49 Weeks Old!
Your baby boy, Matthew, is 49 weeks (Approximately 11.5 months) old now.
Is Matthew showing a preference for using his right or left hand? Some children begin to use one hand more than the other at this age. Try playing games to help build his hand-eye coordination, such as bowling with a large, foam ball and empty 2-liter plastic bottles; or basketball with a foam ball and a laundry basket. You can set up an obstacle course with medium-sized, open-ended cardboard boxes for Matthew to crawl through and a small mountain of pillows for him to climb up. Housework may also be a game he enjoys. Picking up all the toys Matthew has taken out and putting them away is a wonderful game that will definitely have you cheering. Be sure to always supervise Matthew when he's playing. Matthew may not seem very social with other children. If he seems to be a loner when you are in a play group and seems to be uninterested in what other kids are doing, then let him play by himself. He may not be ready to be social. Try not to push him. However, if you notice him looking at other kids and it seems like he wants to get involved but you think he might just be a bit shy, try taking Matthew over to the other children and sitting with him while he plays with them. Be sure not to leave him until you are confident that he feels secure in the situation. Has Matthew stopped waving "bye-bye" or some other thing you thought he had mastered? Matthew hasn't forgotten - he's just bored and has dropped it in favor of learning a new skill. ("Mom, waving "bye-bye" was SO last month!") Don't worry about it and encourage him to learn new things. The old skills will probably resurface in a month or so. However, if he seems unable to do anything that he has learned in the past and is not learning anything new, notify your pediatrician.
Matthew took a few steps a couple days ago!! He isn't consistent about it, but it's exciting to know that he is very close to walking. The only other new development is that we are trying to transition him to table food...for dinner he has 1/2 container of Gerber Graduates food (like ravioli, pasta shells & cheese or beef & potato soup) and 1/2 container of Stage 3 baby food. Plus his crackers & cheese, partial fruit cup, etc. In the next few weeks we're hoping that he gets used to the "regular" food and will just start to eat what we're eating! After he turns 1 we're also going to move him to whole milk and do away with the formula. Which will be a relief - he goes through a big container of powdered formula about once a week, at a cost of a whopping $23.99 per container! The price of a gallon of milk may seem high, but not compared to that!!
He continues to learn more and more about the world around him everyday. He likes to put toys into buckets and take them out again. He's started to realize that his blocks (which are different shapes) can fit through the corresponding holes in the lid of his bucket. He can put his little toy basketball through the hoop whenever he feels like it. And he is openly defiant - hates the word "no." :o) It's sad that his "babyhood" is very quickly coming to an end, but impending toddlerhood is exciting. Love, love, love that kid so much :o)
Is Matthew showing a preference for using his right or left hand? Some children begin to use one hand more than the other at this age. Try playing games to help build his hand-eye coordination, such as bowling with a large, foam ball and empty 2-liter plastic bottles; or basketball with a foam ball and a laundry basket. You can set up an obstacle course with medium-sized, open-ended cardboard boxes for Matthew to crawl through and a small mountain of pillows for him to climb up. Housework may also be a game he enjoys. Picking up all the toys Matthew has taken out and putting them away is a wonderful game that will definitely have you cheering. Be sure to always supervise Matthew when he's playing. Matthew may not seem very social with other children. If he seems to be a loner when you are in a play group and seems to be uninterested in what other kids are doing, then let him play by himself. He may not be ready to be social. Try not to push him. However, if you notice him looking at other kids and it seems like he wants to get involved but you think he might just be a bit shy, try taking Matthew over to the other children and sitting with him while he plays with them. Be sure not to leave him until you are confident that he feels secure in the situation. Has Matthew stopped waving "bye-bye" or some other thing you thought he had mastered? Matthew hasn't forgotten - he's just bored and has dropped it in favor of learning a new skill. ("Mom, waving "bye-bye" was SO last month!") Don't worry about it and encourage him to learn new things. The old skills will probably resurface in a month or so. However, if he seems unable to do anything that he has learned in the past and is not learning anything new, notify your pediatrician.
Matthew took a few steps a couple days ago!! He isn't consistent about it, but it's exciting to know that he is very close to walking. The only other new development is that we are trying to transition him to table food...for dinner he has 1/2 container of Gerber Graduates food (like ravioli, pasta shells & cheese or beef & potato soup) and 1/2 container of Stage 3 baby food. Plus his crackers & cheese, partial fruit cup, etc. In the next few weeks we're hoping that he gets used to the "regular" food and will just start to eat what we're eating! After he turns 1 we're also going to move him to whole milk and do away with the formula. Which will be a relief - he goes through a big container of powdered formula about once a week, at a cost of a whopping $23.99 per container! The price of a gallon of milk may seem high, but not compared to that!!
He continues to learn more and more about the world around him everyday. He likes to put toys into buckets and take them out again. He's started to realize that his blocks (which are different shapes) can fit through the corresponding holes in the lid of his bucket. He can put his little toy basketball through the hoop whenever he feels like it. And he is openly defiant - hates the word "no." :o) It's sad that his "babyhood" is very quickly coming to an end, but impending toddlerhood is exciting. Love, love, love that kid so much :o)
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