Stubborness

Stubbornness is a trait that Colin has been exhibiting lately when it comes to walking and eating.  I know that parenting has a lot of ebbs and flows, but coming off of the high of having Colin just start walking and then eating independently has made it pretty frustrating.  We think we are seeing some regression because of the attention that Kailey gets when it comes to getting picked up to get around at times and then needed to be fed with a spoon still so we try and utilize how far Kailey has come with picking food up and standing to motivate Colin.

However, we do hear some positive things from Colin's teachers that he stands a lot at school and is still eating independently there, so we are happy with that.  It's interesting how it goes though because today Colin did so well at lunch while we were out with friends (ate every single drop all by himself), but then wanted nothing to do with eating his dinner independently.

One way that we are trying to get Colin to walk more is by motivating him through "games".  The other day I started trying to get him to walk by singing a walking song and marching while swinging our arms.  He loved it and has really gotten him to walk more around the house.  What's more exciting is that he will ask to do the "walking game" and initiates it himself.  However, he was NOT happy when he turned around in this video and realized I was taping him and not participating the way he wanted me to...

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Given how far we have come with the feeding and walking, these are only minor setbacks in our journey, but it can be frustrating at times.  I think the frustration lies more in the anticipation of the excitement in all of these great things that we are ever so patiently waiting for.

One other thing we are concerned with is Colin's eye sight/eyes.  We have done all of the regular checkups since Colin was only a few months old and he has always done really well without any concern for his vision or muscles.  However, in the past few weeks, his eyes have been crossing a lot and it looks as though he is having trouble focusing on one thing.  At times, it almost seems as though Colin doesn't know where to look.  We have noticed that it seems as though it may be his right eye more than he his left and it really seems to cross inward.  I scheduled an appointment with the doctor for next month with hopes for some answers.  It just seems bizarre to me that we never saw anything like this and then very quickly in a few weeks span of time, it started to change.  Just curious, has any of you whose children are wearing glasses or have had eye surgery change this quickly or was it more than was a slow process from the beginning?