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~*~ Toddler Check-in ~*~
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Funny Stories - DS loves looking at catalogs. He was checking out the Williams-Sonoma catalog this weekend and they have chicken coops (!) for sale for those people who apparently have the time, land and energy to be urban farmers in their spare time and put chickens in their back yard. DS of course asked about what this was and DH told him it is for people to put chickens in their back yard. DS of course goes and looks out the back window into our back yard...which is tiny. So DH says that our back yard is too small for chickens. DS thinks about this for a moment and then replies that "chickens are good for Grandma's yard" (which would be true inasmuch as her yard is much bigger than ours). So I got to tell my mother that DS volunteered her to raise some chickens!
Challenges - We started some initial "casual" potty training when DS showed interest, and he was doing pretty darn well with peeing in the potty, but in the last 3-4 days he doesn't want to use the potty at all (he even says "no more potty. at all.") We finally cleared a horrific diaper rash after 7 weeks of badness, so we were really hoping we were moving away from diapers and avoiding those rashes. He's also still really fragile and freaked by certain noises (like Sophie squeaking) including those he has heard before without a problem but has not heard for a while (we rotated his FP zoo out of the basement last week and he teared up when he heard the first animal sound - but that improved after a day or so).
Favorites - DS loves books and his favorite changes by the week. Lately he is into "If you take a mouse to school" and "The Gruffalo". He also likes to play "Kitty's House" which means playing with an adult like DH or me and building structures with Duplo blocks - all of which become the house of "kitty", the Duplo cat figure. He would do this for hours on end if he had his way.
BFP #1 5/2010 - Missed m/c at 8 weeks
BFP #2 2/2011
Baby G welcomed with love and relief 10/2011
Surprise BFP 1/8/2013...say what? Baby A arrived 9/2013
Motherhood is not for wimps
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14
Ok, well aside from the flame worthy part that my toddler gets spanked (not really, just a firm pop on the diaper to let him know when we are being serious), he has developed significant climbing skills that now pose a threat to his safety. So yesterday after climbing and standing up on the coffee table for the fifth time, and using a rolling tonka truck as his step stool, when he refused to get down, I put him on the floor, gave him a very firm "No", explained that his behavior is dangerous, and then spanked him once. Well I'm never sure when he going to cry or not so I watched him closely and he proceeded to bend over, stick his booty out and laugh while continuing to slap his own behind over and over. So much for effective discipline.....
Milestones. Speech has really taken off in the last couple of weeks. We went from just a tiny handful of words to small sentences. My favorite is when he shrugs his shoulders, turns both hands palm up and runs around the house looking for something saying, "where is it?" over and over and over.
Favorite book right now is a picture book where every set of pages has a different color theme. Mostly he likes to point out all of the objects that he knows. All animals land and sea are doggies.
BFP#1 10 wk missed mc
BFP#2 DS born at 40+2 on 8/14/12 BFP#3 DD Born at 39+3 on 5/13/14
Funny story from today: I was on a walk with both DS and our dog (Jack). Leash in one hand, DSs hand in the other. At one point (ok several points, lol) the dog tangles the leash around me as DS is pulling the other way. Picture me with my arms crossed ala the scarecrow in Wizard of Oz. I get the leash untangled and the dog is pulling up the street as DS is pulling down the street. Exasperated, I turn to DS and say, "Jack...er, Dylan...whomever you are...lets go this way" My man of few words blurts out, "I Didan" (Didan=Dylan) followed by lots of giggles.
Challenges...Mostly the usual. Walking the line between pushing him with his language and meltdowns. Ive also been feeling stuck in a rut in terms of things to do with him. Things like bounce houses and indoor play places dont work for us right now (his lack of response to his name + my 3rd tri belly + deployed DH=nobody to run in after him). Any suggestions?
Milestones...I am calling him being able to handle a small museum (think mini aquarium) sans stroller a big win. As was him looking at what I pointed to and actually looking at the fish.
Book? This week it is "Go Dog Go"
Activities? This week his faves have included eating snow and climbing on furniture in ways I never fathomed.
BFP#2 2.5.11 (EDD 10.15.11) DS born 9.28.11
BFP#4 8.27.13 (EDD 5.6.14) DD born 4.23.14
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BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
BFP #2 11/3/10; BO at u/s 10w6d 12/16/10; Natural MC 1/7/11; D&C 4/21/11
BFP #3 10/27/11 Please stick, LO!! 2/6/12 It's a Girl! Alexis Grace born 6/29/12
BFP#4 4/27/14 Stick, stick, stick!! 8/11/14 It's a Boy! Evan Wesley born 1/8/15
"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow, that is patience." Let it Be (blog) ♥ My BFP Charts
This time I'm not leaving without you.
Our challenges are just attitude. DD is generally a very sweet girl, but when she's in a mood, she's in a MOOD. Cooking dinner is always a challenge, because she knows that's what I'm doing and wants to eat NOW. She'll follow me around the kitchen and walks back and forth in front of me when I'm preparing stuff on the counter and cooking on the stove, whining the whole time. I shouted at her the other day and felt AWFUL, but none of my tricks are working. She has a couple of special toys in the kitchen that she plays with, and her own little cupboard to climb in and out of. I've given her a little bit of food or a small snack to try to tide her over, but I don't want to give her too much because I do want her to learn to be patient. Maybe a bigger lunch? I don't know.
Lately she's been obsessed with And the Train Goes... by William Bee. DH has to read it to her every night at bedtime, and she still goes to it all throughout the day and asks me to read it. I can see now how even books we love will be read so many times we'll never want to read them again.
DD loves her play kitchen and if you ask her to make you a sandwich she will go and get the play sandwich stuff and bring it to you. She also loves playing in and out with everything, dumping and filling, and pom poms. I made her a pom pom push toy that she just wants to do over and over again.
Her favorite books are usually anything that is a word picture book, Pat the Bunny, Moo Baa La La La. I read all these books to DS so I can recite it all without looking at the pages. Favorite activity, well, she jumps from toy to toy, anything that grabs her interest. If she can reach DS' matchbox cars and Planes movie planes, she likes to make airplane sounds with the planes, but as soon as DS notices she has his things, he has a fit and takes them from her.
BFP#2 ~ 8/2/11, EDD 4/11/12, D&C 9/12/11 at 9w5d
BFP#3 ~ 4/15/12, EDD 12/21/12 ~ DD born 12/22/12