Hello!
I have been gone forever.
So much to update!
1. My little chipmunk is doing so good! Guess what? He is potty trained! Well, almost. For #1 that is. It is a huge step! I cannot believe it. I knew that once he did it, it would stick. He is older now and can pick up things quickly once he "gets" them. No magic formula. We did what we always did and would give up on. Lots of water, no diapers in sight and we would make him sit in the potty. I would let him watch the portable DVD player while sitting. It coincided that he really really really had to go. It was bed time already and he had held it ALL DAY. He started to whimper for a diaper as I changed the movie playing in the DVD player. He was so interested in what I was going to play that he let it go. Yup! He peed. He did so much that I had time to call my husband and my mother and we all started chanting for him excitedly! Woohoo!
The next day he went in school once and once at night. The third day was the same. By the fourth day my husband sent me a text saying he requested to go while at the park with him and went standing up! That same night we ran into him going on his own. Instead of coming to get us to take him, he just walked in, turned on the lights and went by himself! Hilarious to see him doing such a big boy thing. I love it.
Now on to #2. Not as easy, but I am confident the day will come. He brings us a diaper to put on him when he has to go and holds it until we put it on. In a couple of weeks we will start with round # 2.
2. Let's see, what else.....he has been improving on sight words tremendously. Learning pretty quickly and seems to like it!
He now regularly uses his staple sentence of " Mommy, come with me please" " or when reminded "I want_____" but much much easier than before.
3. Christmas. We have decided to wrap some gifts already assembled, leave others out and let him discover them on his own. He usually walks right by them so we will see. He actually saw one I was wrapping a little while ago and ran to take it away from me. I told him he could touch it after nap. Of course it will disappear after naptime and he won't remember it, but the good news is that he was interested!
4. I remembered one more thing! He tried pop corn at school! That is huge considering he eats the same things all the time.
5. He is also hanging from his arms more and more at the park in school with the teacher. This is a big change in upper body strength he never had before. It's pretty cool to see him swing like a monkey!
That's it for now! Thanks for reading.
I hope you all have a fabulous holiday!
