Sep. 29, 2006 - Toddlers and dinosaurs
I am feeling better today although I am not sleeping much. My two middles have seen fit to visit me once a night this week. Unfortunately, last night my oldest midle got sick in the playroom and I was elected to clean it up. I have such a weak stomach so it took lots of prayer to get through it. The problem with getting wakened in the night is that I don't fall back to sleep easily. My mind starts to take off and that's it. Alot of people question why I co-sleep with my infants. Well, this is why. Sleepless nights with a newborn are bad enough. But when you can't go back to sleep then there is even more of a problem. I finally figured out with my 3rd baby that if I would just sleep with the baby, I would sleep. Mommy wakes up fresh.
On a lighter note, I wanted to write about my toddler today. He's a hoot to me. My children love to watch the movie Toy Story. So daddy was at a late dinner meeting and we had mom' tradition dinner and moive (these are the nights when mommy is really tired, kids are out of sorts, and we need a break in the action) Two nights ago they watched Toy Story and my youngest got his first real glimpse of it. He didn't sit for most of it except when he was in his highchair. But there was one scene (or character should I say) that he just loved. It was the little dinosaur, Rex. Here is his picture:
Everytime he would see Rex on the scene he would growl. LOL!!! There is nothing cuter than a little boy that has finially learned to growl. He also loves to play in DVD drawer. He's not supposed to but life happens. He was playing with it yesterday and managed to pull out an insert in the Toy Story DVD case. He just came up to me and started growling. It took me a minute to figure out he had the insert and noticed Rex on the page.
My oldest ds is very docile and always have been. I wrote about him a few days ago. He's sensitive. He still has all the boy characteristics. He's loud, silly, and loves everything boy. But he's not typical in the way he plays with this things. While I am not a fan of James Dobson, I did enjoy reading "Bringing Up Boys." But my oldest doesn't fit the mold, so to speak, of what he talks about in that book. And God couldn't have given me two opposite little boys.
Drew is all boy. I walked out in the backyard and found him sitting on top of the Little Tikes house. Talk about my heart skipping a beat. I accused my other children of helping him up there. Nope. He got up there himself. He's 20 months. He's known by many names in our family: Monkey boy, Jungle Baby. He kicks when he gets excited (which doesn't thrill my pregnant belly too much if I am not prepared.) He's typical when it comes to talking as well. He wants to but you can't understand a word he says. It's all jibberish. He has lots to say though. Yesterday I did finally mange to understand one word: "MoMo." That is Tryon for Elmo (I had another child that said "MoMo.")
Drew is passionate about life. he loves to sing but doesn't know that's what he doing (he's singing right now.) Sometimes he's just so overcome by joy that he runs through the house screaming. He screams for just about every reason. Happy. Sad. Mostly mad. If he can't have something, everyone knows it. He can't talk so his only way to communicate is to scream and flap his arms. I was swatting him for those outburst but then I figured it doesn't do him any good (although I do swat for major temper tantrums.) I finally learned that alot of his outburst are just simply not having the ability to communicate effectively. And of all my children, he's been most frustrated with that. Swatting him really just makes him more upset. So now I am stopping the fit by getting on his level and giving him the words, or signs, to talk to me. Last night he finally signed "No Thank you." This was to daddy and daddy gave him his heart's desire at the time (which was the continue walking with the rest of his siblings on our evening walk.) That doesn't happen all the time though.
Drew is a sweet boy and I love him dearly. He gives me a run for my money though. The most important thing I have noticed about him, he's the clown of the family. Little boys find body noises to be very funny. But that usually starts a little later in the preschool years. Drew thinks they are funny now. Daddy is the most funny of all. They will share the same sense of humor and will probably keep the rest of us rolling on the ground with their bantering back and forth. It's a time in life that I really can't wait for. Drew loves to wrestle with daddy and will frequently pick fights with him to get him on the ground.
My crews awaits in downstairs (as does the refrigerator with my breakfast.) I hope you enjoy a little about my baby. He won't be my baby much longer (ok, truth be told, they are all my babies. But he's the baby baby right now. And he knows it!!!!)
God Bless
Comments
Sep. 29, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by MommaJoy
Just letting you know I posted a HUGE comment about dressing in CO on your Sept. 21st blog. Just letting you know here so you are sure to catch it. let me know if you have more questions!
~in Him~
MommaJoy
Sep. 30, 2006 - signing
Posted by Anonymous
I love signing, probably more than my DD did. DS uses it now, but not as effectively as DD. My DS is also in love with all things typically boy, especially dinosaurs and lions and dogs. I love the sounds effects, no on can make sounds like a boy!. Incidently, I've also named my son Monkey Man!
Sep. 30, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by babymakers
I also sleep with my little ones. My youngest is almost a year old and still sleeps with us. We don't let them sleep inbetween us but I do let them sleep on the other side of me. I am actually trying to get rid of the crib. We don't use it so why keep it? You should have seen the odd look I got from someone the other day when they found this out!
Oct. 2, 2006 - Untitled Comment
Posted by jengresak
ROFL! Buy that boy some dinosaurs - that is too cute!! I hope you feel better : )
