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<\/a>I’ve been meaning to post for a few
\n days about Lex’s newfound attention to emotions. It’s an
\n interesting development. He will frequently check in to find
\n out how I’m doing. “Hi mommy. Are you ok? Are you happy?” or
\n sad or angry or tired or whatever. He does his best to guess
\n the appropriate emotion. Then he asks if you need a hug.
\n Regardless of how you’re feeling (“Yes Lex, I’m very happy.”)
\n he’ll end by saying “Do you need a hug?” then a kiss :) He has
\n become very lovey lately. The other night I was not happy,
\n tired mostly, and hungry. He wanted me to lay down with him at
\n bedtime and it quickly became a snuggle fest. He would roll
\n over and ask if I was happy, I’d say I’m
\n tired\/hungry\/cranky\/whatever and he’d say “do you want a hug?”
\n so he’d hug me. And the kiss, then cuddle, and laugh and by the
\n end he was not asleep but I was MUCH happier. He’s gotten so
\n empathetic lately. It’s a pretty cool development.<\/p>\n
It’s quiet in my house right now. It’s a beautiful day and we spent much of it outside. I brought out a picnic lunch and Lex helped our neighbor weed her garden while her son Parrish helped Lex eat his … Continue reading <\/a>He’s also starting to recognize and verbalize
\n his own emotions. Most days he wears PJs all day (yup, I’m that
\n kind of mom), but on Friday I wanted him to get dressed. He
\n threw a fit and I put him upstairs with the gate closed. He
\n screamed. Then settled himself down and asked me to come talk
\n to him and I did and he started crying again about pajamas, so
\n I left. This went on for about 15 minutes before he finally
\n settled himself down enough and picked out some clothes. When
\n we came down he sat on my lap and said “I was angry mommy. I
\n needed to get the tears out of my eyes. I am all better now.” I
\n said “Do you need a hug?” and he said “yes!” I was impressed
\n that he was able to name his feelings and realize that
\n sometimes you just need to “get the tears out” so you can feel
\n better again. He’s a very mature boy (for someone still in
\n diapers!)<\/p>\n<\/a>Eve has hit her own little mischievous
\n milestone. She’s a very playful girl and has started learning
\n ways to get little digs in at her big brother. Her current
\n favorite is to sit in his chair and eat his food. It always
\n makes him yell “Eve, that’s MY chair!” She giggles and jumps up
\n and runs back to her seat. So silly. He made them both a snack
\n on Friday, put them both on the little table in the living
\n room, but decided that he wanted to save his for the WW
\n meeting. Every time he turned around she was in his seat eating
\n his snack! She ate almost all of both of their snacks! I told
\n him if he didn’t want her to eat his snack then he needed to
\n put it out of her reach, but he didn’t so I stayed out of it.
\n It was their own little sibling game. I suspect we’ll see a lot
\n more of that in the years to come. :)<\/p>\n<\/a>Happy
\n siblings<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Kisses
\n for daddy<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"