Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
"GO BEEBEE's"
This is his favorite movie right now (The Bee Movie), he gets so excited when the bee's take off... as you can plainly see :P
Monday, September 22, 2008
Demanding Little Bugger
Someone (Grampie?) has taught him how the phrase "I want _____", right now I'm in the process of teaching him how to add a "please" at the end of it. It's kind of nice that he can tell me what he's hungry for (usually chicken or muffins) I just wish it didn't sound so demanding.
He's also learned to say "what happened?" Every time he hurts himself he asks what happened, it's great because I can explain to him that he hit his head, tripped over a toy, etc. He repeats my explanation and remembers it for next time. Even if he knows what he did he'll still ask what happened, it's pretty cute.
He's also cuddling with me a lot more (which I'm loving!) a hug and a kiss from mommy or daddy makes it all better :)
He's also learned to say "what happened?" Every time he hurts himself he asks what happened, it's great because I can explain to him that he hit his head, tripped over a toy, etc. He repeats my explanation and remembers it for next time. Even if he knows what he did he'll still ask what happened, it's pretty cute.
He's also cuddling with me a lot more (which I'm loving!) a hug and a kiss from mommy or daddy makes it all better :)
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
YES!
"Persistence pays off"
Yesterday Robbie and I had a great day. We spent most of the morning in the tub (I decided to hop in with him for the first time) going over our ABC's (he can get to J) his annunciation is phenomenal! We were colouring on each other and he loved colouring all over the baby belly and burst out into giggles when he shoved the crayon into my belly button.
He's lseems to be a happier toddler now. This morning he asked for a banana and I told him as soon as we changed his bum he'd get a banana "ok" he replies and proceeds to go into his room and lie down! Am I dreaming? Pinch me!! He didn't run away from me, he didn't say no, he didn't put up any fight at all!!!! And get this... after we put his new diaper on he reached for his jeans and put them on all by himself! Granted, they were backwards... but he was able to get his legs in and pull the pants up ALL BY HIMSELF! The snap was a little tricky so I guided him, but he put his pants on all by himself... and without a struggle too!
What a great start to my day!
Yesterday Robbie and I had a great day. We spent most of the morning in the tub (I decided to hop in with him for the first time) going over our ABC's (he can get to J) his annunciation is phenomenal! We were colouring on each other and he loved colouring all over the baby belly and burst out into giggles when he shoved the crayon into my belly button.
He's lseems to be a happier toddler now. This morning he asked for a banana and I told him as soon as we changed his bum he'd get a banana "ok" he replies and proceeds to go into his room and lie down! Am I dreaming? Pinch me!! He didn't run away from me, he didn't say no, he didn't put up any fight at all!!!! And get this... after we put his new diaper on he reached for his jeans and put them on all by himself! Granted, they were backwards... but he was able to get his legs in and pull the pants up ALL BY HIMSELF! The snap was a little tricky so I guided him, but he put his pants on all by himself... and without a struggle too!
What a great start to my day!
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Difficult
That sums up our lives with Robbie at the moment. He's testing his boundaries and when he doesn't like the rules we've set in place he definitely makes it known to everyone that he's not happy.
Something as little as changing his bum has turned into a game for him, instead of lying down for us he chooses to run in the opposite direction so that we'll chase after him. What's the big deal, right? He's a toddler. With me being the pregnant state I'm in I can't run after him and refuse to make it into a game... if I chase him around the kitchen table he thinks that I can chase him around parked cars in the parking lot. So we've given him choices: a) get bum changed and go back to playing or b) time out. The tricky thing is that he knows what a time out is and what it entails... some times he chooses to go lay on the mat in a time out where he just sits there and talks to himself. When the time is over and we go to take him out of the time out he doesn't want to leave!! Do you leave him in there until he's ready to say sorry (which has gone as long as about 5mins)? If we leave him in there then the question is: who's in control at that point?
We went to the park today and he didn't want to hold our hand on the way there or on the way back. Thankfully Colin was there and carried him home, if he doesn't hold a hand then he doesn't get to walk like a big boy. I can't be chasing after a toddler out on the streets in my state, it's just physically impossible now.
He's trying so hard to be Mr. Independent and we try to give him as much of it as we can. He wants to read his bed time story to me know, I have mixed feelings about this. I love when he reads to me during the day but at night he tends to drag things on and to prolong story time for as much as possible (when I give him a hug/kiss goodnight I have to give his water bottle a kiss, Pooh Bear, his shark, the sharks eye, the sharks mouth, the sharks nose, etc) So I've had to make the call that Mommy & Daddy are the ones that read the bed time stories, this afternoon he didn't like my decision so he went to bed without a story.
I'm hoping his recent behavioral issues are due to his teeth. He still has bum rashes which have been kept under control thanks to Grammie and Grampie's recent replenishment of Nelda's Paste. This afternoon he peed in his diaper followed by him saying "doo doo" and then he started to cry as he spread his legs apart and got onto his tippy toes. It was obvious that his pee was stinging his bum, during the diaper change we found a little bit of blood on his diaper - but oddly enough, no red bum, just a tiny blood dot under his scrotum.
