Jack finally got over his month long "colds".. my guess is he probably had some sort of virus, like RSV, causing his coughing, wheezing and fever for about a week. He had to be on inhalers and the poor thing had to get his nose suctioned so frequently, on top of nasal saline drops to clear his congestions. Me. would have to hold him down and, of course, he would try to fight through it, while I spray saline up his nose and suction it out. For a little kid, he is soooo strong! He has muscles in his arms and legs like you can't believe. Me. grabbed his arm one day and felt a big solid mass. She thought it was something bad and found out they were his muscles since they were in the biceps area and in both arms!! We both had a good laugh.
He's gotten so mobile in the past 2 weeks that he walks most of the time now, instead of crawling. He can walk fast and for a very long distance. Sometimes, it seems like he's running. He loves to climb the stairs every chance he gets. Last week, he fell down 4 steps... again, for the second time... and, again, on my watch. I'm soooo sorry, Jack, I didn't watch you better... I hope you would forgive me. You cried right away both times, which is always a good sign. I held you for a very long time to make sure you are comforted. Luckily, both times you bounced right back and there was no serious injuries, except for a couple of bruises on your face and head. I truly think through these falls, Jack supported himself through his strong arms & legs which lessened the severity of the impact of the fall... at least, I like to believe that.
Jack is a very interesting person. He's definitely an introvert and Marin is an extrovert. He doesn't show you his emotions or what he intends to do. He doesn't reveal to you his wants. He quietly does things in mischievous ways. He's pretty active and pha'; sometimes more so than Marin. If he's sad, worried or feels lonely, we would never know it... which is a concern for us. Whereas Marin.. she wears her emotions on her sleeves.. we sure would know it if she does or doesn't like something.. if she's mad, angry, happy.. we would know it! For me, I have to find it in myself to work with that type of personality. However, it works well with Me. since she likes people who are apparent with their feelings and thoughts.
With his increase in mobility, coordination and agility, he plays pretty rough with Marin. He practically throws himself onto Marin and they will both wrestle with each other. He's only 10 1/2 months!! We worry all the time Marin may accidentally hurt him because she doesn't understand he's still a baby and can't fend or support himself as steadily as she can. I'm sure there will be more of this body slamming and throwing between them the rest of their lives. We'll just have to close our eyes and cross our fingers they don't hurt each other.
Jack can throw a ball straight to you with great strength and purpose. He and I would sit and throw a ball back and forth to each other... I absolutely love every minute of it! We are very blessed to have 2 children who seem to be on the athletic side... which is great for me, because of my love for the outdoors!
With his speech, he says "chachacha" or "chichichicchi" (I guess for chi., as in older sister for Marin, since we refer to Marin as "chi." whenever we talk to him) and lots of babbling. His receptive language definitely has progessed OK... he seems to understand a lot more. He does well and cooperates if you talk through things you want him to do.. like lying still to get his diapers changed (this has to be the most difficult thing for him to do.. to lie still without putting up a big fuss), or telling him it's time for bed and he'll need to drink his milk first, etc... In the earlier months, it was really hard giving him meds. But, just recently, he's been accepting and very cooperative taking Zantac and Zyrtec (which he hated in the past and would gag & choke on it). He likes it when we cheer him on that he could do it... I guess positive reinforcement helps!
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