I have been working really hard these past few months with Zander trying to get his biting, hitting, scratching, and pinching under control. He would only do it out of anger and frustration...most of the time, and I am happy to report that he has been doing really well with it. I think we are finally past that phase!
Zander has such a fun, energetic personality. Sometimes it gets a little overwhelming just because I have to keep him busy all the time, and I hardly get any down time for myself, but he is so much fun to play with. He has a great imagination and likes to pretend he is a minion or a monster, or riding a dragon from some of his favorite movies. Not a day goes by that he doesn't hand me a gun to have a shootout in the living room. He will build guns out of anything, and the other day I saw him in the dining room with Lucas. He put a gun in Lucas's hand and held it with him trying to explain how to shoot it.
Zander will get excited about the littlest things if I make it sound exciting for me to do. So clearing off the dinner table, picking up toys, taking a nap, and folding laundry are all really exciting things for him to help me do.
One night we were in the basement and I saw something across the room that really looked like it could be a bug in the carpet. So I went over to examine what it was without touching it, and I still couldn't tell if it was a bug or not, so I bent over and blew on it to see if it'd move. It didn't. Therefore, it was a piece of lint. Zander does this now every time he sees something on the floor he doesn't know what it is. He'll bend down and blow on it to see if it moves before he'll touch it.
He likes to sing and dance. Right now his favorite song to sing is "Five Little Monkeys" and he has to get up and dance when the credits roll after a movie is over no matter how tired he is. We have lots of dance sessions throughout the day to get some energy out.
Right now Zander is in the phase "I can do it by myself" but its usually only on his timetable. For example, (this was all in one day too) We got back from the store, and I asked him to help me carry in a sack. He said no, he didn't want to, so I took it in the house myself. Instead, I gave him the key so he could unlock the door for me, but he was distracted with the snow on the bushes, so he gave the key back to me. I proceeded to unlock the door and set the bags down on the counter and get Lucas out of his seat. Zander walks in and sees the bags on the counter and has a meltdown because he wanted to carry it inside and he wanted the key to unlock the door. So I gave him the sack and sent him outside and locked the door so he could do it himself. He was happy again. After nap time I asked him to help me pick up the toys and put them in the box. He didn't want to, and I didn't feel like fighting him on it, so I picked them up myself and but the box back on the shelf and sat down. Zander then had a fit because he wanted to pick up the toys too, so he took the box off the shelf and dumped it out, so he could pick the toys up by himself. It's always after Stephen and I ask him if he wants to help and he says no, so we do it anyway, then he wants to do it himself. This happens many times throughout the day.
One night Stephen came home from work--he opened the door and Zander ran in the room and said, "Well, well, well!" Stephen looked at me and said Zander spends too much time with me, lol. I say that when Zander is getting into something in another room when its quiet, I'll go look for him and say, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Zander thinks that's funny.
He loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. This is usually what he eats for lunch most days, and he likes to make it himself. He also likes pancakes, grapes, and beans.
Zander is learning his colors and shapes.
The past few months Zander has been having a hard time sleeping. He'll go down fine, but he'll wake up in the middle of the night several times and cry and come upstairs to sleep in our bed. It has been driving us crazy, so we made a bed for him on the floor in our room for the times he refuses to go back downstairs just so he doesn't cry and wake up Lucas. I also made him a sleeping chart where he can put a sticker on it every time he stays in his bed. He also gets a special treat in the morning if he stays in his bed all night. This has also been working really well so far.
We found out recently that he is getting his final molars in and he may have to have his tonsils removed. I'm pretty sure these two things have been the cause of him waking up so often. poor boy!
LUCAS
Lucas will be eight months old next week! I can't believe it. He's going to be one before we know it, and walking and talking. I amdreading looking forward to it so he can play and pal around with Zander. The more he moves, the more I have to baby proof and keep an eye on him and Zander so no one gets hurt, lol.
He got his first tooth!
He says da-da.
He hates being on his belly, so he has no motivation to crawl or even move around for that matter. He just lays there sobbing waiting for someone to pick him up or sit him up. He doesn't even stand or use his legs either. He's just a big blob for now. He loves to play in his jumpy swing though.
