Parenting Toddlers

The Sunday Sixteen. Sixteen new and interesting things Alex has done this week, things I have learned this week, or fun filled facts involving whatever might be going on in our little corner of the world.

Diesel, get OFF my blanket!!

Sunday Sixteen

1) Alex has ANOTHER ear infection. At one point his temperature got up to 103.9. I’ll be posting on all the ways to bring a toddler’s fever down shortly. Trust me, at this point, I’ve tried them ALL.

2) Alex was kind enough to give Mommy his ear infection too. Even the same ear. At least he likes to share things.

3) It was 90 degrees in Greenville today! Thank you warm weather, I love you! Time to break out the sunscreen for the little man though.

4) We are however, finally healthy enough to start going back to playdates. Alex LOVES playdates, and Mommy is always a fan of getting to chat with other moms.

5) Alex seems to be entering a separation anxiety/fearful phase. He’s suddenly afraid of things like the changing table at a restaurant, and strangers laughing. He is also starting to throw fits whenever Mommy leaves the room, and often tries to climb away from friends and family members who might be holding him to get back to Mommy.

6) Next week Alex and I will be shopping for a kiddie pool. We’ll keep you updated on which one we choose and why we choose it.
We’ll also add in some great ’safe fun in the sun’ tips for parents everywhere.

7) Irritating comments. Alex and I got plenty of irritating comments this week. Most of them the obvious “What a pretty little girl!” and my favorite from a lady at the grocery store “Where are his shoes?” (never mind that it was 80 outside and Alex had taken them off gleefully in the car. The point was, I really wanted to say “Nunya d*mn business, this is my child, not yours!). Needless to say, ignorant comments pluck my nerves.

The house is not clean. It’s clean in the hygenic way of clean bathrooms, clean laundry, but the rest leaves much to be desired. And though I will attempt to clean things up this week, I make no promises.

9) Easter egg hunt and picnic next weekend for my mom’s group. Should be tons of fun and a blast for the kids!

10) The screeching continues, especially when Alex gets frustrated and wants something he cannot have. This is getting especially bad sometimes at restaurants, but I think that is partly my fault. We haven’t been as good lately about making sure Alex has eaten before we go out to lunch or dinner. I need to make a point to plan ahead for these types of things.

11) We have a zoo day planned for Wednesday this week, another meetup with other kids and moms in the area. If you have the chance, I highly recommend tracking down a mom’s group in your area so you can enjoy these types of activities with your little one. I can’t wait to see how much Alex understands at the zoo (ie, monkey, lion, etc).

12) Talking, talking, talking. Alex is making more random sounds, all of which sound like something, I’m just not sure what. I fully expect him to start talking in full sentences any day!

13) Favorite foods this week: Avacado (thanks for the tip Katie!), egg noodles, any kind of chicken, scrambled eggs with sour cream for extra calories (thanks again to Katie on this one!) as we are still a skinny little man and our pediatrician says give him anything fattening he wants (within reason of course).

14) Made Alex’s 15 month doctor’s appointment for April 10th. Super excited as, if all goes well, Alex will go OFF ALL MEDICINES(asthma and allergy) at this time as they haven’t been needed in quite a while.

15) Mommy (and Daddy!) have already started praying that things will stay good after we go off meds so we don’t have to turn around and start them again.

16) Alex is a water fanatic. He’s always drank water well, but now is even starting to choose the water over milk when presented with the choice. It’s now becoming more of a task to make sure he gets his daily milk intake like he should.

That’s our 16 in a nutshell. What are yours?