You are rapidly approaching two and a half years old and I am still loving every minute of being your mom. The twos come with some challenges, yes (they don't call them "terrible twos" for nothing!), but they also come with a great deal of learning, love, entertainment, and laughter.
My most favorite things about you right now?
You punctuate every sentence with "Mommy". It doesn't matter what you're telling me-- it has to end with my name. As if trying to provide me with a perfect example, you just yelled, "Me juice mess, Mommy!" after dropping your juice cup on the floor.
Your persistance. The entire ride home from speech this morning (about a 30 minute drive), you repeated this same sentence on a loop: "Me baby sheep, Mommy!". You remembered you left your little plastic sheep at your cousin's house the nigt before and you weren't going to let me forget to pick it up. I'm fairly certain you didn't even pause to take a breath between sentences either. I'll admit that hearing the same sentence for 30 minutes straight was somewhat akin to Chinese Water Torture, but it also made me smile.
Your "reading". I love to hear you say, "My turn, Mommy" when it's time to read books before bed. You sit with a book open on your lap, and I listen quietly as you recite lines and phrases that you remember hearing when I read it to you. I love that you pay that much attention to my reading and I love that you want to try it yourself. After you're done, you hand the book to me and say, "Mommy's turn."
Your affection. If we ask for your affection these days, we'll surely be denied. You're too busy to be bothered with giving your mom and dad hugs and kisses. But if we don't ask, and often when we least expect it, you'll come up and give us a big hug and kiss. You're always so excited to see "Me Daddy!" when he gets home from work and you finally said "Love Mommy" totally unprompted for the first time a few days ago. Melt my heart!
But, like I said, there are challenges that come with the Two Territory. I mentioned your strong love of the word "no" in a previous post. We've since started implementing timeouts, and I'm proud to say they've (thus far) worked very well. If you're saying no normally (minus the 'tude), that's not a timeout-worthy offense. But, if you say it loudly and with lots of sass, you get a warning to start using your manners before heading to the timeout chair for two minutes. So far, you've been good about staying in the chair, and it really does seem to be all you need to "reset" your mood.
On a totally unrelated note, we also bought you a potty chair a few weeks back. My intention was not to start potty training you right now, but I wanted you to get used to the chair and the idea of using it. Daddy also picked up a couple of books about learning to use the potty at the library-- a big hit with you. So far, you're interested in sitting on your potty chair when Mommy or Daddy are using the bathroom, but always fully clothed. And that's fine-- it's a step. I'm not going to push it, but I would love to have you out of diapers before your new sister's arrival. But if it doesn't happen? No biggie-- you'll get there when you're ready.
I'm soaking up these last several months with you as my "only" child. I want you to always know how special and loved you are, my first born.
Love,
Mommy
3 comments:
What a cutie!
Thanks Holly!
Those last lines made me all teary-eyed! I remember feeling so emotional when I was pregnant with A because I thought about it cutting into my 1 on 1 time with J. And it does change your time together, especially at first. But you learn to snuggle with a newborn & a toddler at the same time, think of ways for your big boy to help you with the baby, and find plenty of 1 on 1 activities during the baby's naps. And it makes you appreciate those moments so much more. Plus, I think you're going to have an excellent big brother & Mommy's Helper on your hands after Baby Poo Poo is born. :)
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