Lex has suddenly become very good with
“thank you’s.” Almost every time you give him something or do
something or whatever, he says “thank you” in his sweet little
voice. He also says, “Oooh, I love milk! Thank you Mommy!” It’s
very cute. And polite!
Lex has taken to the potty time thing with
gusto — sometimes. Usually he’s most interested in the potty
when we are trying to get out the door or at bed and nap time.
How can you resist when he asks though? Tonight, well after he
should have been asleep, he came out of his room and when I
went up the stairs he said, “mommy, it’s potty time!” Big smile
on his face. I sometimes think he’s just procrastinating, but
he does pee on the potty and then get back in bed, so I guess
that’s a good thing, right?
He has graduated from spelling words
to phrases, again all unprompted. He did ask for help spelling
"ow" in "brown."
A few days ago, as I was trying to get us all
out the door to go somewhere, Lex found some stickers in our
art drawer. I told him that I bought them awhile ago to
encourage him to use the potty, but they didn’t work (just
being honest with the kid). He thought for a moment then said
“I wanna pee on the potty now and get a sticker!” This wasn’t
terribly helpful to my get-out-the-door plans, but you can’t
really say no to a kid who wants to use the potty. So we did.
While he was sitting there I asked if he thought it would be a
good idea to have a sticker chart and when he gets five
stickers he can watch a show (I was making this all up on the
fly). He loved the idea, so I hurriedly made a chart and he put
his sticker on it. He was very excited! After he got the first
five stickers I asked him to get me a marker so I could write
five more numbers on the chart. While I was cleaning the potty,
he got a marker and wrote on the next five squares. He didn’t
exactly write numbers, but he marked the squares and was very
proud of himself, so now he’s pretty much managing the chart on
his own :) When I went to the pharmacy Sunday I bought a few
new sets of stickers for the effort and he loved the puffy Pooh
ones (puffy stickers don’t actually stick very well though!)
Now he’s asking to pee on the potty frequently. Still wants
diapers instead of underwear, but that’s ok. Baby steps for the
little guy :)
I was talking with Lex tonight about his
upcoming birthday party (he’s getting pretty excited) and I
asked him what kind of cake he wants. He said he wants a pink
heart cake with teal writing on it that says Happy Birthday. I
asked what flavor and he said “chocolate, like Eve’s.” I said,
“Can it say Happy Birthday Lex” and he said no. How about
“Happy 3rd Birthday” and he said “No, just Happy Birthday.” So
we’re looking at a pink, chocolate, heart shaped cake with teal
writing that says Happy Birthday… hmmm…..
I was actually thinking of having a ball
themed party (“have a ball” invites, easter egg type hunt with
colorful plastic balls, ball shaped cup cakes, etc). You’d be
amazed at the vast number of websites and blogs focused
specifically on cupcakes. People really get artsy and creative.
One blogger even said she is an artist and cupcakes are her
medium. I guess whatever makes you happy in life. Anyway, I
think making completely (or mostly completely) round cupcakes
would be pretty cool. A pink heart cake with teal writing is
less cool :) Although I know one little party guest who would
love it!
Lex read “Valley News” (the name of our
paper) upside down today. That’s a milestone they don’t
normally list in the parenting books. :)
Lex on
Eve, aWe have a very lovely family these days.
Eve learned how to give kisses (baby kisses, but very sweet)
and loves to give cuddly hugs. Lex has started saying “I love
you” regularly and randomly. He won’t say it if you ask him to
(“say goodnight and i love you to daddy,” for example) but he
does let us know when he’s thinking of it. “I was thinking that
I love you mommy,” he’ll say. Or Alan will get home from work
and Lex will run over, give him a big hug and say “I love you
daddy!” So sweet.
with my 2yr old, then he’ll be 3yrs! It occurred
to me the other day that he’s no longer in the “toddler”
category and I’m going to have to start calling him a
“preschooler.” Can I use that term even if he isn’t in
preschool? Alan says until they start school everyone is a
preschooler :) Anyway, I gots a party to plan!!
It’s official – Eve is weaned. And she
effectively did it herself. Tuesday night we got some books and
sat down to read and nurse, as is our normal routine. Eve was
very happy about her book and did not want to nurse. I asked if
she wanted to nurse and pulled at my shirt (the baby sign for
nursing), normally she nods and tugs at my shirt eagerly then
tries to get herself into the nursing position, but Tuesday
night she just ignored me and tried to get me to read her book
instead. So she went to bed with no nursing. On Wednesday and
Thursday I asked her if she wanted to nurse at all the regular
nursing times (morning, before pm nap, and night) but she
always crawled away or ignored me. Wednesday night she slept
through the night, however last night she was up at 2:00am
wailing. I tried to soothe her and give her the plug, but she’d
have none of it. I put Lex in my bed (he woke up saying “Eve is
angry”) then I sat on the floor with her and for the first time
in days she tried really hard to nurse. I thought long and hard
about it (parenting is full of tough decisions) but decided not
to. Instead I snuggled her and told her that she’s getting to
be a big girl and we are all done nursing and I love her and
will always cuddle and other sweet things. Oddly enough, she
settled right down. After a few minutes I put her pacifier in
her hand and she popped it right into her mouth (instead of
throwing it across the room like she’d been doing). We stayed
that way for awhile, sitting on the floor, rocking back and
forth, me whispering sweet nothings to her, and her falling
asleep on me. It was sweet and a little sad to say goodbye to
the nursing connection.