On the positive side of things, Colin and I were able to go on a little trip to Vancouver and we had a wonderful time! We got to re-connect and spend some well needed quality time together. Colin was in heaven walking down Robson St with his Starbucks in hand while walking into the Lacoste store... and all the sushi the town had to offer. Janet Jackson did not disappoint, we had AMAZING seats and we were literally an arms reach away from her. She had a catwalk that encompassed the pit area (where we were) and she spent a lot of time on it looking into the crowd - I froze when she looked at me, what do you do when your childhood idol looks at you and smiles?! I cried several times throughout her show, she sang a lot of her classics which brought back so many emotions from my past. It was almost therapeutic to see/sing with her.
Something as little as changing his bum has turned into a game for him, instead of lying down for us he chooses to run in the opposite direction so that we'll chase after him. What's the big deal, right? He's a toddler. With me being the pregnant state I'm in I can't run after him and refuse to make it into a game... if I chase him around the kitchen table he thinks that I can chase him around parked cars in the parking lot. So we've given him choices: a) get bum changed and go back to playing or b) time out. The tricky thing is that he knows what a time out is and what it entails... some times he chooses to go lay on the mat in a time out where he just sits there and talks to himself. When the time is over and we go to take him out of the time out he doesn't want to leave!! Do you leave him in there until he's ready to say sorry (which has gone as long as about 5mins)? If we leave him in there then the question is: who's in control at that point?
We went to the park today and he didn't want to hold our hand on the way there or on the way back. Thankfully Colin was there and carried him home, if he doesn't hold a hand then he doesn't get to walk like a big boy. I can't be chasing after a toddler out on the streets in my state, it's just physically impossible now.
He's trying so hard to be Mr. Independent and we try to give him as much of it as we can. He wants to read his bed time story to me know, I have mixed feelings about this. I love when he reads to me during the day but at night he tends to drag things on and to prolong story time for as much as possible (when I give him a hug/kiss goodnight I have to give his water bottle a kiss, Pooh Bear, his shark, the sharks eye, the sharks mouth, the sharks nose, etc) So I've had to make the call that Mommy & Daddy are the ones that read the bed time stories, this afternoon he didn't like my decision so he went to bed without a story.
I'm hoping his recent behavioral issues are due to his teeth. He still has bum rashes which have been kept under control thanks to Grammie and Grampie's recent replenishment of Nelda's Paste. This afternoon he peed in his diaper followed by him saying "doo doo" and then he started to cry as he spread his legs apart and got onto his tippy toes. It was obvious that his pee was stinging his bum, during the diaper change we found a little bit of blood on his diaper - but oddly enough, no red bum, just a tiny blood dot under his scrotum.
On the positive side of things, Colin and I were able to go on a little trip to Vancouver and we had a wonderful time! We got to re-connect and spend some well needed quality time together. Colin was in heaven walking down Robson St with his Starbucks in hand while walking into the Lacoste store... and all the sushi the town had to offer. Janet Jackson did not disappoint, we had AMAZING seats and we were literally an arms reach away from her. She had a catwalk that encompassed the pit area (where we were) and she spent a lot of time on it looking into the crowd - I froze when she looked at me, what do you do when your childhood idol looks at you and smiles?! I cried several times throughout her show, she sang a lot of her classics which brought back so many emotions from my past. It was almost therapeutic to see/sing with her.
Monday, September 08, 2008
I spoke to soon...
When Robbie asked to watch TV and I said no, let's play instead - he proceeded to have a temper tantrum on the floor. I sat down to let him figure himself out, after a couple minutes the crying turned into whimpering and then silence....
HAHAHAHA! He's never done this before!! He's been out for half an hour now, I guess I'll just let him sleep there.
HAHAHAHA! He's never done this before!! He's been out for half an hour now, I guess I'll just let him sleep there.
No Naps?
For the past two days he hasn't napped, we've put him to bed and all he does is talk to himself and his stuffed animals. We've gone in there to remind him that it's night night time and he says night night back to us but he doesn't settle. Regardless, he needs some down time so we leave him in there until he hollers "mommy" (usually about an hour and a bit) but for the rest of the day he's extra clumsy and a little sensitive. On the bright side, these no nap days have meant that he goes to bed earlier.
The non-napping could be associated with his bum, he has a pretty bad rash on his tush that was causing him a lot of pain last night. Perhaps his 2yr molars are coming in? Regardless, I'm going to have to pick up some more bum paste when we're in Calgary.
The non-napping could be associated with his bum, he has a pretty bad rash on his tush that was causing him a lot of pain last night. Perhaps his 2yr molars are coming in? Regardless, I'm going to have to pick up some more bum paste when we're in Calgary.
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