Holy S! the toddler is talkative. I realize I should be grateful for every minute of this - but seriously, it is a blessing and a curse. Maybe even a double curse because with the amount the toddler talks, the baby has no need to get vocal and then we get frustrated because she cannot communicate her wants. I love love love hearing my toddler's voice and I love her curiosity and amazement with the world. Hearing her voice her every thought definitely gives me an interesting understanding of how she views the world and the things she sees when she looks around. It is truly amazing. She is amazing.
But, wow, there are a lot of questions. Going to the bathroom last night..."mom, what are you doing? mom, where are you going? you are going to the potty? why am i not going? why do i not have to pee? why does the baby pee and poop in diapers? did the baby poop? baby, you did a stinky poop! mom, do you need my potty seat? mom, what are you doing? did you pee? did you wash your hands?" I took me minutes to go to the bathroom and yet, she managed to get out at least twenty questions/statments. It it like this ALL the time. I do not know how one person can have so many thoughts! And be able to voice every one of them! WOW!
So, yeah, I love my toddler. I love that she talks and communicates so well. But, sometimes, I wish she came with a mute button!
Showing posts with label toddler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toddler. Show all posts
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Boobies!!!
My kids are obsessed with boobies!
Seriously, wtf?!
I breastfed both, but only for 6 months. When I was breastfeeding the baby, I understood that the toddler talked about about boobies all the time. It made sense. I have not breastfed in over a year, and she still talks about them. The other day we were eating dinner and toward the end she asked if she could sit on my lap. So sweet. I obliged, and as I am getting her out of her chair, she says "I need to figure your boobies out". What? Yeah...okay.
Then there is the baby. She likes to snuggle with one finger in her mouth and her other hand down my shirt. Especially in church. She is so good and so quiet, which I love, but only when she's got her hand down my shirt. It is either in my cleavage just resting or sitting on the top of my boob, but definitely inside my bra. Weird, right? Not as weird as this weekend, though...I was getting the baby dressed after her bath and was shirt- and bra-less stretching up to get a diaper out of her drawer. I look down and she is staring at my boob (which was hanging right in her face) in awe and then out of nowhere opened her mouth like she was going to breastfeed. I did NOT see that coming!!! I have not nursed the baby in almost 10 months and here she is remembering or instinctively trying to start something! It was weird and fascinating at the same time. I will definitely be keeping my shirt on around her for a while ;)
Seriously, wtf?!
I breastfed both, but only for 6 months. When I was breastfeeding the baby, I understood that the toddler talked about about boobies all the time. It made sense. I have not breastfed in over a year, and she still talks about them. The other day we were eating dinner and toward the end she asked if she could sit on my lap. So sweet. I obliged, and as I am getting her out of her chair, she says "I need to figure your boobies out". What? Yeah...okay.
Then there is the baby. She likes to snuggle with one finger in her mouth and her other hand down my shirt. Especially in church. She is so good and so quiet, which I love, but only when she's got her hand down my shirt. It is either in my cleavage just resting or sitting on the top of my boob, but definitely inside my bra. Weird, right? Not as weird as this weekend, though...I was getting the baby dressed after her bath and was shirt- and bra-less stretching up to get a diaper out of her drawer. I look down and she is staring at my boob (which was hanging right in her face) in awe and then out of nowhere opened her mouth like she was going to breastfeed. I did NOT see that coming!!! I have not nursed the baby in almost 10 months and here she is remembering or instinctively trying to start something! It was weird and fascinating at the same time. I will definitely be keeping my shirt on around her for a while ;)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Non-Napping Toddlers Kill Me!
Monday was a holiday, which meant stay home from school and get off schedule have fun with mama and daddy! We did have a great morning - one of my best friends, who has a toddler just a few months older than mine came over for a playdate. We have not had a playdate together in ages, which is sad because my friend used to do daycare at my house with her toddler and my toddler, and they just love to see each other!
