34 Months Old

With another month notched onto the hands of time, you are now a sassy 34 month old. Toddlerhood is the name of the game and you have the rules all figured out.

Your 34^th month has seen you settle into nursery completely, on your last session before Easter you had trotted off before I could even kiss you goodbye. You didn’t even notice me slip away, as you were playing so contently. In comparison to earlier weeks this was a breakthrough, and I hoped that the 2 weeks off wouldn’t jeopardise the progress that we had made.

We had a bit of feedback from nursery…Not that I would actually call it constructive feedback. It was more of a very apparent observation. Things I already knew about you. What I was hoping for was to hear how you socialised with your fellow nursery friends, what you got up to during the hours that you were with them. We do have an upcoming parents evening at the end of June so I will be able to have a proper sit down the with nursery leaders, but I will be asking for further feedback before then.

When I come to pick you up you are always sat beautifully with all of the other children on the carpet. You have to stay sat there until they call your name, and when they do call your name you know that I am here to collect you. You run at me and give me the biggest cuddle. I always love coming to collect you from nursery for this very reason!

They have been spoiling you rotten on the last couple of occasions and have been bringing out cupcakes. Lots of the children are having birthdays, so you have been reaping in the goodies! Granddad asked you where his cake was the other day, and the reply you gave him actually shocked me! I have absolutely no idea where you have picked this up.. My only thoughts are that it is nursery! Your reply was no other than ‘in my bum!’. Granddad and I both shot each other a look, and asked each other if we had just heard the same thing… Which we had!

With all of the birthdays going on at school, lot’s of your friends are now turning 3. So all of a sudden you are no longer two, as you are utterly convinced you are 3. In fact whenever I tell you how old you are… You tell me that you are 3!

In terms of naps you are still having your daily afternoon nap, when we are not out and about during this time! Given the opportunity though and you are more than happy to take a snooze for an hour or so. You are still loving your car bed, and from the moment you go to bed at night, until you get up in the morning you stay put. These days when you awake in the morning and you know Mummy and Daddy are still sleeping, you will quietly get up and sneak through to find us. The first thing you will do is give me a great big kiss on the lips before climbing into bed beside me. I can’t pin point exactly when you started doing this, but my morning usually starts with a big kiss from you!

At 34 months old you are still a complete and utter Mummy’s boy. When I pick you up from Granny’s you want to go to ‘Mummy’s house’. You want me to snuggle up with on the sofa to watch your new Frozen DVD, and you want me to tuck you in at night to read you a bedtime story. At bed time we are currently working our way through the collection of Harry’s Bucketful of Dinosaurs, which you are loving. I have been altering Harry’s name to Leo, which seems to be going down a treat with you!

Dinosaurs are fast becoming another love of yours, and if I am honest it makes a great change to Lightning McQueen and Planes! I have been sitting and watching you play with your growing collection of cars, planes and trains. It is wonderful watching you act out different scenarios and having a real game of make believe. What puts a real big smile on my face was watching you rein act the part of Planes where Dusty fly’s through the train tunnel. You make all of the right noises in all of the right places, and it is clear to see just how into the game you are!

Your talking is coming on no end all of the time, you are switching out words that you used to say for certain things and in their place using the real words. Lightning McQueen was always a word that you wouldn’t say but now say it as clear as day. All of a sudden this month you decided that you could say it, and that was it! You always had your own names for your Aunty Alice and Uncle Chris, Aiya and Cha. But even though they will always be Aiya and Cha, you do call them by their real names, and you are even calling Alice, Ali now!

You are getting to grips with all of your colours and can tell me exactly what colour my car is when asked. You know that Granny’s car is Black and that both Daddy and Granddad have White cars.  When we are out and about, I ask you what colour the vehicles we pass are, and you will answer as we go.

You surprised me the other day when we heard the familiar music of the ice-cream truck, by telling me exactly what it was. I had no idea that you even knew about the existence of ice cream trucks, and can’t help wondering how you do know. You just giggle and tell me all about the ice-cream! How you know is still a mystery to me…But I can hazard a guess that it is something to do with your Aunt and Uncle!

