Noah is officially a two year old now! I dont mean the day of his birthday (december 30th) but about a week and a half later, we entered the age of tantrums! WOWZERS... the kid knows what he wants and will stop at nothing to get it! When Noah does something he's not supposed to, as soon as "no" begins to escape my lips he's on the floor screaming. He's such a good little actor too, he can ALWAYS eek out a few tears to punctuate with. Yes we've seen it all these past few weeks... The screaming, the head banging, the throwing, the flailing... and through it all we're actually keeping a really cool head. Ryan and i have to take turns monitoring the "freak-outs" while the other gets to leave the room and laugh. He's already starting to ease up on them, because of our lack of attention to him during these oh-so-stressful times. Now instead of continuining with the screeching wildly, he'll come stand right in front of your face and say "owy mommy!! BANDAID?" and he'll point at some obscure location on his body. He's trying to play the sympathy card now... not working either, we'll see what he comes up with next.
Yesterday he was throwing a fit over not getting "cacky" (CANDY) I decided to ignore it and see what he did... he walked over to the corner, put his nose in it and relaxed. I asked him what he was doing, and he replied "Wa-Wa (Noah) time-out"... I almost lost it, i just said "okay hunny, whatever you think is best." Then he put Pooh bear in timeout as well.
Something we started doing at the beginning of December was wean him off his bottle. He was all but off it when he got the flu, and the only way to keep him hydrated was to give him a bottle. Luckily as soon as he was better, we just took it away again and told him bottles are for babies and Noah isn't a baby anymore. We let him pick out a "bottle" (water jug from walmart) and now that's all he drinks out of practically. He calls it his "Nu-Nu Bottle" ( nu-nu is my friend Trina's son Soren, thats how Noah says his name) Soren also has the same bottle, so Noah feels pretty cool that they match.
We found out in late december that our second child is indeed a girl. Noah is finally coming around on this point, at first he would say "no mommy, BOY." But he is getting excited to have a sister. Yesterday i showed him a dress that my mom wore as a baby, and told him his sissy was going to wear it and he got all excited and, I dare say, squealed a bit with me. We haven't offically picked a name yet and I dont think we will until she's born unless something completely jumps out at us. But Grace and Evalyn are our top two for now.
Since the day after Christmas I have had a cold, then the flu, now another cold that is piggybacking bronchitis. Noah Got the flu the day after Christmas, then got better for a week, then got just a touch of a cold that hasn't fully manifested yet, but has lingered for almost two weeks, and for the last week he's had dirrhea and a yeast infection in his nether region! Ryan has been our hero, and thank GOD this happened for the most part over winter break, because it would've eaten up all his paternity leave time if not. I haven't been sick in a couple years and usually I am the one playing nurse to both of the boys at the same time at least 3-5 times a year. I've learned that not getting sick is like pitching a perfect game, You should never speak the words out loud "I haven't been sick in ___ amount of time" because inevitably it will ruin your record!!! I'll never be cocky about my immune system again!
So after talking about it for a while, we've decided to put Noah into preschool two days a week to get him some social interaction. He thrives when he is challenged and around other kids, and he is so bored with coloring and stacking blocks and reading WITH MOM. He needs a change of pace. At his two year check-up, his pediatrician told us he's off the charts, beyond even the advanced chart for what a child his age should be able to do. She even suggested potty training him now, (and she never suggests that this young especially in boys.) She emphatically agreed that he is in fact ready for part time preschool. There's a a great lady that we know who runs a preschool where she never has more than 5 kids, she's highly educated in early childhood and beyond. So he'll have alot of one on one time with her, and other kids to play with. My friend Trina's two boys go there and are EXCELLING in all areas. They do feild trips and art projects and all sorts of cool stuff! We're excited to see how he does. We believe that when he acts out, he's doing it mainly out of boredom. It's usually in the middle to end of the work week that he acts this way because of the ROUTINE of daily life at home. The two days when he is on his best behavior, and isn't whiny at all, is when he is with trina at her house playing with Soren, or thursday's when Soren comes here to play all day... so I'll keep ya posted
Yesterday he was throwing a fit over not getting "cacky" (CANDY) I decided to ignore it and see what he did... he walked over to the corner, put his nose in it and relaxed. I asked him what he was doing, and he replied "Wa-Wa (Noah) time-out"... I almost lost it, i just said "okay hunny, whatever you think is best." Then he put Pooh bear in timeout as well.
Something we started doing at the beginning of December was wean him off his bottle. He was all but off it when he got the flu, and the only way to keep him hydrated was to give him a bottle. Luckily as soon as he was better, we just took it away again and told him bottles are for babies and Noah isn't a baby anymore. We let him pick out a "bottle" (water jug from walmart) and now that's all he drinks out of practically. He calls it his "Nu-Nu Bottle" ( nu-nu is my friend Trina's son Soren, thats how Noah says his name) Soren also has the same bottle, so Noah feels pretty cool that they match.
We found out in late december that our second child is indeed a girl. Noah is finally coming around on this point, at first he would say "no mommy, BOY." But he is getting excited to have a sister. Yesterday i showed him a dress that my mom wore as a baby, and told him his sissy was going to wear it and he got all excited and, I dare say, squealed a bit with me. We haven't offically picked a name yet and I dont think we will until she's born unless something completely jumps out at us. But Grace and Evalyn are our top two for now.
Since the day after Christmas I have had a cold, then the flu, now another cold that is piggybacking bronchitis. Noah Got the flu the day after Christmas, then got better for a week, then got just a touch of a cold that hasn't fully manifested yet, but has lingered for almost two weeks, and for the last week he's had dirrhea and a yeast infection in his nether region! Ryan has been our hero, and thank GOD this happened for the most part over winter break, because it would've eaten up all his paternity leave time if not. I haven't been sick in a couple years and usually I am the one playing nurse to both of the boys at the same time at least 3-5 times a year. I've learned that not getting sick is like pitching a perfect game, You should never speak the words out loud "I haven't been sick in ___ amount of time" because inevitably it will ruin your record!!! I'll never be cocky about my immune system again!
So after talking about it for a while, we've decided to put Noah into preschool two days a week to get him some social interaction. He thrives when he is challenged and around other kids, and he is so bored with coloring and stacking blocks and reading WITH MOM. He needs a change of pace. At his two year check-up, his pediatrician told us he's off the charts, beyond even the advanced chart for what a child his age should be able to do. She even suggested potty training him now, (and she never suggests that this young especially in boys.) She emphatically agreed that he is in fact ready for part time preschool. There's a a great lady that we know who runs a preschool where she never has more than 5 kids, she's highly educated in early childhood and beyond. So he'll have alot of one on one time with her, and other kids to play with. My friend Trina's two boys go there and are EXCELLING in all areas. They do feild trips and art projects and all sorts of cool stuff! We're excited to see how he does. We believe that when he acts out, he's doing it mainly out of boredom. It's usually in the middle to end of the work week that he acts this way because of the ROUTINE of daily life at home. The two days when he is on his best behavior, and isn't whiny at all, is when he is with trina at her house playing with Soren, or thursday's when Soren comes here to play all day... so I'll keep ya posted
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