After the playdate, the toddler was too wired to nap. I tried the "just leave her in her room and she will fall asleep eventually" route, but that did not work out. After a while of hearing her jump around and make noise, the baby started to cry (they share a room). I went upstairs to find the toddler, naked, in the baby's crib. She told me "mama! I peed in the crib!". Great... Apparently the baby was crying because the toddler jumped on her foot, after peeing on the crib right next to where the baby was sitting. After dealing with all the mess, getting her redressed in her pull up, and taking the baby away, I told the toddler to get back in bed and take a nap and I did not want to hear one more sound. She was quiet. For a bit. But she did not nap.
Fast forward to night time. We put her down at the usual time. Two hours later, we hear noises. I went up to investigate and found her in my room, drinking from my nightstand water glass, wearing a pull up and six shirts. She moved her pillow and blankets to the doorway of her room (I do not know why), took out 10 shirts from the drawer, and scattered them around her new sleeping area. When she saw me, she proclaimed "Mama! I'm done with my nap!" It took over an hour of putting her back in bed and finally letting her get in our bed before she fell asleep.
The next day...total meltdown central. Ugh! I wish there was a way to explain to her - and make her remember - that sleep is important. I tried yesterday. I even got to her to stop crying by explaining why she felt bad and how it was her fault for not sleeping. I think she got the message. I just do not think she will remember it the next time she wakes up at 10:30pm!
After the playdate, the toddler was too wired to nap. I tried the "just leave her in her room and she will fall asleep eventually" route, but that did not work out. After a while of hearing her jump around and make noise, the baby started to cry (they share a room). I went upstairs to find the toddler, naked, in the baby's crib. She told me "mama! I peed in the crib!". Great... Apparently the baby was crying because the toddler jumped on her foot, after peeing on the crib right next to where the baby was sitting. After dealing with all the mess, getting her redressed in her pull up, and taking the baby away, I told the toddler to get back in bed and take a nap and I did not want to hear one more sound. She was quiet. For a bit. But she did not nap.
Fast forward to night time. We put her down at the usual time. Two hours later, we hear noises. I went up to investigate and found her in my room, drinking from my nightstand water glass, wearing a pull up and six shirts. She moved her pillow and blankets to the doorway of her room (I do not know why), took out 10 shirts from the drawer, and scattered them around her new sleeping area. When she saw me, she proclaimed "Mama! I'm done with my nap!" It took over an hour of putting her back in bed and finally letting her get in our bed before she fell asleep.
The next day...total meltdown central. Ugh! I wish there was a way to explain to her - and make her remember - that sleep is important. I tried yesterday. I even got to her to stop crying by explaining why she felt bad and how it was her fault for not sleeping. I think she got the message. I just do not think she will remember it the next time she wakes up at 10:30pm!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The Dog
Our dog is a 65-pound labradoodle that thinks she is about 10 pounds. This is an issue because she does not realize her own strength, whether that be when she is greeting us, the kids, or perfect strangers. Twice now I have threatened to murder her when her excited butt took out the toddler coming up the three stairs in our foyer. But, she can be good, and my husband and the kids are really attached, so she will be staying, and we are working on her excitement issues. She used to pee the floor when anyone she knew - including us, who LIVE here - came over. Now, she only does it a little bit and for people she is really excited to see. A step up - yay!
The toddler hates when the dog gets in her way, I think because the dog is so unmovable to the toddler, who is just as tall and half as heavy. This morning, the dog stepped on the toddler's foot. Her first response was to whine about it, but then she looked at the dog and said "Gracie, you stepped on my foot. Kiss it" and then proceeded to try and hang on to the dog while shoving her foot in the dog's face and pointing out the spot "right here, kiss it right here". She never did get the kiss, but her foot is fine. Moments like these are when I wish we were on reality TV and had every second videotaped because that was so freaking cute I wish it were captured forever. At least it is captured on the internet...
