Henry will receive a gift for turning 22-months in the next few days. The time has arrived to turn his seat around to forward facing. Can't believe we have held out this long but he has been fighting it a little more in the last few weeks. I think he'll enjoy seeing the world from a different view.
Three teeth have (barely) broke through in the last month (technically in the last week) - the top lateral incisor on both the left and right side and the lower left canine.
Henry had a follow-up asthma/allergy appointment in mid-September. Everything checked out fine and we left with the recommendation to continue as we were doing last spring. The doctor didn't have a problem with us doing the breathing treatment in the morning. He believes Henry has asthma triggered by colds so its important to continue with the daily breathing treatments in hopes of maintaining the level he is at. The ultimate goal is to have a good winter. I'm not that versed in asthma attacks but since that appointment we've done a few extra breathing treatments to stop a coughing attack that woke him up one night and to help when he seemed to be breathing a little heavy.
We have a TV addict on our hands. Henry knows he gets to watch Thomas the Train or some other animated show during breathing treatments. Some mornings he is a little cranky if the tv does not go on right away. Sometimes he tries to fiddle with the remote during other times of the day to watch TV. The boys are allowed to watch TV during breathing treatments and very rarely for any other reason.
We also have a choo-choo addict on our hands. He is very into trains and Thomas. At suppertime he brings two trains to the table then returns to the train table to get one or two more. I didn't understand this the first time he did it and put him in time out for not eating. After the time out, on the way back to the supper table, he made a detour to the train table to pick up a train and proceeded to eat while playing with the trains. He has also sat on the Little People barn and said "choo-choo" to indicate he was pretending he was on a train.
Anytime I leave his room before he is asleep usually results in Henry standing up in his crib and screaming. If its at night Mike usually goes in a few minutes later, talks to Henry, leaves after a few minutes and Henry remains quiet. At naptime on the weekends, I may let Henry cry-it-out since I know he is tired and it does not take long for him to fall asleep. The cry-it-out method backfired on me last Sunday. After I got Ralph settled in to bed I decided to check on Henry who was still screaming. As luck would have it, this time he was not crying wolf but had gotten his arm stuck in the decorative design at the end of the crib. I tried to glide his arm down a little thinking maybe I could get it out but couldn't figure out how to twist it right. It didn't occur to me to butter his arm so it would be slippery. I called Grandpa and asked him to come over . . .and bring a saw. Grandpa came over to save the day! Luckily he was able to slide and twist Henry arm out without making a big mess sawing up the crib!
Henry's sleep habits have FINALLY gotten better over the last few months. He wakes up in the middle of the night every now and then - sometimes he just needs his blankie readjusted, sometimes he needs someone to lay on his floor for a bit but with any luck the 2-3 hours of insommia have passed. After 21 months, I give - if he'll sleep with someone on his floor, I will sleep on his floor. I know its a bad habit to get into but I don't like the alternative either (not sleeping). Henry is quite funny in the morning. When I go into his room to greet him in the morning, he stands up and starts pointing and naming everything we need to take with us downstairs . . blankie, blankie, Elmo, water. Yes, we have our hands full.
Henry pulled out a simple puzzle tonight that matches vehicle fronts and backs. He had fun putting the pieces in a spot - though not many of the front were matched with the correct back.
It almost seems Henry can count to five. Since his speech is not the clearest I'm not entirely sure if I'm hearing correctly but if I say one, it sounds like he says two, and so on. Its fun to make these discoveries about what he has learned at 'school'. He is also working on his colors.
Henry's love for reading continues. He has now joined Mike & Ralph during the bedtime routine - he'd rather flip through books than say prayers. Following prayers Mike reads books - when Mike finishes a sentence and Henry will repeat the last word when encouraged.
Happy Halloween! What a week its been!
. It took the boys awhile to warm up to the idea of putting their hands in the pumpkins but soon they joined in the fun.
Sunday brought the "Trunk or Treat" at St. Marks, Grandma & Grandpa's church.
