looking at a familiar face. It was really encouraging that the nurse said he was as healthy as ever and his weight was fine. I think the main concern we had was that whenever he would stand while holding on to one of us he would go up on his tippy toes. We wondered whether it was normal so we put the question to the nurse who asked us immediately whether we used a walker. Well that shocked us. She told us that the baby uses a muscle or tendon or something to help them stand because he didn't know any other way of standing. So the nurse said for the time being don't let him play on the walker for long periods of time. She also set him some homework which was to learn how to use his neck and back properly when getting up to stand because we had just been picking him up and letting him stand.

Well fast forward a few days and he's gotten much better with lifting himself up. He's even started to stand properly with two feet planted flat on the ground. The little guy has been doing great with his mini achievements and we've been so proud of the little guy. He started getting into the stage recently, where he would start crying whenever its time for me to go to work. As soon as i disappear from his line of sight he would scream and start the water works. Let me be the first to tell you that it was cute the first few times but now he won't stop until Angela starts to comfort and distract him. By that time I would have left feeling a little guilty for leaving him in such a state. =( I read on the net that its just a phase and soon he'll start to understand that I don't cease to exist just cause I leave his line of sight. Hopefully that won't be too long.

On another lighter note he's second tooth is starting to come up which is great. He's becoming such a muncher, always wanting to bite and chew on things. He's also started a habit (whether bad or good im not sure) where he sleeps on his side. At first he would lie on his back like normal then he would turn over and sleep on his side just any normal non-baby would do.
Amazing.