The toddler hates when the dog gets in her way, I think because the dog is so unmovable to the toddler, who is just as tall and half as heavy. This morning, the dog stepped on the toddler's foot. Her first response was to whine about it, but then she looked at the dog and said "Gracie, you stepped on my foot. Kiss it" and then proceeded to try and hang on to the dog while shoving her foot in the dog's face and pointing out the spot "right here, kiss it right here". She never did get the kiss, but her foot is fine. Moments like these are when I wish we were on reality TV and had every second videotaped because that was so freaking cute I wish it were captured forever. At least it is captured on the internet...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Potty Mouth take 2
I swear I am not that bad a parent! But, I will go ahead and write the second potty mouth post in a week...
My in-laws gave the toddler an awesome Thomas the Train car that flies across the room when you push down on the conductor. It is really cool. She was playing with it upstairs on Christmas, shooting it across the room, when it crashed into something. Her response "oh crap, it crashed"! I was not there to hear it, but heard the story retold a number of times. Everyone laughed, but most were appalled she would say "crap". I just thought it was funny.
This prompted my husband and I to have a discussion about language. I really do not think "crap" is so bad, but he says it is just one step above "sh!t". I would rather she say "crap" than call someone "stupid" or say "suck". He does not think those are as bad. So, I am curious, oh Internet...what are your definite "no" words and what can you live with? And I'm not talking about the standard 4 letter words, lets hope we all want to avoid those.
p.s. - lest you think my husband is perfect, it was not I who taught my daughter how to "point" at bad drivers...
p.p.s - here is the toy on Amazon
My in-laws gave the toddler an awesome Thomas the Train car that flies across the room when you push down on the conductor. It is really cool. She was playing with it upstairs on Christmas, shooting it across the room, when it crashed into something. Her response "oh crap, it crashed"! I was not there to hear it, but heard the story retold a number of times. Everyone laughed, but most were appalled she would say "crap". I just thought it was funny.
This prompted my husband and I to have a discussion about language. I really do not think "crap" is so bad, but he says it is just one step above "sh!t". I would rather she say "crap" than call someone "stupid" or say "suck". He does not think those are as bad. So, I am curious, oh Internet...what are your definite "no" words and what can you live with? And I'm not talking about the standard 4 letter words, lets hope we all want to avoid those.
p.s. - lest you think my husband is perfect, it was not I who taught my daughter how to "point" at bad drivers...
p.p.s - here is the toy on Amazon
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Potty Mouth!
I do not know how the toddler managed to come up with all these inappropriate words she says, but it is hysterical!
We were getting ready to go out in the snow on Sunday, so I got out the snow suits. She proceeded to repeatedly refer to hers as her "snow sloot". When I tried to correct her, she said "no, not suit, sloot". ohhhkay...
Yesterday she gets up from nap, starts playing with a Winnie the Pooh toy, and then tells me that she likes "E-whore" the best. Again, she would take no corrections. "E-whore! E-whore! E-whore!"
Haha :)
We were getting ready to go out in the snow on Sunday, so I got out the snow suits. She proceeded to repeatedly refer to hers as her "snow sloot". When I tried to correct her, she said "no, not suit, sloot". ohhhkay...
Yesterday she gets up from nap, starts playing with a Winnie the Pooh toy, and then tells me that she likes "E-whore" the best. Again, she would take no corrections. "E-whore! E-whore! E-whore!"
Haha :)
Monday, November 23, 2009
The new teacher
One of the toddler's teachers left in September. This is very sad; we really liked her. The daycare has been looking for a new teacher for a while and finally found one two weeks ago. This teacher is a man. On his first day, my husband happened to walk the kids in at the same time as her other teacher, who told my husband about Mr. Teacher. Not in a "hey, guess what?" way either. She was really concerned about this teacher being a man and told my husband the school would be sending home letters about this and went on and on like it was a big deal. When my husband called to tell me, I was shocked. Who cares if he is a man? It is not like he is all alone with a bunch of girls or something - there are two teachers in her room, the two 2-year old rooms share a bathroom and do most of their activities in a group together, which means there are usually four teachers around the kids. I let my husband, my dad, my father-in- law, and my brother-in-law take my daughter to the bathroom; this guy is a teacher, I expect he will be professional about things. We've met him, he is a nice guy, late 20s/early 30s, perfectly normal. He has been here for weeks and apparently there are still some issues with parents not liking this idea. I watch lots of crime dramas on tv and tend to jump to scary thoughts, but in this case, I guess I believe in the goodness of people and trust that Mr. Teacher has no alternative plan and likes kids the same way Mrs. Teacher likes kids.
