At the playground yesterday, Nicholas, for the first time ever, climbed a four-rung ladder that took him to a landing about 4 feet off the ground. He did this with no help from anyone (although my hands were only inches from him). Nicholas repeated this task several times because it proved to be a faster route to his favorite slide than the stairs.
I'll take some photos the next time I have Jennifer with me so that one of us can stay near him while the other takes the pictures!
-Pete
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Under the weather
Nicholas, for the past couple of weeks, has continued to be on-and-off sick. The past week has seen two visits to the hospital Emergency Room, where he's undergone a barage of blood tests and chest xrays, only to confirm nothing is wrong. We even had a "bloodborne bacteria scare" that ultimately involved a contaminated test and no bloodborne bacteria! All we know now is that they strongly suspect a virus, so there's not much more we can do except wait.
Nicholas' symptoms continue to be a persistent cough and occasional, sporadic fevers, both of which have caused him to miss a lot of daycare this past few weeks.
The doctors are apparently reluctant to label Nicholas as asthmatic, but we think they're leaning towards that diagnosis. Nicholas gets two nebulizer treatments per day of two medicines that could be used by asthmatics but we're not sure how much they help.. only time will tell.
Throughout everything, the most encouraring news is that nothing has prevented Nichoals from being his usual, happy, talkative, and playful self. His eating, drinking, sleeping, and bathroom schedule have remained normal.
-Pete
Nicholas' symptoms continue to be a persistent cough and occasional, sporadic fevers, both of which have caused him to miss a lot of daycare this past few weeks.
The doctors are apparently reluctant to label Nicholas as asthmatic, but we think they're leaning towards that diagnosis. Nicholas gets two nebulizer treatments per day of two medicines that could be used by asthmatics but we're not sure how much they help.. only time will tell.
Throughout everything, the most encouraring news is that nothing has prevented Nichoals from being his usual, happy, talkative, and playful self. His eating, drinking, sleeping, and bathroom schedule have remained normal.
-Pete
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
More talking & catching
Nicholas has gotten a little better at catching, and can now catch a tennis ball from about 3 feet away. (Last week we shot some video showing that, hopefully it will be edited/uploaded soon into the video clips section of the site). He has gotten better at using his hands to catch (rather than simply catching what bounces off his chest) and he's quicker to close his hands as the ball hits his chest. His aim has also improved when he throws the ball back.
His sentences are getting longer and he's getting more creative with his questions and answers.
For the past few weeks, we've been getting used to Nicholas telling us when it's time for "night night" and we're able to bring him upstairs to his crib while he's awake and put him to bed. He likes to say "good night," "night night," "I love you," and "see 'ya" before he turns in.
-Pete
His sentences are getting longer and he's getting more creative with his questions and answers.
For the past few weeks, we've been getting used to Nicholas telling us when it's time for "night night" and we're able to bring him upstairs to his crib while he's awake and put him to bed. He likes to say "good night," "night night," "I love you," and "see 'ya" before he turns in.
-Pete
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