Oliver update...
Oliver is out of the hospital. After a couple of days and nights of inhaled steroids, his breathing improved and we were able to escape from the hospital. The next couple of days saw rapid improvement and he was given a clean bill of health. Since then he's been a very healthy boy.
The next weekend, Oliver was very excited to go up to Chicago - until we put him on the big choo-choo for the second time in a month. He was chatty and loud and fussy and whiny all the way up there. He was pretty good while we were there, but he didn't get enough rest and was getting progressively more whiny and fussy during our stay. The trip home on the big choo-choo was generally an ordeal. Much like the first trip, there was no sleeping. Add to that multiple delays for oncoming freight and you might understand why we are done with the train until he can entertain himself for the trip.
Over these two weeks, the progress that we were making with his potty training and sleeping went out the window. We've backed off the potty training for a while and will get back to it after a break. Getting Oliver to sleep has become a bit of a chore - even more when our ally the gate went down with a bad suction cup. He's had a couple of late nights this week as we figure out how to get him back on track.
His verbal skills are growing by leaps and bounds. He's using mostly full sentences now and his diction is usually clear, especially if you have the context. We can ask him questions about his day and get answers. It feels like the beginning of our ability to converse with each other. One of his favorite new games is to play the obvious question game. He'll be sitting on my lap in the same room as his mother and ask "Where's Mommy? Where's Daddy? What's Mommy doing? What's Daddy doing? Where's Mommy? ..." It's great to see him make verbal jumps, I'm just waiting for the next one.
I can see Oliver developing his personality. He likes to go outside, see the trains come into the station near our house, go to the park, go to the fire station, throw and kick balls. He doesn't like loud mechanical noises like drills or lawnmowers but the train is just fine. He likes animals but at more of a distance. He is gaining the cat's trust to the point where the cat will walk up to him for loving. Kisses from Mommy or Daddy makes any bump or bruise better. He's very good about not walking in the street and very bad about walking away from us in the store.
He's becoming a little boy.
The next weekend, Oliver was very excited to go up to Chicago - until we put him on the big choo-choo for the second time in a month. He was chatty and loud and fussy and whiny all the way up there. He was pretty good while we were there, but he didn't get enough rest and was getting progressively more whiny and fussy during our stay. The trip home on the big choo-choo was generally an ordeal. Much like the first trip, there was no sleeping. Add to that multiple delays for oncoming freight and you might understand why we are done with the train until he can entertain himself for the trip.
Over these two weeks, the progress that we were making with his potty training and sleeping went out the window. We've backed off the potty training for a while and will get back to it after a break. Getting Oliver to sleep has become a bit of a chore - even more when our ally the gate went down with a bad suction cup. He's had a couple of late nights this week as we figure out how to get him back on track.
His verbal skills are growing by leaps and bounds. He's using mostly full sentences now and his diction is usually clear, especially if you have the context. We can ask him questions about his day and get answers. It feels like the beginning of our ability to converse with each other. One of his favorite new games is to play the obvious question game. He'll be sitting on my lap in the same room as his mother and ask "Where's Mommy? Where's Daddy? What's Mommy doing? What's Daddy doing? Where's Mommy? ..." It's great to see him make verbal jumps, I'm just waiting for the next one.
I can see Oliver developing his personality. He likes to go outside, see the trains come into the station near our house, go to the park, go to the fire station, throw and kick balls. He doesn't like loud mechanical noises like drills or lawnmowers but the train is just fine. He likes animals but at more of a distance. He is gaining the cat's trust to the point where the cat will walk up to him for loving. Kisses from Mommy or Daddy makes any bump or bruise better. He's very good about not walking in the street and very bad about walking away from us in the store.
He's becoming a little boy.
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