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March
2001
Curren’s appetite is growing... FINALLY! He still
gets a bottle around 6:00 a.m., then he gets formula
and breakfast around 10:30, a snack around 12,
and I try to put him down for a nap, lunch around
2:30, another snack around 4, dinner around 6
or 6:30, and a bottle around 10. He’s eating
fruit, and crackers for breakfast. He gets biter
bisquits, applejuice and crackers for snacks.
Different kinds of crackers. No salt crackers,
and stuff made for babies. He eats canned veggies
for lunch and dinner, with crackers, formula,
and cooked chicken. He’s gaining weight,
although I’m not sure how much he weighs at this
time.
He has developed an “over the top” cry (thanks,
James for the terminology!)... I mean, it’s a
screech, like he’s in PAIN!!!!! He’ll cry like
that at the drop of a hat, but only for me and
Dan! No one else, but me and Dan! It’s a sound
of anger! Angry at being put down for a nap, angry
at being fed something he doesn’t want to eat,
angry at getting his diaper changed before he
gets his bottle! Curren’s NOT an angry kid.
He’s actually a very good kid. He simply
likes to have things his way. And he’s finally
starting to learn that not everything is goinog
to go his way. The problem is that when he cries
like that, I rush to pick him up, to make sure
he’s o.k. So now he knows he can make that sound
and I’ll come running! The other night,
he looked at me, dropped Elefink on the floor
and TESTED the cry to see if I would pick Elefink
up. I waited for him to cry. He did. I told
him I was not giving him Elefink, just so he could
through that toy on the floor again. I took
Elefink and put him away. After a few minutes,
Curren was playing with Funky Monkey, and... yep.
He dropped him on the floor, watching me, waiting
until I noticed, and THEN he slowly built up the
cry. I took Funky Monkey and said “Now Funky
Monkey is mine.” Curren went ahead and cried until
he noticed that I wasn’t reacting the way I usually
do. It’s easier for me to be strong when Dan’s
home with me, but... AUGH! When Dan’s at
work, and I’m alone, and Curren starts that screeching
sound, I’m weak! I rush to pick him up, i give
him his toys, I sing to him, I cuddle him, I soothe
him, and I don’t know how I’m going to get him
to stop with that manipulative cry!
Now that I’ve unloaded the frustrating things,
let me tell you all about the very very good things
Curren does! :-)
He says “Bah Bah” for bottle. I can actually
take thebottle, hide it and ask “Where’s the bottle?”
He’ll look around until he finds it and then he
says “Bah Bah!” He’s developing a vocabulary!
Oh, and... hee hee! HE WALKS! Curren took
his first unassisted steps on March 16th at 9:45
pm, at Kathy’s house! Of course, he took his first
unassisted steps... TOWARDS KATHY! But he
did it in front of me and Dan. Then we had him
walk to me, then we had him walk to Dan. He still
prefers to walk holding on to things, so we give
him his little push walker and he’ll RUN all over
the place, chasing cats, etc.
Curren has really become attached to Gabby (see
photo album) and he seemed to fall in love with
Chris’s girlfriend Kim (see photo album). Also,
he met The Head of the Walker Clan, Grampus! My
grandfather, Javan Elmer Walker, Sr., came to
visit, with his wife, Dorothy. Curren absolutely
adored them both! He fell in love with Grampus!
I was so happy, I just couldn’t contain myself!
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