Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Jake did a great job sleeping through the night - way better than me because I was up just about every hour and then woke up at 4:30 am and was unable to fall back to sleep. I’m sure I’ll be feeling it later. We went to the SOS clinic this morning which was relatively painless (no needles thank goodness). The nurse weighed him and measured his length. Then we saw the doctor who checked him out. Jake got a little fussy because he was hungry so the doctor gave him an animal cracker. Jake didn’t know what it was but he sure held on to it. Everything went well and I mentioned to the doctor that I was a little concerned because Jake hadn’t pooped at all. Well the old saying be careful what you wish because you just might get it came true. Right after I asked it Jake got all red in the face and was concentrating really hard. Then came the smell. We stopped on our way out of the SOS clinic to change him. And then again two more times when we got home.

After the SOS clinic we went to the Green Market to walk around but purposely avoided the raw meat section. It’s been really warm in Almaty, warmer than I expected, and I sure can’t even imagine what the raw meat section would smell like in this weather. We did a little bit of shopping and then headed home. Latonya and I were hungry so we went back to the cafe around the corner because we wanted to try the kebobs we’d seen the other day. We were hopeful that Jake would fall asleep in the stroller but that didn’t work out the way we planned. He did enjoy eating my lentil soup and some of the crepe/tortilla like thing that was part of what I ordered (I thought I was getting a shish kebob but it was some kind of meat wrapped up in the crepe/tortilla). While I paid the bill Latonya walked Jake in the stroller and he finally fell asleep so we carried him up to the apartment in the stroller. I didn’t want to wake him up so I left him in the stroller. The problem was he likes to move around when he sleeps and since he couldn’t move in the stroller he got upset. Fortunately I was able to move him into the crib and he settled down. I tried to take a nap took but just couldn’t fall asleep. It’s hard being so tired but unable to sleep (especially as my family knows I’m usually a world class sleeper!).

We did a little better in the tub tonight because we decided to try putting toys in the tub to keep him occupied. I had bought him some stacking rings that had a rubber ducky at the top at the Green Market that we used (he loves them and insists on crawling with one in each hand!).

Ruth and I had tried really hard to get him to clap his hands when we were at the baby house but he wanted nothing to do with it. Now he totally gets it and likes to clap. He also is a pro at pulling himself up on the furniture and “cruising”. He really likes to walk around the coffee table but it makes me nervous that he’s going to fall and bump his little head. I think he’s going to be walking really soon.