First Day of 3 year old Preschool

3 years old

*Weight: 33 lbs. 50th percentile *Height: 38 1/2 inches 75th percentile *Sleep: Bedtime around 8:30-9:00 and wake usually between 7:30-8:00 First Night in Big Boy Bed: 8/17/14 *Napping: No naps on most days. *Clothes: 2T-4T *Diapers: Size 5 at bedtime, underwear during day, started 7/28/14, still have accidents, doing really well with #1 *Comfort: Still LOVES paci! To sleep he needs his dinosaur, pound puppy, and my Jenni K anklet (he calls it his ‘ank’) *Food: Depends on his mood. Loves spaghetti, pizza, apples, bananas *Talking: Nick decided to start talk this spring, just all of a sudden. He can say pretty much anything he wants and talk in sentences most of the time. When we go places he introduces himself saying “Hi, I Nick, this my Mommy, and Daddy”. When he gets in trouble he says, “I know, it’s my fault”. Trying to focus on manners and Nick is really good at it when reminded. At meals Nick will say the prayer by saying, “God our father, AMEN”. This is the beginning of the prayer that they used at his preschool last year. *Nick-isms: *Preschool: Nick's first day of Preschool for this year is 9/2/14 at Joyful Beginnings Preschool. He is going to be in a class with 2 and 3 year olds 3 days a week from 8am-12pm. Still staying with Giggi and Gramma while Mommy and Daddy work. *TV Shows: Mike the Knight, Paw Patrol *Ipad: Nick can operate the ipad almost completely on his own, he navigates to his games and his favorite is Netflix. *Swimming: Nick loves the pool and river. He can swim underwater unassisted for a few feet. He jumps off the diving board at the pool and off the pier at the river. *Books: Nick loves to read Corduroy books and visiting the library. He will sit through several books at time especially if they are Mercer Mayor, H.A. Ray, or Don Freeman.

First Day of PreSchool

2 Years Old

*Weight: 30 lbs. 50th percentile *Height: 34 3/4 inches 75th percentile *Sleep: Bedtime around 8-9:00 and wake usually between 7-7:30. *Napping: 1, 1-2 hour nap, Nick loves to rub hands while trying to go to sleep. *Clothes: 2T-4T *Diapers: Size 5 *Still LOVES paci! *Teeth: Full set of baby teeth, including 2 year old molars *Eczema: Almost completely gone, this summer, but it will probably come back this winter, especially on the backs of his knees. *Food: Depends on how we catch him, sometimes he will eat the legs off the table and other tables he is very picky. *Talking: Nick can say lots of animals sounds, including: cow, dog, duck, goose, horse, lion, bear, 9/2/13: Nick said, "I want my mama". :) *Potty Training: Nick went pee-pee in the potty for the first time on 7/20/13. He sometimes will go when you ask him and sometime not. We are using M&Ms as potty treats. *Nick-isms: Nick loves to honk peoples’ noses. He likes to place his pointer finger on his mouth and say hmmmm like he is thinking. Nick also likes to swipe his hand across his forehead and say wheww, like something was hard and he is tired. *Preschool: Nick's first day of Preschool is 9/4/13 at Growing with Faith Preschool at Ayden Christian Church.

12 Months Old

*Weight: 22 lbs. 14.8 oz 50th percentile *Height: 30 inches 50th percentile *Head Circumference: 80th percentile, can't remember the measurement. *Schedule: Nurse in the morning and at bedtime, sippy cups of cow's milk the rest of the day. *Sleep: Bedtime around 8-8:30 and wake usually between 7-7:30. Today he woke at 5:30am, but usually when he does that it is easy to get him to go back to sleep. This morning, not so much. I think he was just excited about his birthday! *Napping: 2 naps, sometimes just 1 nap a day, depending on what we are doing. If there is a lot going on Nick is always afraid he might miss something. If we are going somewhere we try to schedule him to sleep on the road, we have found that works well. *Spitting up: Started back spitting up some with the switch to cow's milk. Hope he will adjust and grow out of this. *Walking: Nick took 8 steps unassisted on 7/14/12. Everyday he is getting more and more confident. He still likes to crab walk on his hands and feet. He can go super FAST doing this! *Clothes: 12 months and some 18 months *Diapers: Size 3 *Still LOVES paci! *Teeth: 12 total, 6 on the top and 6 on the bottom. *Eczema: Almost completely gone. Fingers crossed it will stay away with the cold weather comes back. *Food: EVERYTHING! As much as we will give him. He loves bananas, chicken, and yogurt. *Talking: Nick can say Ma-Ma, Da-Da, Bye-Bye, and Ba-ba. He waves bye-bye. Today at supper he signed 'more' for the first time. *Clapped: Nick loves to clap his hands, he did this for the first time at his party, July 21.

