First, an update on words and whatnot: In the last few days he has developed a word for broccoli (that sort of sounds like broccoli) and SpongeBob. The latter basically sounds like ‘baa’ or ‘ball’, but he is clearly referring to his SpongeBob backpack. And today tooth number 11 started to break through. He now has all 8 front teeth, a pair of molars on his left, and now a molar in the bottom right. And I had him play a few minutes of Endless Alphabet today and it is clear that he is starting to catch on and knows to match the letters. And his ability to move the letters around is much more precise than it was a couple weeks ago.
August developed a bit of a cough last night that mainly affects him when lying down – so when he is sleeping or on the changing pad. Actually a bit scary when he coughs while sleeping because it sounds like he is choking at first. Hopefully this is just the conclusion of his throat issue and not the start of something new.
August woke up early, and Carly was going in to work late, so they got to hang out together in the morning and talk to Cherie and Vivian about Vivian’s new brother, aka Floppy Phil.
He spent a lot of time this morning playing with his fruit and veggies. For a couple days now he has been able to get off the couch pretty easily without grabbing on to the arm of the couch or my leg. He is also taking one or two steps more often.
We had his government-provided well-child checkup at a doctor over at eMart. August and I walked over and met Carly and Atsuko there. We went early so we had time to use the swings at a new park and then get some photos printed for his photo wall and do some shopping (looking for headphones for August for the plane ride in June).
His checkup was at noon and went pretty quickly. It was mostly based on the questionnaire we filled out in advance. She noted his cough and asked if we wanted medicine… They really like medicines here in Korea.
Atsuko gave Carly a ride back to work. August had fallen asleep right after the appointment so I started walking. The idea was to find the pedestrian overpass to the closest subway station and head to Itaewon, but the route I chose was a dead end. Would have required a lot of extra walking to get to a subway so we headed home instead.
August only took a 30 minute nap and woke up as we walked through an apartment complex. He saw a playground so we went on the swings again (slides were still too wet).
Back home we had lunch – he ate a good amount of my sandwich. In the afternoon we went to Home Plus and did our grocery shopping. We stopped at the dinosaur park on the way home. We played on the slide and August had fun meeting two women there with their two granddaughters. He interacted a lot with the baby who was a few months younger than him, talking to her and her grandmother a lot and touching her nose and chin.
Carly showed up and we came home. He was tired, but we managed to keep him up until 7. He didn’t really eat dinner, but didn’t seem too interested.
