Odin is enjoying his first Christmas at his Grandma's house! He got lots of great presents, including some cool clothes, a hamper, a few toys, and the most perfect high-chair in which to feed him. He's been playing around all night and now he fell asleep in her spare room while we finish hanging out. We'll probably do something with Zaideh tomorrow. There are good pictures and movies to show but I don't have them yet so I'll put them up later.
I think it's been a good holiday for him, and while it might not be the first one he remembers, at least he was able to enjoy it.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Figured it out
We called the nurse about Odin's behavior last night, and one of the things he recommended that I hadn't thought of was that Odin might have been kept up because of acid reflux.
Alyssa and I talked about this a bit and decided that must have been what it was; We had given him a tater tot or two and that might have been oily/greasy enough to upset his stomach. And when we had trouble up in Portland, we had mixed his dinner that night with Dole Pineapple Peach Mango juice which is very acidic and children Odin's age don't usually start on citrus fruits yet so it probably bothered him there as well.
At least we figured it out so poor Odin doesn't have to suffer and we learned he doesn't have bad sleep habits after all.
Alyssa and I talked about this a bit and decided that must have been what it was; We had given him a tater tot or two and that might have been oily/greasy enough to upset his stomach. And when we had trouble up in Portland, we had mixed his dinner that night with Dole Pineapple Peach Mango juice which is very acidic and children Odin's age don't usually start on citrus fruits yet so it probably bothered him there as well.
At least we figured it out so poor Odin doesn't have to suffer and we learned he doesn't have bad sleep habits after all.
Nightmare
We think Odin had a bad dream last night. He woke up crying harder than ever, and he refused to go back to sleep. We thought maybe he had a stomach ache because we gave him some new foods to try, but that wasn't it. He just didn't want to go back to bed, and he was really sad. All the things we tried didn't work so it had to be something new. So we just figured he had a bad dream. Poor guy.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
First steps!
Odin walked! It was only two steps, but he was standing on his own, took two steps, and then stood again, before grabbing on to something! He was actually walking! He's going to be running around pretty quick!
Monday, December 17, 2007
Weekend in Portland
We had a great time as a family up in Portland this weekend.
Odin handled the train ride up just fine on Friday, and liked playing at his Grandparents' house. We walked around my old neighborhood and Odin enjoyed the sights, especially all the cool things on Hawthorne.
Saturday we went around Pioneer Place and Lloyd Center. Odin is normally stressed out in crowds but this time he liked watching all the people. There was also a show going on in the ice rink at Lloyd Center and Odin seemed to like watching the people skate around.
We also went to Saturday Market as it was closing and looked at all the cool things. There was lots to see and Odin had a good time, but fell asleep a few minutes before we left. We got him some gloves from one vendor for $2, so we wont care if we lose them, and they're quite nice.
Sunday we went to Pioneer Place again to eat before going to Omsi. They had some snow machines going inside, and they had so much stuff in them it really was quite thick like a blizzard. Odin just loved it! It was so cute watching him reach out for the snow and try to play in it. He also had a great time at Omsi, there were lots of things to play with and he had a lot of fun, thought the stuffed Polar Bear scared him at first.
He was so energetic on the ride home. One of the conductors showed us a car that was being kept empty and told us we could take him in there if he got loud or wanted to crawl around a lot. We spend most of the trip in there.
He loves playing with my mom and stepfather (goofy pictures abound, from this trip and the last one -- though I don't have them yet). He was also obsessed with their wood stove. The only problem was that the first night we had him in the same room as us so he woke up every hour to cry, whereas we're normally not in his room so he just goes back to sleep. Mom gave us her den to put him in the second night, and he only cried once according to my stepfather.
Odin handled the train ride up just fine on Friday, and liked playing at his Grandparents' house. We walked around my old neighborhood and Odin enjoyed the sights, especially all the cool things on Hawthorne.
Saturday we went around Pioneer Place and Lloyd Center. Odin is normally stressed out in crowds but this time he liked watching all the people. There was also a show going on in the ice rink at Lloyd Center and Odin seemed to like watching the people skate around.
We also went to Saturday Market as it was closing and looked at all the cool things. There was lots to see and Odin had a good time, but fell asleep a few minutes before we left. We got him some gloves from one vendor for $2, so we wont care if we lose them, and they're quite nice.
Sunday we went to Pioneer Place again to eat before going to Omsi. They had some snow machines going inside, and they had so much stuff in them it really was quite thick like a blizzard. Odin just loved it! It was so cute watching him reach out for the snow and try to play in it. He also had a great time at Omsi, there were lots of things to play with and he had a lot of fun, thought the stuffed Polar Bear scared him at first.
He was so energetic on the ride home. One of the conductors showed us a car that was being kept empty and told us we could take him in there if he got loud or wanted to crawl around a lot. We spend most of the trip in there.
He loves playing with my mom and stepfather (goofy pictures abound, from this trip and the last one -- though I don't have them yet). He was also obsessed with their wood stove. The only problem was that the first night we had him in the same room as us so he woke up every hour to cry, whereas we're normally not in his room so he just goes back to sleep. Mom gave us her den to put him in the second night, and he only cried once according to my stepfather.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
First word!
Odin has been babbling a lot lately, especially dadadadada, but lately he started saying mama once in a while. So we tried to teach him to use it and today he did! He wanted Alyssa, he was looking at the door she was behind, and he called out mama! You could tell he was using that as her designation, not just babbling.
Clothes
We finally got Odin a nice winter coat. It's all poofy and has a good hood so we can keep him warm and out of the elements. We also got him a really cozy hat that covers his ears, since his head always gets so cold.
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