11 Months Old

*Weight: ~23 lbs. *Schedule: 6am-8am-ish: Nurse/ Breakfast 10:30-12:00-ish: Sippy Cup/Lunch 2-3pm: Sippy Cup/Snack 5:00-ish: Nurse/Supper 7:30-8pm: Nurse/8oz bottle of breastmilk *Sleep: 8pm till 6-7am *Napping: 2 naps, sometimes just 1 nap a day, depending on what we are doing. If there is a lot going on Nick is always afraid he might miss something. If we are going somewhere we try to schedule him to sleep on the road, we have found that works well. *Spitting up: I am very happy to report that we are on NO spit up meds and he seems to be spitting up much less. Hardly any to speak of. Hope it stays that way. *Cruising: Walking holding on to furniture and standing for a few seconds unassisted. Then he realizes he is doing it and sits down. *Climbing- Nick has learned to throw up his leg and climb. He recently climbed out of the bathtub, up from the sand onto the pier, and from the ground up on a lawn chair. *Clothes: 12 months and some 18 months *Diapers: Size 3 *Still LOVES paci! It is probably going to be a mess trying to take it away because he is attached to it. *Teeth: 10 total, 6 on top and 4 on the bottom, bottom 2 molars will be in any day. *Eczema: Much better! Still doing Rx cream on his knees they are very dry and rough, but they also may be because he crawls around on them all the time. *Food: Loves everything we give him and will eat until we stop feeding him. Nick is eating table food and prefers to feed himself rather than Mommy or Daddy feeding him. Nick can now suck from a straw and loves to do so. *Talking: Nick can say Ma-Ma, Da-Da, Bye-Bye, and Ba-ba. He waves bye-bye. *Chicago Trip: Mommy and Daddy left Nick for the first time for more than 1 night. We went to Chicago for Paul to attend the GMAC conference. I dropped Nick off with Giggi and Grandaddy on Tuesday night about 7:30 and picked him up from Gramma and Grandpa on Saturday morning about 8:30. It was a good break, but I was ready to see my Nickie-poo. He did great! I did good too, I realize that my marriage is very important. Paul and I needed that time. We walked a million miles, went on a boat tour, went to Cirque de Shanghi show on Navy Pier, and had romantic dinners.

10 Months Old

*Weight: 22 lbs. *Schedule: 6am-8am-ish: Nurse, 3T Rice Cereal or Oatmeal, Fruit 10:30-12:00-ish: Bottle (5oz-6oz)/Nurse, 3T Rice Cereal, Fruit or Vegetable 5:00-ish: Nurse, Container of Stage 3 dinner w/meat 7:30-8pm: Nurse *Sleep: 8pm till 6-6:30am *Napping: 2 naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, usually about 8:30-9am and 2pm. Nick sleeps between 1-2 hours. Usually in Gramma’s or Giggi’s arms!! Nick does not like to nap in the crib. *Spitting up: We have switched to the Prilosec and he continued to spit up. So we have taken him off all reflux meds and he seems to be spitting up much less. *Cruising: Walking holding on to furniture and standing for a few seconds unassisted. *Clothes: 12 months and some 18 months *Diapers: Size 3 *Still LOVES paci and he can take it out and put it in all on his own. This month Nick has started to ‘share’ his paci. He will hold it up to someone’s mouth for them to ‘pretend’ to suck on it. So sweet! *Teeth: 8 total, 4 on top and 4 on the bottom *Eczema: Continuing to do Aquaphor at night and prescription cream during the day. Seems to be much better, except for the backs of his knees and elbows. *Lovies: Nick’s main lovie seems to be people! LOL! He loves to rub people’s hands. *Food: Loves everything we give him and will eat until we stop feeding him. *Reading: Loves to be read to. Getting to the point where he likes to try to turn the pages, especially with his board books. *Games: Loves playing peek-a-boo and Daddy putting his fingers in his mouth and then spitting them out and saying ‘pewey’. Nick just laughs! *Talking: Nick can say Ma-Ma, Da-Da, Bye-Bye, and Ba-ba. Sometime he will even waive bye-bye, if we catch him in the right mood. *Family Trip: The weekend of our 6th anniversary, my teammate from work was getting married in Mt. Airy. So Grandpa, Gramma, Mommy, Daddy, and Nick made the trip. We did all the Andy Griffith/Mabery tourist attractions Saturday. Then Saturday night Paul and I went to the wedding and Grandpa, Gramma, and Nick played at the hotel. They went swimming in the indoor pool and had a pajama party in their hotel room so Mommy and Daddy could sleep late. Sunday, we went to Elkin to see my friend, Kali, and her family. She has 2 little boys one older than Nick and one younger. Their names are Maze and Jack Stone. Nick loved playing with them and was give-out when we left there.