Tyler
I can't believe my little baby is now a 2 year old. It went by SO fast. It's getting harder to remember what new things he does on a monthly basis. It feels like such a blur these days. We had a great 2 year celebration. Our families came up last weekend to go apple picking at Linvilla Orchards near our house. We did that last year too...but he had so much more fun this year just running around and hitting things with sticks.
His birthday pie straight from the orchards.
Yesterday, PB and I took him to Adventure Aquarium in Camden, which he loved.
He's speaking more in phrases these days. Unfortunately, all the phrases either start with, "more ___" or end with "___now." His longest sentence to date has been, "mama, water on now." No one else but us understands him. I always think that his speech is somewhat understandable. But when we had the family over for his birthday, we decided to show them that he knew the names of 10 Thomas trains. We heard 10 distinct names...they heard 1 name repeated 10 times.
He loves to count things...his trains, his blocks, etc. He can only count to 10 and sometimes he'll leave numbers out, but it's so cute because he shouts them out so loud. My favorite number is, "vre-NEN" (seven)...it took us a while to figure that one out. Only after he started putting it in sequence did we figure out what he was saying. He can also count to 3 in mandarin and canto...and can repeat after us up to 10.
He is starting to get better with following directions. He'll leave stuff alone and put stuff back when we ask him to. Most of the time.
He sucks at eating now. He was picky before...but now he's just flat out defiant when it comes to eating. Somehow, he is still gaining weight and I think his percentile actually went up to around 30 (from around 17th). The pedi told us at the last visit just to offer him food and leave him alone if he doesn't want to eat. Don't offer it to him again an hour later...just wait until the next meal...and don't keep giving him snacks. It's SOOO hard to do this. I keep thinking that he's so hungry, but he's just holding out to show his independence. So for a while we've been trying to distract him with books/tv so that we could slip in a piece of food. Now that doesn't work either...he just keeps his mouth clamped shut the entire time he's in the high chair. He won't even eat his favorites. I think he just doesn't want to be confined in that chair. If he's out, running around or in the car, he'll eat like a champ. Once he's in the chair...he doesn't eat. Sometimes I just give up and let him run around while I feed him...but I don't want that to become a habit. I tried letting him sit in the grown up dining room chairs instead of the high chair, but then he kept climbing onto the dining room table. I think I'm going to try what the pedi suggested and stick to it. He will, without question, gulp down his milk, so we add yogurt and stuff to it so he's getting something at least.
He can finish a 12 piece jigsaw puzzle by himself. He has 4 of them. The first one he knows really well and the other 3 he has to think about (since they're newer).
He is starting to identify colors after I got him the fish color puzzle. He walked up to me yesterday, pointed at my shirt and said, "pink" and then pointed to his pants and said, "brown" (which they were).
He has discovered his yelling voice. He especially loves to hear it in small enclosed areas where he can hear the echoes of his screams. The small vestibules when you first walk into stores and supermarkets are his favorite places to let his voice be heard. Yes, I have become THAT mom.
He also figured out that things sound different when he sticks his fingers in his ears. So he'll yell, stick his fingers in his ear, then yell again. Same with eating...he likes that chewing noise that's magnified 100 times by sticking fingers in his ears.
He is still super sweet to Keira. This morning, I ran upstairs to use the bathroom and Keira started fussing. I had her in her infant rocker and she had pooped. When I came back down, I found Tyler standing next to the rocker, holding her hand! I ran to get the camera, but when he saw it, he let go and ran to get the camera. He always ruins those moments! He asks for her every morning when I get him out of the crib.
One day, I found him piling all his stuffed animals on top of her. He LOVES his stuffed animals and he never wants to give them up.
Keira
Keira is my big girl. At just shy of 3 months, she weighs in at 15.5 pounds and around 25 inches (96th %ile for both). She's in 3-6 month clothes and is actually outgrowing some of them already.
She doesn't really cry much anymore and she sleeps so well at night. She goes about 11, sometimes 12 hours straight which is AMAZING for me. She pretty much goes down and gets up with Tyler. She still doesn't nap much during the day, but she's okay just hanging out.
Her hair is growing in wavy! It's not that long yet, but her hair definitely has a bend to it. I do have wavy/curly hair on my side of the family (my sister, dad and some of my paternal cousins) so it's not so far fetched for her to have wavy hair.
She can lift her head up 90 degrees during tummy time (which she hates). She can momentarily hold herself up in a sitting position. No signs of rolling yet...I'm not expecting that anytime soon with her size! I would prefer that she is not advanced in any form of movement. The longer she's sedentary, the better (within reason of course)!
She is much more aware of the world now...I can see her staring at things and people. She can grasp objects like rings and small toys now. I can't even use my nursing cover anymore since she grabs that and flings it around.
She smiles when she sees me in the morning and coos when I say hi. She seems like a serious baby though since you really have to work for those smiles.
She is starting to drool a LOT. Ugh. I'm dreading having to put on bibs. She also found her hands and sucks her thumb when her paci falls out.
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