The other weekend we picked up a second hand climbing frame for you, something for you to use in the garden at home. It was a bargain at £50 and we knew that you were going to absolutely LOVE it. So once Daddy worked out how it all went back together, you were free to climb all over it. You took to it straight away and wanted to see Jack from next door. You wanted to talk to him and show him your climbing frame!

These days as soon as we pull the car up outside the house you are wanting to see Jack. You tell me ‘I see Jack!’ over and over until I open the back door and you escape into the garden!

A big step forward in your 34^th month was using the potty for the first time! After having the potty out for over a year, you decided now was the time to use it. We are still taking baby steps and potty training is not yet in full force… But we are getting there. Now I just need to convince you that pants are not the devils work!

So little man we are moving into your 35^th month. One month closer to your 3^rd birthday!

Where oh where is the time going?

32 Months Old

The months seem to be coming around faster, and each month see’s you getting that little bit closer to turning 3 years old. On the 27^th March you will be exactly 3 months away from yet another birthday, and I still cannot get my head around where the time keeps on going.

At 32 months old you have been practicing your words all the time. You have been repeating things you hear on the television and from your favourite films. I have heard you talking about ‘Rusteeze’ the imaginary company who sponsor Lightning McQueen in Cars, and then hearing you in the next breath ‘you too, can look like… Meeee!’. You copy the things you’re electronic toys say, and you are listening to the conversations around you. You were copying me the other morning before I even knew you were awake, you heard me talking to your Daddy and started chattering down the baby monitor at me, copying me word for word and looking incredibly proud of yourself.

Today after a prompt morning bath, I was getting you ready for the day ahead. I asked you if you were cold and you replied 'I not cold Mumma'.

You are using your manners more consistently without having to be prompted all of the time, and if I ask you a question you usually respond with either ‘Yes please Mummy’ or ‘No thank you Mummy’ which always brings a smile to my face. When I tuck you into bed at night you say ‘Night night’ ‘love you’ ‘see you tomorrow’, you are always coming out with something new, and I am loving hearing all of your new words and sentences.

With each new thing that you say, I still get incredibly excited. You are talking later than many 2 year olds but are developing all of the time. You are getting there and being able to put your points across more as the months go on, it was only this week that you managed to convince nursery that you were poorly so that they sent you home. You told them that you ‘hurt’ and they decided that you were under the weather and were concerned that you may have the chicken pox.

Recently your love for nursery has died down and you would much rather not go, you cry on a Monday when we get your things together and you cry when Granny drops you off. 9 times out of 10 you are fine within minutes of Granny leaving but your overall excitement has fizzled out.  

We are still waiting to see if the spots that you do have could be chicken pox, but they haven’t spread any further and if anything they look as though they may already be fading.

32 months has seen you being as much fun as ever, you have laughed, played and had a good time. You love to draw and we often sit and get creative with all of your colouring pencils, you draw trains and I draw whatever pops into my mind…and then you help me colour our doodles in.

All of a sudden you have taken to taking your favourite toys to bed with you, and very often you fall asleep surrounded among all of your favourite things. I have to sneak back in and take them all back out again.

You have completely stopped having your bottle and because you adjusted so well, and completely lead the transition, I threw all of your bottles in the bin on the 23^rd February 2014, 4 days before your 32^nd month. I still feel really pleased with how you have taken this change, and waiting until you were 100% ready is what made the whole process so much easier. To anyone who knew you only a few months ago, and saw how reliant you were on your blanket and your bottle, they know how far you have come since then.

In terms of naps little man, you are still having one long nap a day. You still really need a lengthy sleep or you are the most miserable toddler come dinner time. I love that you still nap as much as you do, but I am wondering how much longer it will last. For the moment though you love getting into bed mid morning for a few hours shut eye.

Today I woke up feeling really under the weather. My head was pounding and my skin was aching. I suddenly had a cough and my voice was in the midst of a disappearing act. You accepted that I wasn't feeling great and you kept on kissing me on the head. You contently played with your cars while I wrapped myself up on the sofa. You were being so affectionate and I really appreciated you letting me have the day to get over whatever it was that was making me feel so rough.

Month by month you are growing from a beautiful toddler into a beautiful boy, and with each month that passes I can't help but smile. I smile because you are turning into the most charming little guy, and you always manage to put a big smile on my face.