Carson - 21 Months

My dear sweet Carson! 

If you are ever in need of a smile, just spend an hour with Carson!

He is such a sweet, sassy, spunky source of joy.

He definitely has a LARGE twinkle in both eyes that might get him in a bit of trouble 

someday but for now it mainly makes us smile.

What's he up to at 21 months?!

Speech:

The little guy has always been a little behind in speech.  I have to say that I think he has made another big leap in speech during the past 7-10 days.  He is attempting a lot of words now and often I can understand them.   I've heard him put two words together 3 times which is pretty fun!  He has said the following two world phrases....

" Uh oh, Way Way (Lainey)!"  when he heard her crying

"Mama Up!" Haha!

"Help peaze!" when he wanted me to help him with his blocks.

So, even though he lags behind where Lainey and Erik were at this point (and many of his peers) I really think he is doing just fine and is somewhere along the normal spectrum.  I'm so glad he is starting to be able to tell us a little more as I know he has a lot to say!

Health:

Carson's health was a little rocky over Thanksgiving when he had a crummy respiratory virus that resulted in a trip to the ER and admission orders (which were thankfully canceled before we went up to his room).  He had lower than normal O2 levels (88-93% depending on sleep/awake).  After a HUGE dose of albuterol (5 mg  vs the normal neb of 0.75 mg) and oral steroids his O2 stats improved.  He was sent home with Prednisone (15mg) which cleared up his lungs but was AWFUL!!  My poor poor baby was a screaming hysterical sleepless mess for 5-6 days.  I stopped the steroids a day early because doing better and not tolerating them well.  If we are ever in that situation again I will likely try to stop them after 48 hours.  Hopefully he won't need them again.

Development:

Carson has decided he is a big boy!  One day this week he refused to sit in his booster seat that hangs off of the counter.  "No!" "All done!!"  So I put him down and he immediately ran over to a "big chair" pushed it into his spot, climbed up, and proudly declared "Mine!"  Haha!   We put the baby chair away. 

He was very excited to find a bag of chocolate chips within his grasp

We did move backwards with the crib this month.  We had put Carson in a toddler bed and he did really well with it.  He did get out of bed about 1x a night but it was usually early and we just stuck him back in his bed and wouldn't see him until morning.  Well, then came the bronchiolitis and steroid induced sleeplessness!  So after about 5 days of no one sleeping Victor and I put the crib back together at midnight and he's been happily in there since then! 

What have we been up to this month?

Victor and I left town for a couple of nights and left the kids with a sitter (Aom - our neighbors au pair).  They did great and had a lot of fun with her.

We cut down a Christmas tree which Carson has showed little to no interest in. (I thought he would be pulling ornaments off of the tree constantly!)

We went to a Christmas "walk" and boat parade.  

Carson had some "friends" over for a get together which usually doesn't happen unless kids his age come over with Erik and Lainey's friends.

I've been working for 2 months now - just on Wednesdays.  Carson has done really well with this and doesn't cry when the sitter here which is great. 

We love our sweet little boy from head to toe!!