THIRTY MONTHS
Let's catch up here because, um, Conner turned 2 1/2 years old over two weeks ago already! This is a really busy season in our lives and it's hard to soak in details of this little boy when time flies so fast.
Honestly, my little Conner Bear is growing up too.fast. And if it weren't for the toddler tantrums that come with this age, I'd want him to stay this age forever.
Honestly, my little Conner Bear is growing up too.fast. And if it weren't for the toddler tantrums that come with this age, I'd want him to stay this age forever.
Toddler Talks
I have loved that this little boy's been back at daycare and around plenty of other littles his age. It's expanded his vocab tremendously. And he is structuring more and more sentences. Sometimes there's a verb or noun in the wrong spot, but that's what makes conversations with him quite hilarious at times.
He's really taking off on his ability to describe objects by their color. He ran around the house a lot this past months counting his numbers too... always going from 5 and skipping straight to 8, 9, 10. So funny listening to this. So, now when he sees colors, numbers or letters, he's typically shouting them out in pure excitement.
He's really taking off on his ability to describe objects by their color. He ran around the house a lot this past months counting his numbers too... always going from 5 and skipping straight to 8, 9, 10. So funny listening to this. So, now when he sees colors, numbers or letters, he's typically shouting them out in pure excitement.
Toddler Play
Life revolves outdoors nowadays. Usually three seconds he walks in the house after daycare, he wants to eat and get right back outside to all those chickens. We have 5 acres of mostly woods and now that Conner is a little older, we've been letting him venture off on his own a bit. Easy to do since our trees are still lacking foliage so we can keep an eye on him while we work outside. Plus, wherever the chickens are, Conner will be right there with them.
There are times that I offer him crayons to see if he shows any interest, but time after time, he just doesn't get into coloring. He still prefers to play with anything with wheels that he can run around the house with. Don't see that changing... ever.
The best times with this little boy is watching him in the living room with Linden playing with him and making him laugh. Conner is loving his little brother more and more and makes sure that he has plenty of toys to play with while he plays with his toys. (Even when Linden's trying to fall asleep, Conner makes sure to pile him up with toys to fall asleep with.)
There are times that I offer him crayons to see if he shows any interest, but time after time, he just doesn't get into coloring. He still prefers to play with anything with wheels that he can run around the house with. Don't see that changing... ever.
The best times with this little boy is watching him in the living room with Linden playing with him and making him laugh. Conner is loving his little brother more and more and makes sure that he has plenty of toys to play with while he plays with his toys. (Even when Linden's trying to fall asleep, Conner makes sure to pile him up with toys to fall asleep with.)
Toddler Eats
Fruit. Check. Veggies. Check. Milk and yogurt. Check. Bread. Double check. Meat... not so much. We still struggle a ton to get him to eat meat to the point that I have been supplementing other higher protein foods. Lately we've been eating a lot of greek yogurt with a spoonful of peanut butter mixed in. (Try it... you will love it!) We've also been expanding into higher protein veggies like edamame, but it's taking him a little while to get used to those.
With everything we have going on around our house this summer, I'd prefer not dealing with a garden this summer, but Conner is pretty much the sole reason why we're doing one. That boy loved going out to the garden last year with Joe to grab cucumbers and green beans to eat, so we want to keep giving him that opportunity. Okay... and I love having fresh romaine lettuce around.
With everything we have going on around our house this summer, I'd prefer not dealing with a garden this summer, but Conner is pretty much the sole reason why we're doing one. That boy loved going out to the garden last year with Joe to grab cucumbers and green beans to eat, so we want to keep giving him that opportunity. Okay... and I love having fresh romaine lettuce around.
Toddler Sleep
I love this little boy's sleep habits. He's so good about brushing his teeth and hopping into bed with thirty-four trucks surrounding his pillow and reading our favorite Sandra Boynton books.
Naps can be a different story. Some days are no struggle and he willingly goes. Most others are not. And now that we have summer sneaking up on us I feel like there will lots of days with missed naps because there are just not enough hours in the day to play outside.
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I love this little boy's sleep habits. He's so good about brushing his teeth and hopping into bed with thirty-four trucks surrounding his pillow and reading our favorite Sandra Boynton books.
Naps can be a different story. Some days are no struggle and he willingly goes. Most others are not. And now that we have summer sneaking up on us I feel like there will lots of days with missed naps because there are just not enough hours in the day to play outside.
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