Calvin’s Birthday | Kiesa's Mutterings

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Jaeger’s parents are here for Calvin’s birthday and Nana took care of Calvin most of the day while I worked on everything on my to-do list. I made Calvin a Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese frosting, which we’ll serve tomorrow for lunch, and also was able to finish most of the other meal items for tomorrow. In addition, I’m playing for church so I put in some more last minute practicing. Playing at church always fascinates me because my perception of how well I did rarely coincides with everyone else. It’s not uncommon for me to get sincere lavish compliments for a piece I really messed up. I haven’t had enough time to practice this week so hopefully tomorrow is another case where people’s perceptions don’t meld with reality.

Calvin had his 1-year checkup today. The doctor said he’s doing very well. He’s right at 50th percentile for height, length, and head circumference. We’re still struggling with Calvin eating textured food but the doctor said to keep trying. I’ve also been given permission to start introducing peanut butter to Calvin! In addition, the doctor said to start introducing Calvin to whole milk instead of formula as soon as I run out of my current formula stockpile. Unfortunately, I just bought another 4 packs from Costco.

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Calvin Moment

Sunday, we went to Costco and I bought a large pack of diapers for Calvin for daycare. I brought it in to the house but it was still languishing by the piano on Wednesday. Calvin crawled over to the box and discovered that if he stood on it, he was at a perfect level to bang on the piano. Once I saw this, I moved the box into a slightly better position and for the last couple of days he has entertained himself for quite a while each day playing on the piano.

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