25 months

Yep, I'm one of those moms.  You know, the ones who take monthly photos of their kid forever.  I figure I'll just keep on doing it til I forget, or it seems too much.  I like these little reminders of how our boy is growing, changing, and what we've been up to.

We're keeping busy around here...Music started back up at the library, we switched to swimming 'lessons' again, and of course as the weather warms up, we're spending lots of time outside.  Kyalo's definitely into toddler mode now, having melt downs and freak outs.  I was really hoping that somehow we'd skip this phase, but it isn't to be.  The days can be tough on me, I'll be honest, but hard as they are, he's also a lot of fun, showing more interest in things, and getting more involved.  I'm sure it won't be long til I've got him doing chores!

A friend gave us the book, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus as a birthday gift and he LOVES it. So much so that I have to read it 5-6 times in a row, and I got other Pigeon books from the library.  One night he was busily gathering things up: Zero, his blanket, his juice, and even the fan from his room, and bringing them to the living room.   He and Zero read for quite a while, and as you can see, he was quite happy!

We also recently bought a small Weber for lots of summertime BBQs, and Kyalo helped assemble it.

 our little engineer

OK, so it wasn't exactly BBQ weather, but once we got it, we wanted to put it to work!

I finally got around to taking Kyalo to the doctor for his two-year check up (just a month late).  I had an awful, awful experience.  I guess I really shouldn't be that surprised since the times I've been there in the past were not exactly wonderful, either.  Still, I WAS expecting to have the doctor talk with me, ask me if I had any questions or concerns about Kyalo and his growth/development (why yes, yes I do), and to spend more than five minutes with us.  He diagnosed Kyalo as having a viral asthma wheeze and promptly prescribed a nebulizer for him. Having never used one before, I had questions, and he was just so mean and rude about it all.  I'll spare you the details, but I left (yet again) discouraged, frustrated and near tears. And determined to find a good pediatrician for the remainder of our time here in Belleville! Geesh.

So, here's our guy with his nebulizer mask:

See the black stuffed animal with the ribbon?  That's a black dog that my Aunt Ellen sent to remind us of Ananda, their dog. Kyalo was still asking about "Nana" pretty regularly, so this dog is obviously called Ananda. She was waiting for us in the mail after our return from the doctor's and pharmacy where I was loaded down with the machine and the drugs, so it was a perfectly timed arrival!  Thanks, Ellen!!

poor guy

At least he enjoys it for the most part (thanks to Dexter helping him to think the mask was fun!) And it does give us a chance to read together without him getting too distracted, so there is that bonus.

 25 months

32 1/2 inches

26.8 pounds

He's only grown 1/2 an inch since we saw a doctor in December. I wanted to ask the doctor if this is something to be concerned about now, but he was out the door before I could ask any of my questions.

He pretty much refused to look at the camera for me.  Here we are in our backyard, enjoying the picnic table my landlord put out for the tenants to use.

Here's the late breaking news from this month: Kyalo is finally sleeping through the night!  It was a tough week or so for us to get him to drop the middle of the night feeding, but then it just clicked.  Sometimes he'll still wake up and murmur for a bit, but he doesn't ask for nursing, and he goes back to sleep usually on his own.  Last night he slept 11 hours! He woke up this morning saying, "All done. All done. All done."  OK, sure, I probably could have done this a year and a half ago, but I'm glad to have reached this point at all.  Next up is dropping the last two feedings.  Not exactly sure how that's going to go - I think it will be very hard and am kind of dreading it...but I know I'll be (mostly) glad when it is all done.

And that's the wrap up!  Whew.