The one year Doctor appointment is not as fun as the others. The following are things
that might have been (read: were) discussed in our 1 year doctor’s check up:
1.
When
your child is in the 90th percentile of height and weight, you hope
to not have the following conversation:
Doctor: “Is
there a history of obesity in family?”
Me: “no”
Doctor: “ok”
Me: “Ummm
– do you always ask that question? Should I be worried?”
Doctor: “Not
if there’s no history. Don’t even worry about it.”
Me: “Wow.
Thanks for bringing that up!”
2.
The
following conversation was not at all helpful:
Me: We’re
going to Israel next month and are a little concerned about the flight,
timechanges, etc…Any advice?
Doctor: Good
luck. I never did that with my kids.
Me: That’s
it?
Doctor: Yes.
That’s it. Good luck.
REALLY?????
One
would expect that the most glorious moment for a kid turning one would be the
“Eating of the Cake.” It gets capital letters and quotation marks because it’s
THAT SIGNIFICANT. Or so I thought. But Sammy was pretty much more interested in
squishing it in his hands and smearing it everywhere. Duely noted: Sammy might not like cake. Yet.
One
would also think that Sammy would have been interested in opening his presents.
Nope. He was way more interested in a tag on something else. Note to self:
presents for one year old children will be enjoyed maybe when they are 2.
In
truth, I think the happiest moment of Sammy’s birthday was when all the kids
left and he got his toys back to himself.
Happy
birthday Sammy! Here is a list of all the crappy things that came along with
cake and presents!
1. Yay! You are so mobile that we got gates for the living
room and kitchen. Essentially, Bail: “Baby Jail”
2. Now that you are one – you get to go to your one year
check-up. At said check-up you will be rewarded with 2 shots – one of which
will give you a small dose of chicken pox! Lucky guy. Now have some chicken
pocks!
3. The chicken pox shot will give you a fever and a rash all
over your body! Hooray!
Sorry, little guy.
If
Sammy has an arch nemesis, it may be his doctor. His post-shots evil eye glare
was quite intimidating.
Favorite
toys (sort of) of the month:
1.
All
Tupperware in house (Sammy’s primary target when he escapes baby jail is the
Tupperware cabinet)
2.
Any
book that can be removed from the shelf
3.
TV
remote control
4.
Some
other toy that is negligible to him
You know how when you join a fraternity in college they
sometimes put the pledges through hell week? Which more often than not includes
ridiculous hazing? Well, Sammy’s post-shot behavior basically was the
equivalent of him initiating Danielle and I into the life of parenting a one
year old with his own, kiddie version of “hell week x 2”. Note to us: Sammy
does not do well with shots.
Best trick ever: As you all know, Sammy is a “Baby that
Brunches”. Well, it’s been getting harder and harder to go to brunch now that
Sammy is mobile and has so much energy. BUT - We have found a way!! It’s called
the hour long bagel. Give Sammy a quarter or half of a bagel and he will
literally enjoy chewing away at it for at least a half hour. Gotta love him
using his 4 chompers!
Important statistics
we are keeping track of:
-
Number of days post-shots that it took for Sammy
to begin “Hell week”: 9 (we were so close to getting away with it!)
-
Number of days before Sammy got 104 degree fever
and a rash all over his body: who cares – It’s just not nice to do to a kid
that turned 1!
-
New percentiles: Weight: 90th,
Height: 90th, Head: 60th
-
Number of times Sammy woke up for several hours
in the middle of the night during “hell week”: 3 (been a long time since that
happened!)
Pictures for your amusement:
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| Chilling in Central Park |
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| Hanging out with Ethan Bilmes. It could be the angle, but Sammy looks bigger than Ethan, who is two. |
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| "I'm working on it, Sabbah!" |
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| Playing hard to get with Baby Ronnie |
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| The Very Hungry Caterpillar with Sabbah Rabbah |
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| Too young to be scared of the el-paca |
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| "Dad - what the heck is that?" It smells! |
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| The boys like to play with toys. But don't really play with each other... |
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| When driving, it is important to make sure you have your "I'm super cool" look. Otherwise the other kids won't take you seriously. |
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| We often try to tell Sammy he doesn't need to put ALL the food in his mouth at one time. |
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| Fun at the children's museum |
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| It's not easy trying to reverse your way up a slide |
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| This is more of a keep out type gate - why do you ask? |
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| Because if you don't keep Sammy out of the kitchen, this is what happens... |
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| Other fun Sammy hobbies include going into all of our drawers and throwing my underwear and socks all over the floor, then crawling away. We really need some baby proofing stuff. |
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| Babies that brunch bagel trick |
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| Hanging on for dear life! |
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| Someone is pretty ready to get in the bath |
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| "Blue Steel" |
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| Practicing Tic Tac Toe skills with Grandpa Steve |
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| If you accidentally put sun tan lotion on your baby's head, you can make funny hairdos |
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| Waiting for Kenia (his nanny) in the morning |
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| Like every mature one year old - Sammy enjoys reading Corporate Finance |
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| "CAKE! I want to put my hands in it!" |
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| CAAAAAAAAAAAAKE. |
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| There were varying degrees of enjoyment at the birthday celebration |
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| Trying to catch bubbles. |