Lucas has built up a tolerance to Zander's roughhousing, and even finds some of it to be funny now.
He loves to eat. All. The. Time. He's about 18 lbs now so pretty average for his age, but he's a solid tank-of-a-kid. He likes to feed himself, and is now eating table food.
He has been sleeping through the night except for recently since he's teething, but he does really well at night.
Lucas hates getting dressed. I can take his clothes and diaper off and have him laughing, but as soon as I have to diaper and dress him, he screams bloody murder as he flops and flails around on the changing table like a hooked tuna fish.
He doesn't like to be left alone in room to play by himself, so he has to go with me everywhere I go.
Lucas is pretty mild mannered, but we'll see how long that lasts as he gets older.
He likes to be held and cuddled.
I love my boys! I'm so glad they have each other; I love being their mom and getting to teach them, and give them hugs and kisses.
Right now Zander is in the phase "I can do it by myself" but its usually only on his timetable. For example, (this was all in one day too) We got back from the store, and I asked him to help me carry in a sack. He said no, he didn't want to, so I took it in the house myself. Instead, I gave him the key so he could unlock the door for me, but he was distracted with the snow on the bushes, so he gave the key back to me. I proceeded to unlock the door and set the bags down on the counter and get Lucas out of his seat. Zander walks in and sees the bags on the counter and has a meltdown because he wanted to carry it inside and he wanted the key to unlock the door. So I gave him the sack and sent him outside and locked the door so he could do it himself. He was happy again. After nap time I asked him to help me pick up the toys and put them in the box. He didn't want to, and I didn't feel like fighting him on it, so I picked them up myself and but the box back on the shelf and sat down. Zander then had a fit because he wanted to pick up the toys too, so he took the box off the shelf and dumped it out, so he could pick the toys up by himself. It's always after Stephen and I ask him if he wants to help and he says no, so we do it anyway, then he wants to do it himself. This happens many times throughout the day.
One night Stephen came home from work--he opened the door and Zander ran in the room and said, "Well, well, well!" Stephen looked at me and said Zander spends too much time with me, lol. I say that when Zander is getting into something in another room when its quiet, I'll go look for him and say, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Zander thinks that's funny.
He loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. This is usually what he eats for lunch most days, and he likes to make it himself. He also likes pancakes, grapes, and beans.
Zander is learning his colors and shapes.
The past few months Zander has been having a hard time sleeping. He'll go down fine, but he'll wake up in the middle of the night several times and cry and come upstairs to sleep in our bed. It has been driving us crazy, so we made a bed for him on the floor in our room for the times he refuses to go back downstairs just so he doesn't cry and wake up Lucas. I also made him a sleeping chart where he can put a sticker on it every time he stays in his bed. He also gets a special treat in the morning if he stays in his bed all night. This has also been working really well so far.
We found out recently that he is getting his final molars in and he may have to have his tonsils removed. I'm pretty sure these two things have been the cause of him waking up so often. poor boy!
LUCAS
Lucas will be eight months old next week! I can't believe it. He's going to be one before we know it, and walking and talking. I am
He got his first tooth!
He says da-da.
He hates being on his belly, so he has no motivation to crawl or even move around for that matter. He just lays there sobbing waiting for someone to pick him up or sit him up. He doesn't even stand or use his legs either. He's just a big blob for now. He loves to play in his jumpy swing though.
Lucas has built up a tolerance to Zander's roughhousing, and even finds some of it to be funny now.
He loves to eat. All. The. Time. He's about 18 lbs now so pretty average for his age, but he's a solid tank-of-a-kid. He likes to feed himself, and is now eating table food.
He has been sleeping through the night except for recently since he's teething, but he does really well at night.
Lucas hates getting dressed. I can take his clothes and diaper off and have him laughing, but as soon as I have to diaper and dress him, he screams bloody murder as he flops and flails around on the changing table like a hooked tuna fish.
He doesn't like to be left alone in room to play by himself, so he has to go with me everywhere I go.
Lucas is pretty mild mannered, but we'll see how long that lasts as he gets older.
He likes to be held and cuddled.
I love my boys! I'm so glad they have each other; I love being their mom and getting to teach them, and give them hugs and kisses.
"He's just a big blob for now." LOLOLOL!!!!!!
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