Ok, first off, the HORROR that was going on at night? Well, it was like a miracle....or something, because just about 6 days to 1 week after I started weaning him off the boobie at night, he figured it out! He realized that the bottle can give him the same exact comfort and started taking it, no fuss. Whew, talk about a miracle! So now, kaua is a happy camper, taking the bottle at night as well as day. I'm down to breast feeding just 1x a day, and I can feel that at any day, this can be cut out as well. I'm so proud of myself for weaning him!!
But on to todays news. Kaua is now waving bye bye and hello on command as well as clapping when we say "yay!" or "clap, clap." It is just tooooo cute! His first feat in this respect was the ability to "throw the ball" on command, he started this about a month or so ago and DH and I like to believe it's because he's going to be such a great athlete when he grows up. (yup, mmmhmmmm, we can dream, cant we?)
Kaua also shows sign of recognizing when I say certain words, like "outside" he'll get all lit up and excited and start giggling because he loves outside. When he's fussing and I say, you want a snack, water or bottle/baba he'll temporarily stop whining to indicate that's what he wants (except this last one isn't consistent yet). It would be nice if he could sign these wants, but I dont think we've been doing the signs consistently enough for him to catch on (plus no one else in my family does the signs to him). All of this is so amazing. He is literally growing up in front of my eyes and slowing turning from an infant into a toddler. Super duper cool.
Cant believe he'll be turning 1 in a few short weeks!
AND we're in escrow!!! Why is it that we always end up buying a home when we're planning a large party? We bought our first home when we were getting married, sold it when Kaua was born and now buying our 2nd home when we're having Kaua's 1st birthday luau. Crazy!
