Goodbye Summer

Sadly, we said bye-bye to summer on Monday, as we visited the pool for the last time this season. It made me sad to see the note on the whiteboard from the lifeguards thanking everyone for a great summer and hoping to see us next summer. At least the weather hasn't figured out that it is after Labor Day!

Despite our sadness, we've had a busy week. Carter started transitioning to the toddler room at school. Tuesday was a little rough, apparently. They schedule for them to go to the new room the first day for two hours. If the child does well, they will just go ahead and keep them there going forward. Carter cried when he went into the room and cried when they went outside. His new teacher told me that when they came back inside, he went over to a futon and just sat there surveying the scene and then he was ok. However, when his two hours were up, he went back to his old room--and was the only one from his old room who didn't stay in their new room! :(

His teacher said that he did so much better today, but he was still in the infant suite when I went to pick him up. I blame our trip to the doctor for that. Carter was doing really well, but after he had been in there an hour, I had to pick him up to go to the doctor. Apparently, it messed up his schedule, and he got a bit fussy. He did well enough, though, that his teacher said to have him start the day in their on Monday...scary! I hope he'll do better.

Our doctor's visit was a success. She was super-pleased with how well he is developing...happy that he is walking, saying some words (around 10!), and totally off the bottle. He maintained his percentiles from our previous visit, so she was also happy about that. The stats:

weight: 21lbs, 12oz

height: 31 inches