Is it just me? Am I abnormal for thinking this is perfectly fine? I just really do not get it, I think this is great. He provides a different kind of authority figure and a way for kids to see that men and women can do all different types of jobs. But in this school, my opinion is apparently in the minority!
Is it just me? Am I abnormal for thinking this is perfectly fine? I just really do not get it, I think this is great. He provides a different kind of authority figure and a way for kids to see that men and women can do all different types of jobs. But in this school, my opinion is apparently in the minority!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Potty Trained?
The toddler is potty trained. She was pretty much completely potty trained by her second birthday, which is just awesome. But, she still has accidents, mostly when she is too lazy to tell us she has to go. And because we are so used to her telling us, we forget to ask.
Last night she had an accident, her second (or third?) in a few days and I was really irritated. So, I marched her upstairs to take off her wet clothes and put her on the toilet. Then I left to go change out of my work clothes. I came back in, got her off the potty and was helping her get redressed...
Toddler: Your shirt is wet
Me: No, it's not.
T: It is.
Me: (feeling shirt) No, it's not
T: It is wet, mama, because I put my hand in the toilet.
Pure Awesomeness! At least it pulled me out of my funk!
Last night she had an accident, her second (or third?) in a few days and I was really irritated. So, I marched her upstairs to take off her wet clothes and put her on the toilet. Then I left to go change out of my work clothes. I came back in, got her off the potty and was helping her get redressed...
Toddler: Your shirt is wet
Me: No, it's not.
T: It is.
Me: (feeling shirt) No, it's not
T: It is wet, mama, because I put my hand in the toilet.
Pure Awesomeness! At least it pulled me out of my funk!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
And Repeat...
The format of all conversations with my toddler:
where's daddy?
he's working
where's daddy?
he's working
where's daddy?
where did i tell you he is?
working
that's right
oh, ok.
pause
where's daddy?
What is with the repitition??? And, how do I make it stop? Seriously, I'm looking for suggestions; this is driving me crazy!
where's daddy?
he's working
where's daddy?
he's working
where's daddy?
where did i tell you he is?
working
that's right
oh, ok.
pause
where's daddy?
What is with the repitition??? And, how do I make it stop? Seriously, I'm looking for suggestions; this is driving me crazy!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Terrible Twos
The toddler had a rough day at school yesterday. Apparently, she kept acting out. It was mostly in response to other kids acting out - she would see someone do something, get in trouble for it, and then go do it, clearly wanting the attention they got. It's frustrating because up until now she was (and I am not exaggerating) almost every teacher's favorite, even teacher's she didn't have, that saw on the playground or during group activities. I got nothing but good reports every day, which was so awesome. And lately, it's been one thing after another - jumping on the mat during circle time, jumping on her cot, climbing the stack of cots, not listening, waking the other kids up when she doesn't want to nap, etc. Boo :(
I do have to say, I love our daycare. They have the normal behavioral problems, but not to the extent I've seen and heard about at others. When I asked what they did and if she sat in the naughty chair, the teacher said that she took Julie out of the classroom, into the hall, to talk about making better choices. She said that they try different things for different kids based on the action and what the child responds to best. It is so nice to see that they do not just send kids to a naughty chair or put them in a corner, they really look at the child and try to work with the child's specific needs. Yay!
I do have to say, I love our daycare. They have the normal behavioral problems, but not to the extent I've seen and heard about at others. When I asked what they did and if she sat in the naughty chair, the teacher said that she took Julie out of the classroom, into the hall, to talk about making better choices. She said that they try different things for different kids based on the action and what the child responds to best. It is so nice to see that they do not just send kids to a naughty chair or put them in a corner, they really look at the child and try to work with the child's specific needs. Yay!
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