Here we are again...giving you all the latest.
K is doing great! We are eating lots of new solids. We have now tried, rice, oatmeal and barley cereals. As well as squash, sweet potato, apple sauce, prunes, blueberries, green beans, peas and now carrots. Soon we will be doing pears and peaches. He loves loves loves solids. We sometimes do 2oz in the morning and then our bottle and a 1oz or 2 at lunch and dinner.
He is such a happy little guy and brings joy to our lives each day. Always smiling and laughing and really starting to coo up a storm of conversations. He is starting to roll over quite a bit from his back to front and side to side. Sometimes that leads to us fixing him a lot when he should be having a nap haha.
We finally moved K into a crib..in with O! Means Daddy and I are getting our room back for the first time in 5 months..except for the occasional nap in the play yard due to K's catnap tendencies. He is now sleeping in a crib in the same room as his brother each night and for most naps. It is taking a little bit of adjustment since he is now laying much flatter with better back support and a new surrounding. Plus O goes in that room frequently since his big boy bed is in that room also..Super exciting for this household!!! We would have started it sooner but Daddio went away and O would not stay in the big boy bed at first..plus everyone got a dreaded summer cold..all is well again.
He is growing more each day and loves to make sounds and faces back and forth with his siblings. I could not imagine our crazy busy lives without him.
O:
You know when you think that you might have a break in between more teeth coming in...do not even start thinking that way. We went from pointer teeth taking forever to come in and through to the 2 year molars..and boy oh boy..throw a cold in that mix and daddy being away for a week and we have a messy toddler.
O is saying lots of new words..he loves to call his sisters name with a W on the front for some reason. He is a parrot with lots of new sounds and phrases..but a toddler none the less.
Lately we are dealing with a great amount of anger and frustration and hitting! Head butting and shoving..all kids have their battle of wills. Toddlers are trying to express themselves or in our case..O is tired and it leads to violence. Usually against me! We have tried everything. It will take time and patience and a whole lot of time outs and repeating myself. We show him daily what are hands are for instead of hitting..but really any pointers?.
Another fun battle is getting O to now stay in his bed long enough to fall asleep. He wants someone to lay there with him. When he was in the crib it stopped the little escapee! It makes for a long day sometimes returning him to bed over and over. I enjoy the cuddles and quiet..It would be easier if he was being put down when his sister was in for quiet time or napping which never happens..today I ran between O and K...then it took so long it was time for K to nap again as well..and as for lunch...haha everyone can eat except mom...You would think I would be Model skinny..but what fun would that be right?
Our favorite things are brushing teeth, sweeping, playing outside and going for walks. We love to set tables and sing songs.
E:
I love my Miss E so much! But the 3's...the Threenager..the Miss Independent but I do not know how phase. I do not want to phase. If I could flip a coin for the amount of times in a day I hear.."No I want to do it by myself". I try to let her and encourage her to do more and more alone and to try and let her know I will not be able to do a lot of these things for her if she is in school and wants to go. You know where you are hoping the big girl panties she is wearing starts to kick in with the attitude. The time I am waiting for is at the end of a tunnel..a long curvy tricky tunnel. The tunnel that leads to Yes mommy I can do this all by myself and then actually happens that way.
We are running into trouble with clothes where they are not fitting just right mostly in the legs/hips and where I need to do them up. I feel a growth spurt in the midst!
We are doing excellent with our pre learning for school. ABC's are coming along great..also numbers up to 20. We have added them into our nightly song routines. Another thing we started to do is let her use her reading pen at night after we do our story time and songs. She gets some independence and some more quiet down time. Most of the time this means there is no bedtime argument about not being tired...she will either fall asleep reading or put her pen and books away and lay there quietly with her wall moon light on. Rarely we come in and tell her when it's time to put them away and go to sleep.
Any pointers from fellow parents on getting your children to want to wipe during potty time. We have started again to want to but not consistently. Sometimes we are having accidents..due to saying we did not have to go when we did. Sooo we still take her every 1-2 hours especially if we are fighting it.
Right now we are planning a Pirate party for O's 2nd bday party in July! So excited for him. Our packing is slowly coming along..I really need to get on that..now only if K would sleep without us in the room during the evening...or I had enough energy at that time of day.
I will be writing the 6 month and 2 year apt blog after the doctors apt next month. xoxo
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