kids update

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The Dillo is suddenly having some kind of developmental advance. I'm not sure what he's actually going to learn to do any day now, but he's suddenly very active, rather impatient, eating like a horse, and sleeping badly. Yesterday he nursed every 1/5-2 hours and took as much as I could make. I trtied some cereal on him Sunday and applesauce yesterday, but he's not having it - tongue-thrusting and he actually spit up what I think was most of the cereal he'd swallowed. So I will just have to make more milk. His sleeping got rather off because of the travel, but last night was unusually nurse-a-holic and also very wiggly when the sleeping occurred - he was all over the place in the bed, and I woke up thinking, "Okay, I'm ready for the crib." When I changed and dressed him this morning he was squirming off the changing pad for the first time ever, grabbing spare diapers and trying to eat them. When placed on his back on the floor, he rolls to the front almost immediately, and then gets annoyed after about 2 minutes of being unable to go anywhere or do anything (he seems to have forgotten how to roll front-to-back.) Yesterday I had trouble holding him because he would stick both fists in my hair and try to eat my face. So there's clearly development going on, even if it is only "I WILL EAT YOU UP, ALL UP."

I think Casper has gotten the hang of pooping in the potty. She's done it 3 of the last 4 days at home, mid-day, telling me she needed to and running to the potty (instead of hiding in the closet or in a corner and saying "Don't get me!" if I suggested the potty.) She's also almost always dry overnight, although she mostly still sleeps in a pull-up. I think we may actually have bought our last diapers/pull-ups for her. Note that we didn't do anything - we just waited, and finally she's figured it out.

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So there's clearly development going on, even if it is only "I WILL EAT YOU UP, ALL UP."

Progress! That's how Emmett expressed affection at that age. He'd press his gums firmly against your cheekbone, grab your head and press as hard as he could. That was a kiss.

Go Casper on the potty training. Much better than "Don't get me!"