Jan - Mar Toddlers ~ How We Have Changed !

[reAllytee]

Ok ladies this area needs to be revived so im going to start !

Boof is now a tantrum weilding monster .... But adorable just the same ;)

He is now a huge fan of Playschool & sings along with them ... Totally adores Justine Clark. He has a little microphone which he dances around the house singing ' I Love To Dance ' into at the top of his lungs. Either that or rocking away on his little guitar.

Is a total train nut loves going on them etc. My mum has the railway line run near her house so he runs to the front door to watch them everytime one goes past. He now has a wooden train set which is always laying all over the floor for me to trip over. He will be getting more track as well as a train house, train station/parking lot to add to it for Xmas.

We arent TT yet because whilst he gets that he is doing it when he is in undies he wont tell me when he needs to go so instead pee's all over the floor. So obviously isnt quite there yet but hopefully by the New Year he will be !

Still refuses to eat much on certain days but then turns into a piggy on others. Last nite he ate Butter Chicken with 2 pieces of Roti after being on a hunger strike for 4 days ( well besides rice milk & bananas ). He still prefers dried fruits etc over any junk type food but will try batting his eyelashes at Daddy when he gets chips out lol.

Counts to 10 really well & is getting there with his alphabet. Is using longer sentences more & more. He sometimes astounds me with some of the things he comes out with !

As i said straight up is being a total horror in regards to tantrums. We thought we had them under control but the last few weeks has seen a resurrgance but i still think a lot has to do with jealousy. I have to hold Squeak a lot due to his reflux & i dont think Boof likes that as he sees me as 'his'.

Ummmm my mind has just gone blank !

So anyways lets catch up & see how our littlies are doing !

[OJandMe]

Hi Al,

I'll jump in.

Oliver and Jordan are now almost 3!! I can't believe it!!

Oliver is a real little charmer, knows exactly when to say 'please' or 'thankyou' or 'me a good boy' to get what he wants.

Jordan is Conan the barbarian and you can hear him 5 miles out of town when he goes off.

They are both complete ratbags.. but utterly gorgeous. It does take an immense amount of energy to round them up every day and make sure they are not 1) escaping 2) destroying the place.

The love singing and will often take it in turns to sing a song, or sing one line of a song each then swap. Very cute.

They've actually been playing really nicely the last couple of days. Although today Jordan is coming out with 'but HE hit ME!!" everytime Oliver comes to me crying that Jordan's beaten him up. Still not sure who to believe.

Finally sleeping in their own beds again... :fingerscrossed: it stays that way tonight.

They love Gabriel, albeit in a somewhat rough way... Gabby can't help but smile when he sees them... he's a sucker for punishment.

We're now in undies all the time, except for night time and naps... but we're working on that. Toilet training was an absolute breeze, much muich easier than I thought it would be... it was basically all over red rover in 3 days flat.

That's about it for now anyway... Off to bed before Gabs wakes up. :sleeping:

[drewid]

Adorable monsters, that sums it up pretty well!! :D

Andrew is getting into Playschool now too, he sits right up close and likes to watch the songs and the craft. He loves Jay (cos Daddy's name is Jay too, as he points out EVERY time he sees him!)

He's loving singing and music at the moment - he serenaded me today while I was washing the dishes with an impromptu drumming session with paintbrushes on a table, while singing 'Mummy washing the dishes' over and over! So cute!

Andrew is a car-aholic. He just LOVES cars. SO he has a million little, big and all size cars all over the house, and is forever parking them in straight lines, and driving them under and over everything. Typical boy!

He is fully toilet trained now and wearing his undies proudly. He is even totally trained at night, which was so easy (thankfully) so TT was all smooth sailing here. He does have a habit though of wanting to strip down completely when he goes - but we are working on that! I convinced him today that it was ok to at least keep his shirt on - so thats progress! lol

He is still a fiend for yoghurt, he goes though a 12 pack a week, sometimes more. Totally addicted to it. He is a pretty good eater though, he will generally eat what we eat at mealtimes nowadays.

He had his 1st (long overdue) visit to the dentist last week and thankfully all was good. With the amount of junk the extended family ply him with, I was prepared to be berated! :o

Hmm this is getting long!

He loves counting and is confident with getting up to 13 on his own. We haven't really tried the alphabet thing yet!

He does love to use the computer! He has his own little old computer in the lounge room and is set up with a few things that he can do. He is surprisingly good with the mouse, and the keyboard and knows certain keys (enter, escape, space bar - the essentials!).

Talks his head off all the time and loves learning new words. A good student so far! :D

Not a lot of tantrums, but gosh he can be stubborn sometimes. I've had days where I've though of shipping him off to daycare, but I can't bring myself to let him go yet, even though he is a 'big boy', he's still my only baby and I'm too attached!

Well that was an essay and a half!

Love to hear from all the other mums! :)