my own little experiment

I am not a spontaneous person by nature, well at least not for most important things. I do usually say YES to most things that I am invited to because I value and love new experiences. Well last night I was brushing Evan's teeth, and while he hates the actual act of me brushing them, he does love chewing on his toothbrush and holding it himself. So after we were done washing his face and putting on lotion, I let him hold his toothbrush (2 actually, one in each death grib) while we read books. This is my favorite part of the day. OMG he actually knows some words! I'm always totally astonished at how many words he knows. When asked, "Where is the _____?" he can point to: balloon, shoes, ball, and sometimes sun, flower, puppy. It's straight up incredible to me! Anyway, back to my experiment. So then we're done reading and instead of inserting the binky into his mouth I just let him keep his toothbrushes. No binky, that's right! There were a little crying, but mostly I think he did not notice, and then he fell asleep. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! Have I broken him of his long time habit?

I've been meaning to make a list of the foods that Evan loves and hates, just for posterity, and because it's funny.

Foods that Evan LOVES, and will eat with reckless abandon even when not hungry:

cheese

cheerios

ice cream

crackers

chocolate - go figure

Other things that Evan loves:

all things bread

chicken

all kinds of fish, LOVES salmon

brocolli

tofu

bananas

yogurt

applesauce

watermelon

corn on the cob

Foods that Evan wants nothing to do with, that even if you get them into his mouth, they will most surely come right back out:

peaches - unless they are extremely soft and sweet and juicy, like the one from Pike Place the other day.

tomatoes

mashed potatoes - weird huh?

5 month musings

Wrong Conclusion
I realized this weekend that we've come to the wrong conclusion about Evan and his eating habits. We used to think that when it was hot Evan ate less, because he would only take 7oz instead of 9oz. of milk. Well ,this weekend was very hot and Evan helped us figure out what was happening. When it's hot, Kyle and I don't heat Evan's bottle to as warm of a temperature, thinking that Evan would get too sweaty drinking hot milk, but he doesn't like it luke warm and hence drinks less. Well on Saturday we reheated it so that it was warmer and he drank his full bottle. Long story short, Evan doesn't care what the weather is like, he wants very warm milk!

Not Logical, but Biological
When Evan is too busy during the day and doesn't get enough nap time, he ends up being quite tired in the evening and then wakes too early the next morning, around 6:15am cranky and fussy. I found that if he sleeps more during the day, he's more well rested in the evening, falls asleep more quickly and easily with little to no crying, but the best part is that he actually sleeps in longer the next morning, sleeping until 7am! Yipee! It's true what they say, sleep begets sleep!

Kite Shop
Next weekend we're going to the Longbeach Kite Festival with my parents and brother so this weekend we went to the kite shop near Gasworks to load up on kites! We got Evan this totally cute ladybug sled kite which hopefully will be stable enough that we can just tether it to Evan's baby backpack, cute! We also got Evan a metallic blue and silver pinwheel which he loves looking at!

#P
Oh my goodness, Evan's little tiny tooth is starting to come in!!! Evan has been biting everything, including his own fingers and mine too. I see two little white spots on his gums. It will be super cute once he's got teeth in!

Pears
Pears are now Evan's favorite thing in the entire world to eat.