It really has been a while since I have posted anything. Work has been overwhelming and I had forgotten what daycare germs can do to the over health of a family! I thought I would update you on my little monkey BJ. I am also happy to say that 2011 is ending without anymore hospital visits!
I wish I could say that I was the super mom who potty trained her son by age 2, but that would be a lie so grand that my nose would be in danger of poking out someones eye! He does let me know when he has peepeed and poopooed, and of course, his favorite are "I toot" and "I burp." Which leads me to how much he is talking. He was moved ahead of schedule into the older kids classroom back in October, but that teacher apparently forgot that she got him two months early because his 45 day review was about how little he talks! Ok, he is not the precocious little two year old his sister was, she was completing compound sentences by aged two, but he is totally on track for a two year old boy! So, with a week off from work, I have been drilling him with his nouns and making him repeat after me. When he gets back to school in three days, he will be talking up a storm! He has moved up to three word sentences, thank you very much, I'll show you daycare teacher!
I also wish I could tell you that I have managed to get BJ and MM out of my bed, but that too would be a lie. I think that co-sleeping is okay for some and not okay for others. I find that with my children having been burned in April, the best kind of parenting I can do is make sure that my children feel safe and loved. With a husband away most evenings for his job, my children feel the safest with me at night, and to be honest, I feel safest with them too. I have watched the news this year with tears in my eyes as child after child has gone missing in the middle of the night or from some in attention of the parent. Maybe I feel like I have to be very careful with my children because a 10 second in attention in April meant third degree burns, but maybe it is just a normal thing for a mom to be so worried about her children that she wants them nearby whenever possible. The few times I have managed to get them into their beds, I was awake most of the night out of worry. Perhaps I am selfish, but there are more families who co-sleep in the world than not, and maybe that is going to be my norm for a while.
As far as personality, BJ's is really coming out. He has a sunshine smile and a cuddle-bug heart, but HE DOES NOT LIKE TO BE TOLD NO! He will try is smile, his "peassse, mommy" and if that does not work, he throws a temper tantrum. I can tell you that the Super Nanny would be hard pressed to change him. I described him once as "Sunny with a chance of showers if told no," now I would say "Sunny with a chance of a hurricane if told no." And stubborn! Oh my goodness, is he stubborn! But I can honestly say that both of his parents are stubborn, so he did not have a chance.
Well, thank you all for reading my blog and being patient with me for 2011. I plan to do a better job of blogging in the new year, but can not promise to do much better. As far as topic, well, I will still be random!
