Parenting Toddlers

Sunday is here again already? Where did the week go? Geez, it’ll be Christmas before I catch up. I don’t need to tell you that we had a rough week around here. But the healing process is slowly starting, and it’s time to get back to at least pretending to go through the motions. So in keeping with tradition, here is the Sunday Sixteen!

1. We’re making progress on the “no throwing food” idea. Alex seems to have settled down in that regard, which just might save some unsuspecting soul sitting behind us in a restaurant from getting a headful of pasta in the near future.

2. Alex had his 15 month shots this past week. 2 to be exact, and he took them like a trooper.

3. He also got his measurements checked. He is 30 and 3/4 inches and 21 pounds. An almost 1 inch increase from his last check, and exactly the same in the weight category (surprise, surprise).

4. Mommy got a new digital camera for her birthday, so that means lots of new and finally updated pictures!

5. Our favorite book this week is Clifford Goes to School. In it, the school bus can’t make it, so Clifford volunteers to pick up all the kids, giving them a ride on his back all the way to school before letting them slide down his tail when they get there. Alex now points to the pictures and says “Diesee” (which is “Diesel” our Great Dane). I don’t have the heart to tell him that Diesel couldn’t carry a loaf of bread without dropping it.

6. Our new bathtime experiment is to stick our face in the water, come up sputtering, and then look at Mommy as if she is out of her mind for letting us do that in the first place. Despite the look, this activity continues virtually every bath time. Mommy is careful not to let the ears get dunked though, we certainly need to keep those and clean and dry as possible.

7. The new Fox series “Drive” started this past week. As a racing family, we are enjoying it so far.

8. Best Mom Movies this week (no toddlers allowed) - Rumor Has It and The Lake House (both running on HBO currently) and Rocky Balboa (what can I say, I’ve been a Rocky fan since I was little)

9. Alex’s favorite foods this week - avocado, Gerber Graduate Cereal Flakes, diced peaches, strawberries

10. Our first appointment with the ENT is this coming Friday. We are anxious to see what they have to say about these recurrent ear infections.

11. We are making a lot of walking progress. Alex has a push toy and he absolutely flies around the house at top speed while pushing it. He’s flipped it, spun it, and ended up in all sorts of positions, but gets right back up and goes at it again. He still won’t let go yet. Just gotta work on that confidence level I guess.

12. The events of this past weekend have really made me take a step back and give some serious consideration to my own son’s safety once he starts school.

13. Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me. I’m not going to tell you how old I am, I’m just going to mention that at this point I think I’m allowed to start using “do-overs”.

14. We did another park visit this past week. Alex ate a leaf, tried to eat a stick, and spent more time entralled with playing with the chain link fence as opposed to the actual playground.

15. Alex is having some “let’s get up earlier than usual” issues this week. His normal 7:30 wake up time has changed to 6:00 all of a sudden. I am not a fan. We’re going to have to cut back on naptime a bit just to see if that helps. Anyone had this happen?

16. Birthday cake really does taste even better the second day!

Clifford the Big Red Dog, Gerber, Drive, Fox, HBO, Rocky Balboa