Nate still loves Curious George, but has a couple new favorite shows-Word World and Word Girl. Both PBS and so of course educational without him realizing it. Love it! He still loves playing with his trains but isn't as into watching Thomas as he used to be.
When he sees a shark (puzzle, book, etc.) he says shark and then sings the Nemo song (ah ooh wah e ah o-o). Cracks me up.
He will continue to say thank you until someone else says thank you or you're welcome.
He is getting much more helpful all the time, but this does mean he's becoming a bit bossy as he likes to "help" me parent. He will tell Maddie when she can't do things.
The paci is a problem. He just loves it. I don't blame him and understand that he wasn't ready to give it up when he did. He's a very oral person (still sticks toys in his mouth) so it is a hard habit to kick. So that's been a little bit of a struggle.
He's talking so much more. It's still single words and really hasn't stung them together to form sentences (except for a few key phrases ie. I don't want to). But the communication has really helped to understand what he wants and lessened quite a few meltdowns I think.
A few nights ago when I put him to bed I set up his stuffed animals with toys for them to play with (he rarely goes to sleep right away and plays for a bit before climbing into bed). We talked about sharing his toys with his friends. It seemed like it worked well and thought it was a great way for him to practice sharing. But when I looked back in his room as I was closing the door I saw him punching his animals and taking back the toys. I had to laugh it was so funny. Oh well, sharing is one we'll be working on for awhile.
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Maddie has finally popped those first molars on the bottom so that has given her a bit of relief for awhile. She was working on those bad boys forever.
She developed a rash Friday night that bothered her so badly it kept her (and me) up almost the entire night. However, by morning she was fine (no fever ever developed). Over the weekend and into the beginning of the week the rash got worse, spreading from her torso to her entire body. I took her into the doctor and still not knowing the cause, it is some type of contact dermatitis. The doctor said it looked like she got into some poison ivy or something, but she has not been anywhere that she could have gotten it. She said that a lot of times the parents never know what caused it. So she's on some steroid cream for the next week.
She's still so happy. Everywhere she goes she lights up the room. Don't get me wrong, she definitely has her moments, especially when she's not getting her way. Example: Last night I got out the box of nilla wafers. She got so mad at me because I would not give her more than one at a time. She wanted to put one in her mouth and then one in each hand. If I haven't mentioned that the kids likes to eat, now would be a good time. :)
She likes to learn about things. She points at things and wants us to tell her what it is. We will sit and look at/talk about puzzles, books, etc.
She is still sleeping fine at night but has always woken up at least once, crying out for a couple seconds. I think she loses her paci and then has to find it. Still waiting until the time when I don't hear from at all through the night. I will probably wake up panicked.
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