Last Day

Today is my last full day of maternity leave. I need to do a load of laundry for the boys, and I hope to bake some cookies. I have a recipe for Monster Cookies that is wonderful! They are peanut butter, chocolate chip, M&M, oatmeal and taste great.

The CHILD Disorder - The Natural Child Project -- This must be genetically transmitted. Both of my boys are showing signs of it, and I'm sure that I had it too! We are doing many of the approaches that minimize difficulties.

No, mama

DS1 said what I consider to be his first sentence! We were in the back seat of the car, and I reached over to hold his hand. He said, "No, mama" and pushed my hand away.

Checkups all around

Everyone except DH has had a checkup in the past 2 weeks. DS1 had his 18 month checkup last week. He is doing very well, but still on the short side (but we knew that). Developmentally he is doing great. He weighs almost 25 pounds. That's in a higher percentile than his height, but he doesn't look chubby. I'm sure he is getting ready for a growth spurt because some days it seems like he could eat everything in the kitchen. The challenge is to give him lots of things that are good and few junk foods.

He also got his first MMR vaccine last week. We are doing the shots one at a time now so I can tell which shot causes any bad reactions that he might have. So far so good. :-) The MMR was sub-q and it stung so he pulled away and the nurse actually ended up sticking him 3 times. Poor guy!