I'm writing this a few days early since I know I won't have time the day of. Papa is working 3 nights in a row which means it's just me for pretty much 4 days. I hate when they schedule him for that many days in a row. Sigh. I will be one exhausted mama at the end of day 4.
Happy 23 months Tyler!
I can't believe he's 1 month shy of 2!
He can take off his shirt and put it back on. He usually needs a little bit of help getting the hole for his head lined up, but everything else he can do. He can't quite do pants yet...he keeps pulling up when I tell him to take it off. I guess since he pulls his shirt up, he thinks he has to pull his pants upwards too.
He can say a few sentences now. They usually are of the same format though. "It's a _____", "There's a _____ there". Those are his favorite two phrases. He will also respond with, "I love you too" when you say I love you. He loves the word, "NOW" and will use it at the end of everything. "mama, choo choo NOW."
He still is infatuated with Thomas. His gong-gong bought him 3 Thomas shirts...size 3T. They're really baggy on them, but if he sees them, he insists on wearing it. He also has this one shirt that my mom brought back from Taiwan a while ago...it's the typical Taiwanese kids shirt with random illustrations and english words that don't make sense. Well, this one has cars on it. So first he made us put on his Thomas shirt...then he sees the car shirt and insists that he wear that as well...but of course he didn't want to take off his Thomas shirt. So I had to squeeze the car shirt (probably around a 24 month size) over his Thomas shirt. And he wore it like that for the whole day.
He's still crazy about Keira and asks for her every morning. He's so wild with her though. He loves to rub heads with her, but will sometimes accidentally smash his head into hers...or he loves to give her these HUGE hugs while laying on top of her. His favorite time to snuggle with her is when I'm nursing her. He'll beeline towards her and just throw himself on top of us. I guess he thinks we're snuggling and he wants in. We tell him to be gentle over and over and over again, but he doesn't do it. He loves loves to lay on the activity mat with her.
He does some crazy things with her. Tonight, I was on my own since PB is working the night shift. I put Tyler to bed first since it's easier. I usually have Keira in a bouncer nearby and I let Tyler run around the 2nd floor while I get the bath ready. Today, he opens a bathroom drawer and grabs my hairbrush (he loves that thing). I turn around for a few seconds to fix the water temp and when I turn back around, I see Tyler brushing Keira's hair. hahahaha. I wonder how he knows that the hairbrush is for brushing hair since he never sees me brushing my hair (because I don't do it). And PB has a buzz cut, so he doesn't brush his hair either.
We're trying to introduce disciplining. We've been doing time outs which don't seem to be working so well. Sometimes if I speak to him in mandarin, he'll do what I say. Maybe because the language itself sounds harsher than English (to me anyway). So now I've been trying to speak more Chinese to him.
We're working on 12 piece jigsaw puzzles. We started out with 2 piece ones which he was able to do right out of the box. I guess it's similar to putting his train tracks together. I looked for simple jigsaw puzzles and could only find 12 piece ones. I thought there were like 4 and 6 piece ones, but I couldn't find them. He is interested in the 12 piece one, but we need to help him with it. He can put together 2-4 pieces, but needs help putting the whole thing together. I guess it would help if he had a picture to reference. The one we got doesn't...so once you disassemble the pieces, you don't know what the final product should look like.
I think we need new toys. Everything we have is for younger kids except for his train set, toy cars, puzzles and mega blocks (which he doesn't really play with). Any good toy recommendations for 2-3 year olds?
Happy 2 months, Keira!
She is our chunky monkey. She had her 2 month appointment today. She got her first round of shots. The nurse was giving her the oral rotavirus vaccine and she kept making these awful faces. Then the nurse noticed that she forgot to open the ampule, so Keira was actually getting nothing. What a little faker!
She measured in at:
Weight: 13 pounds 3 oz (96 %ile)
Height: 23 inches (76 %ile)
The pediatrician's office that we go to has several pedi's that you can see. We usually try to stick with 1, but because of our schedules, sometimes we just have to take whoever is available. Today, we got this young pedi...probably not too long out of her residency. Let's just say we're never going to her again.
First of all, she tells us that Keira's weight %ile has skyrocketed since her last appointment and if it continues, we would have to discuss dieting. Okay, her last appointment was at 2 WEEKS OLD. You can't even base anything on that weigh in since that's when babies are putting back the weight they lost at the hospital. And really? Dieting? It's not like she's eating cookies and ice cream. What exactly should we cut out of her diet?
Then I bring up Keira's reflux issues. She told us since keira is gaining weight, she wouldn't be concerned about reflux unless she's throwing up blood. Uh...you're going to wait until a baby develops a bleeding ulcer before becoming concerned? Even if she's gaining weight, I'm telling you that she is presenting with the classic signs of reflux, including fussiness during eating and when she spits up, which indicates she is experiencing some discomfort. Then she told us that if sitting her up doesn't work, to just add rice cereal to her bottle!
Anyway, Keira is much more alert this month. You can see her looking around, taking in the world. She also cries less now, I guess since she can see stuff.
She sleeps very well at night. 9 PM until 6 AM. Yay for me! During the day, it's just cat naps. 1 hour max. Oh well, 1 out of 2 isn't bad. I'll take it.
She's not really a fan of tummy time. She can lift her head, but she hates it. I think it's because of all the pressure on her big old belly! She can, however, sit up sort of on her own if she's being supported on her side. She can't keep herself from toppling over sideways, but she can hold herself upright.
She's still eating an average of every 2 hours. She's probably making up for all the time she spends sleeping at night. My supply has gone up a little after taking fenugreek caps and drinking Mother's milk tea. I still need to supplement a little, but I throw in an extra pumping session every night, so I use the milk from that to supplement.
I don't even remember what she should be doing at each month. I think I have to reread my What To Expect The First Year book.
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