Kaua is 2 years old (26 mos, if you're counting) and Ho'ea is 6 mos old (in this picture) which was taken 1 month ago today. (I have better more recent pictures, but there still in my camera)
Kaua milestones
- potty training! He's just starting to ask to go shishi in the potty and actually goes! However, he is not consistent, but has been going at least every other day. So that's a start.
- he is asking to fall asleep in his bed (previously, we'd just let him fall asleep wherever we were, typically the living room). Kinda nice b/c we haven't really instilled a bedtime routine, so it's nice that he's doing it on his own. Again, he is not consistent yet, but it's a start.
- more talking! Losta words and sentences, though 50% of it is only decipherable to close family. Super cute though.
- continued interest in trucks, fire trucks, garbage trucks and anything construction related.
- remembers promises I make to him. Yesterday, I told him he had to get a haircut before he could get on the plane (we are going off island on Friday). He did it, then asked when we got home, where the airplane was. I had to explain that the airplane ride would not be until Friday, 5 more days from now. I dont think he quite understood.
Ho'ea milestones:
-3 teeth - all on the bottom and crooked. Looks like he's taking after mama and will need braces.
- rolling over as a means of getting around. Not crawling yet, but rolling seems to be his mode of transportation.
- grabbing and lunging for items. He knows what he wants and knows that he can now grab things and reach/lunge for items out of his reach. Beware if you're holding a drink or food in your hand, he'll get it!
- sitting up on his own. Just started getting really good at sitting up on his own, but I still like to be near by, just incase, because he does topple over from time to time.
- still not sleeping through the night, ever since his eczema...but we're trying to get back on track. He's had a few good nights (sleeping 5-6 hours at a time) but for the most part he'll get up 1 or 2x. boooooo.
- eczema is managed! hooray! He still has it, but we've seemed to keep it maintained, so that he's not constantly scratching. He does still scratch though. His neck, back of ears and scalp seem to be the most itchy, but the visually noticable areas are the creases in his arms (front of elbows) and knee areas. He also occassionally itches near his groin and mid section area. Vaseline is the only lubricant we can use, along with medicated hydracortisone for flare ups.
- using the walker as another mode of transportation. He finally understands that he can walk around in the baby walker. He gets stuck on furniture or uneven flooring from time to time, but for the most part, he can travel on our wooden floor in the walker.
-eats stage 2 baby foods. I've been meaning to make my own foods, but just cant seem to motivate. It's just soo darn convenient to buy premade baby foods. People say it gets pricey, but I love the combinations that gerber providers (ie. apple vanilla with granola grain, harvest vegetables, blueberry apple, corn and sweetpotatoes, etc). It just seems like too much effort to buy all those ingredients, blend them together, freeze them, store them, unfreeze, etc. And it's not really pricey when you can buy two containers of each flavor for just over $1, sometimes $1.50-$1.60. Ho'ea barely finishes one container per day, so it's not much in the squeam (how do you spell skeam?) of things...$30/month, if that? We're waiting till he can crawl before we start introducing table foods...b/c once you go real food, he'll probably never want that healthy baby food stuff.
- loves watching his big brother and playing with him. Ho'ea gets a kick out of anything Kaua does and you can already see his big brother envy/idolism. It's endearing to see them interact.
