LaTour Creations

Henry and I have sequestered ourselves inside for the past two weeks because we were accidentally exposed to the chicken pox at our playgroup. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize that we weren’t contagious until this week…so, there’s been an extra week’s worth of cabin fever for nothing. Bleh!

I really hope Henry gets the pox because I think the whole idea of a chicken pox vaccine is unnecessary. However, I suspect that we won’t as we haven’t had any signs yet and the kid we got it from (Hi, Cole!) may have contracted it from his own vaccine, in which case he is non-contagious. At any rate, if he gets it it needs to be soon so we don’t miss our trip to Grampa’s house. Double-bleh!!

On a more positive note, Henry’s progress is coming fast and furious. We just had our 9 month check-up with the doctor and discovered Henry is now 22 lbs. 8 oz. and 30 inches tall. Big boy! (Here he is in his “dapper little gentleman outfit” which we wore to his cousin’s baby shower)

Henry has become MUCH more interested in big people food and has taken to begging (he literally whines like a little puppy) whenever John and I are eating. For his own safety (and our sanity), Henry now spends our mealtimes in his highchair feeding himself cheerios or teething biscuits. Here’s a picture of him with one of his “cookies.” They sure do make a big mess! Crumbs and cookie residue everywhere. I need to get on the ball and start cooking Henry some finger foods like squash and carrots, peas and zucchini, so we can all eat together.

Henry has also become much more interested in games (see picture of us at Gymboree session) like “hats on/hats off” and “where’s Tux?”. He has also developed some cute new noises. He clucks his tongue like a chicken and has recently started what we call his “Tarzan voice” in which he does a modified yodel. But most of all, he’s interested in walking!

Lately, Henry spends more and more time standing alone (like the cheese…hee hee). He is VERY good at lowering himself to the ground from a standing position and standing up from a squatting position. He cruises around the furniture like a champ and spends most of his crawling time moving from one place to stand (like Mommy’s chair) to another (like Daddy’s couch). John’s dad (Pepe) gave him this cool push-cart thing that Henry has been getting a lot of use out of lately. He can walk all the way across the room with it but then he usually gets stuck at the other end because he hasn’t figured out how to turn the thing around or back up. He usually steers it one-handed though… I swear, it’s just a matter of time before he’s walking!

On the sleep front, John and I finally decided to go cold turkey and try the “cry-it-out” approach. We tried every other “gradual” or “soothing” method we could think of and nothing worked…except ignoring him. It was hell for the first few nights. Hell for Mommy, that is…I couldn’t get back to sleep worrying about whether or not I was scarring him for life. But Henry was a champ. The first night he woke around 2 am and cried about 30 minutes then slept til 7. The second night he woke around 3am and cried about 15 minutes then slept in til 7. The third night he didn’t wake until 5ish and cried a few minutes then went back to sleep. Now, most nights he sleeps a solid 8 to 10 hours and wakes around 6 am. YAY!!!

Here’s a pic of John and Henry at the Working Waterfront Festival last weekend. Yup! That about says it all!!

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