Kid #4, who gave us a run for our money this morning at church, Solomon!
Whats new with Solly? All kinds of things, actually! He talks in good, clear sentences. He counts a little, and sings little bits of songs. (Thank you, Cher, for showing him baby shark, by the way…) The last time we were in the van, he bellowed “I LOVE THIS SONG” when “Gone Gone Gone” by Phillip Phillips came on. He also loves “This Little Light of Mine,” but just the version with the new part in it that he can SHOUT along to. With that being said, Solly is aging juuust enough that he has a bit more comprehension and can be reasoned with! Not all the time, but sometimes. He understands cause and effect. He’s also super helpful! He’s followed in his siblings footsteps, and he likes to be helpful, but its not always actually particularly helpful 😉 But nowadays, it is! He’ll put away diapers, through kleenexes or napkins away. He can tidy toys up and knows what goes where. He can unload just about all of the dishwasher, too! Another change that I actually mentioned on yesterdays post is that he loves to play with Rowan. SO much! If Rowan sits on a chair, Solly tries to squeeze in next to him. Its so fun to watch!
Whats the same with Solly? Really, not a lot. He’s done much more changing than maintaining recently. Sadly, his most significant constant is that he’s still awful at pooping :/ I won’t go back into it, but we had some work to do to get his system functioning properly, and he was on laxatives for about six months. We ever so slowly weened him off of his treatment and within a week, he had quit pooping again. Don’t worry, I have ideas, but we have an upcoming doctors appointment for him as soon as she is back from holidays. I’m scared he has an allergy, but I’m hoping he just needs a little more fibre than the rest of his siblings. Really, beyond that, whats the same about Solomon is his delicious little demeanour. He is SO friendly and chipper and smily. He will just hang his big ole mouth open and laugh loud and happy and its just so good to hear. He sometimes plays shy but warms up pretty quickly. It doesn’t take long to get him goofy again.
He looks SO much like baby Brady, it only makes sense that he turned out to be his namesake!
I hope Solly loves life this much forever! I’m loving doing life with him!