Felipe is doing well! He is starting to speak more. At a family BBQ, he spent his time with Abuelito Herminio pointing at passing planes "plane" "ane" "Pane" He is getting closer to saying the word clearly. During the BBQ, felipe got naked (kept the diaper, thank goodness!) and started to exercise on his own. He climbed up the stairs to give his older cousin a "high five" and then came back down and repeated it all about 4 times. Its such a great moment to capture bc he did it all on his own, with very little prompting and seemed to enjoy hs new freedom. thankfully we do not have stairs in our apartment, but going to Abuelita Blanca's house is a treat.
His cousin, 2 years old, and Felipe had a long conversation at my mother's birthday party. What about? who knows?! but they seemed to understand each other. It started after Felipe saw his cousin's toy. It seemed liked Felipe asked to play with it. and his cousin said "No, Mine" He speaks very clearly and was obvious that he did not want to share. However, Felipe continued with "bah ag go go ago" and other variations of words that seemed to lay out Felipe's argument for why he should have a chance to play with the toy. Hilarious!! In the end, the two little chatterboxes were great entertainment for the adults who watched them in suspense on how this little conversation would end. I was nervous Felipe would take a huge bite out of his cousin as he does with me. Instead, his cousin very sweetly placed the toy in front of Felipe pointed to it and said "that's baby's toy" and then let him play with it for a fraction of a second before it became his again. He is such a sweet boy for being 2, that was an enormously sweet gesture.
Another week of services and appointments. Felipe woke up on Monday morning (2am) with a high fever. It has been managed with Tylenol and Motrin and now it is a low fever, that seems to come back after 6 hrs of his medication running out. So Felipe is a little cranky and needy. We canceled his gym time on monday but kept his other appointments. However when the SI arrived he had enough energy to say hi, blow some bubbled and then fell asleep mid activity.
With the SI we reviewed from techniques for Felipe to sleep on his own and to create self soothing. He seems to enjoy all the time with the therapist. I was sad he didn't get to spend time with her but at least the SI and I caught up on various goals and expectations for Felipe. She thinks he is very bright and willing to learn.
This weekend over all has been hard for the family health wise. I haven't slept in days, mostly bc Felipe wasn't feeling well and I get up at every little noise that he makes. I'm settle my goals for sleep: Felipe to sleep in his own bed. Felipe to sleep until morning (7am) Felipe to go to sleep at 9pm. I will go to sleep at 10:30pm. I will get at least 7 hours of sleep. I will sleep thought out the night too.
Film on Felipe going up the stairs coming soon...as soon as I figure out how to post it on blog.
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