2 year old Anderson is a pretty fun time so far. I know the "Terrible Twos" will hit soon, but I'm not that scared. Brandon & I figured that name is for people who have not spent the previous year trying to keep an eye patch on their kid. To me "Terrible/Awful/Exhausting/Overwhelming13month-23 months" sounds much more accurate. Tantrums, not sharing, throwing stuff...it's whatever. As long as the patch is on, we can handle anything. Perspective is pretty nice sometimes.
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| The official measurement on his chart. |
He knows all of his shapes (hexagon is least fave, but he knows it has 6 sides, crescent is fave for sure. The boy LOVES the moon), colors, animals and can recognize a large handful of letters (loves A , B and F the most). He can count to 10 (really 9 because he always leaves the 4 out). He can hop with both feet off the ground for massive periods of time, can hop on one foot briefly, climbs EVERYTHING, talks ALL of the time, does not share at all with Jack or Lily (I think he sees them as siblings) but is really super sweet to Sunny because she is precious. He is grumpy as heck when he first wakes up, but is usually a pretty fun, happy little thing most of the day. He is a bit in love with me at the moment (It's a pretty mutual feeling) and he is usually attached to my leg for most of the morning.
He has ridiculous eczema and we are going to see a dermatologist because nothing will clear it up. I freaked out over the weekend and sent Nicole a picture of a bump on his leg that looked like lyme disease so Hughes could verify that we needed to go to the ER immediately. Turns out, it's just eczema. So, that's good. One less thing.
He is potty trained* to some degree. *He hasn't worn a diaper since last Thursday, but it is still a work in progress. More to come on this later...
Favorites: Anything related to transportation (shocker), his tractor blanket, making all animal sounds (especially lion & monster noises), the ipad, certain books (Goodnight Gorilla, Goodnight Construction Site, ABC Book, If you Give a Moose a Muffin), doing everything himself (MY do it!), his recliner chair from Cousin Shae, being OCD (he always says, "No touch knives!" whenever he sees any, at the doctor office the other day he threw a HUGE fit after they weighed him & I realized it was because he wanted to put the little bottle of lotion back on the table where he got it, etc..), going to Noni/Bop's to play choo choos, pointing out every kind of construction equipment/jeep on the road, imagining (when I ask him to back up from the oven or the door he will say, "Beep,Beep,Beep" as he is backing up, he has developed this new thing where he gets the tongs or can opener from the drawer in the kitchen & incorporates them into his train/construction table set up, being energetic (this is a constant. As Clare said, "He never actually walks. He hops or runs."),rocking with GG, answering questions (he will answer the ones that Mickey & Dorao ask, which always cracks me up, I ask him all of the time "who loves you the most?" & he says, "Bobble!" smart boy), the moon (LOVES the moon. he will eat the mini pancakes if I make them into crescent moons.)
He insisted that I give him his used patch and he pushed it around in his bobcat. So many purposes those patches serve.
New crane from the CVS Clearance from Bobble Cole. Playing in the kitchen- always on the lookout for something random to put in this trucks.
NOT so favorites:
-The boy is not an eater. He continues to demonstrate none of my genetics, as the entry in my baby book for 2 is "You love to eat." So, that's awesome.. If I weighed 23, Nicole must have weighed 15. If you have seen any of our baby pics, you know what I am talking about. Noni does a much better job than I do getting him to eat. I cannot explain the food situation, "Picky" eaters still eat. Anderson does not eat. Most nights he just doesn't even eat dinner. We always offer it to him, but I barely flinch anymore when he literally does not even eat one bite. I am pretty excited about 2 because we have started the "My First Flinstone" vitamin, which is way better than the nasty Enfamil vitamin drops I have been giving him. The only catch is that he has to eat them with food. So, some days he doesn't actually eat one. He did randomly eat quite a bit of edamame the other night, so that was random but exciting.
-He is sleeping way better than when we first switched to the toddler bed and goes to bed by 8 and sleeps until about 5:15. It actually was better before we started the potty training, but now I don't want to make him go back to sleep if he is covered in pee. I can't get him to nap that well at our house, but my mom can get him to sleep at her house. I lock him in his room, try to rock him, lay with him...he just doesn't sleep and after an hour or so of trying we don't have any more patchless time so I give up. Every now and then we might get 30 minutes or so, but there literally are no words to describe how much I miss nap time. I had no idea I was going to lose it before he turned 2.
This face!! AAAGHH! I just love it.
I love my 2 year old Bug!
I love this boy! Especially the picture of him sleeping :) And that he is ridiculously brilliant. He's just plain awesome :)
ReplyDeletethe boy!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe he never sleeps/eats. BUT, how many other 2 year olds (barely 2 year olds) KNOW counting, letters, hopping, OCD neatness, etc... None. Lily didn't know that stuff right at 2. He is so smart. I think my favorite is the OCD part- wanting the lotion to go back where it is supposed to be.
So relieved it isn't lyme disease.
Awh love the 1st pic! And the one of him sleeping, so sweet. The comment about him re-using the used patches cracked me up. Easton really pays no attention to his, but Azalea runs across the room for it then tries to put it on, walk around with it, play with it. Too funny. She is also my non-eater. I get it when you say picky is not the word. I remember my sister's lil guy had eczema all over his body for a period as well, I think he just grew out of it. I'm trying to enjoy 15 months but 2 seems like a lot of fun! It all just goes by so fast.
ReplyDeleteI love this blog-all the favorite things is so cute. He gets cuter by the day & don't fret that much about the eye patch he is doing great & even your doctor does not expect him to wear it as much as he does - that is just the top of the chart. Kinda like 1,000 calorie diet is great but you will still lose weight and reach your goal if you eat 1,200 calories. He must get his eczema from his cousin Keith he grew out it by the time he was in school but the only thing that worked for his outbreaks was Crisco. I had a small can by his bedside just for him.
ReplyDelete1. melissa, melissa, melissa. have i taught you nothing??? you know better than to ever think that "you're not that scared" or "we can handle anything"!!! you just jinxed yourself. tsk tsk
ReplyDelete2. i don't think i have ever known a single toddler whose head wasn't big. a friend of mine wants to start a line of clothing called "big heads r us"
3. jacob always put his arms up like that when he was tired too!!! he doesn't do it as much anymore.
4. that crane is awesome.
The reason his head is bigger than the rest of his body is his because his brain needs the room. :) What a little smarty pants! I have been showing Austin letters and trying to get him to say them for the same reason. I want to know how he can see. :)
ReplyDeleteThe patch war has settled down around here for now. Crossing fingers and hoping for it to stay that way. Hoping for the same with Anderson. Good luck.
Congrats on such an awesome little 2 year old boy.