Jensen Family: 14.5 Months

I decided to do a quick post half way through the month because it seems like Nate is learning so many new things lately! We've been having such a fun summer so far and it hasn't even "officially" started yet!

Eating

We've had a rough few weeks with eating. It started with him not wanting to take his milk so much anymore. He goes through these stages every once in a while so we gave it some time to see if his appetite would perk up again. It didn't. He was eating almost half of what he normally does so we knew something was up with him.

What really tipped us off was the return of daily throwing up. He started gagging on just about everything he ate, even stuff that he's done really well with for a while. A couple of Sundays ago, he was eating his little puffs during Sacrament meeting and started to gag. He ended up throwing up EVERYWHERE! Nate's clothes, my clothes, the bench, and the floor were covered. I just took him home but after a 5 minute walk in 90 degree weather, we both needed a bath when we got home.

The next day, I took him into the doctor. This has happened before when he needs the dose of his reflux medication increased. We were hoping that Nate would be one of the many kids who can be weaned off his medication by the time he was a year old but it doesn't seem like he's quite ready :) Good news is, it worked and he went back to drinking all of his milk the very next day after the increase.

Teeth

Nate has popped in a couple more new teeth so he now has 6 totally in and 2 more very close to breaking through. Luckily, these little side teeth haven't bothered him too much.

Favorite Foods

Nate has been all about fruit lately! Remember, he was the kid who hated fruit baby food. Apparently he is just picky about quality of the fruit he'll eat because now that it is in season, he can't get enough! His favorites are cantaloupe, watermelon, and strawberries. He's also really liking bread lately too. That makes outings much easier since bread is super portable and not very messy.

Favorite Toys

I don't know if he really has a new favorite toy right now. He's actually getting bored with his toy selection again. I realized that I still have a lot of little baby toys out for him to play with and he's thinking he's too big for them. I'm hoping just a couple of new little toys will keep him occupied again.

Crawling

No major improvements here. He's getting better at tolerating the crawling position when we force him into it. He still can't get there on his own. But he's figured out how to sit from the crawling position now so it's getting harder to work with him on it.

Walking

Nate took some steps on his own today!!!!!!!! We have been waiting for this day for 10 weeks! That's right, for 10 weeks we have been hunched over holding Nate's hands to help him walk. My back is seriously dead so I'm hoping he'll really get it in the next couple of weeks or I'm going to have to hire the neighbor girls to come and walk my child :)

Talking

We've finally got some babbling going on now too! He's making the general "ba ba ba" sound but he can only do it if his tongue is sticking out so depending on how far he's got it out, we get some "da da da" and "pa pa pa" sounds too. That is a relief for us because it was getting pretty late and there were starting to be some concerns about the lack of forming consonant-vowel combination sounds.

Memorial Day

Todd's family was all in town for Memorial Day this year so we took advantage of this rare occasion and took a trip up to the mountains for some 3-wheeler riding and campfire cooking. We had a great time. Nate loved watching all of the kids ride around and really like having so much space for walking. Hopefully it won't be another 2 years before the Jensens are all in town again.

Swim Class
Our local rec center offers a swim class for babies 6-18 months. It's just 4 classes and it was super cheap so I though it would be a fun activity for Nate and I to do together. We've been twice now and he absolutely loves it! He splashes from the time he touches the water until we get out a half hour later. He's not making very many new friends since he is the only baby in there that doesn't mind having his face splashed but he's having a great time :)