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Height and weight:
26 lbs, 34"
Physical development:
He can throw and kick balls (as well as a toddler can be expected to throw and kick balls). He can climb up the four-rung ladder at the playground. We are working on him using the normal swings instead of the baby swings.
Language development:
When he turned two he only had about nine words and wasn't saying two-word sentences. He has added five words this month and started saying two-word sentences.
Words at 2: Mom, Dad, uh-oh, ah (hot), BAAWWLLLL (ball), boo (blue), bye-bye, brr (beer), rojo (red in Spanish)
Words added this month: brown, pink, white, sis, boob (hey, I'm nursing lol)
He still mostly speaks with "eh" and body language.
What he's learning:
As you can see from his words, he has his colors down. He knows all of them, but he can't say them all. If I ask him to point to a certain color, he always gets it right. He is now working on the alphabet. He can say D and S, but I'm not sure how many letters he actually knows. We are also working on numbers, and I'm pretty sure he knows 1-5 because he will point to the number and then try to show how many it is with his fingers. (He also tries to take Mika's hands and show many it is with her fingers.) I've done shapes a little bit with him, but I don't think he knows them.
Paul and I are still amazed at how well he is doing with books. We can't believe he loves books as much as he does. He has an incredible attention span and can sit for an hour and "read." He has known how to correctly hold a book since he turned one. He has been able to turn board book pages and regular pages since before he was one. He memorizes books that we read to him and then does the sound effects and hand/body movements at the appropriate pages. If we tell him the name of a book and ask him to bring it to us, he knows which one it is and will bring it to us.
Personality:
We think Jackson is going to be voted as his "Class Clown." He is always doing stuff to try to make us laugh and he turns everything into a game. Half the time it's funny (like all his different facial expressions), half the time it's not (like every time I tell him to come to me, he runs away and I have to chase him).
He is so sly when it comes to nap time and bed time. He will do ANYTHING to procrastinate going to bed. He will try to bring us tons of books to read (we had to give him a three-book limit), he gives us tons of hugs, and he runs around his room in circles. If we're downstairs and I tell him that we are going up to sleep after he is done drinking his milk and eating his food, he will eat tons of food very slowly and just sip his drink to stretch out the time.
Potty Training:
Not happening yet. He used to love his potty and now he absolutely refuses to sit on it.
Being a big brother:
He loves his sister and always asks to hold her. He helps me with her when I'm busy. If she's crying, he will come tell me that she is crying. Then if I ask him to go talk to her because I can't hold her at the moment, he will run back to her and play with her. Half the time it works and she calms down because I think she likes to watch him.
He brings her toys and books because he doesn't understand that she can't play and read like he can. He will pry her hands open and place a toy in it and then get frustrated when she can't hold on to it.
He loves to imitate her. When she's on her back and flailing her limbs around, he will lie down next to her and flail his limbs around. He will also whine and cry when she whines and cries. That's fun.
All about Mika:
Birth:
9 lbs, 3oz, 21ish inches (different people measured her and got different measurements, so I'm just going with 21)
1 Month:
10 lbs, 7 oz- 88%
22 1/8"-90%
Head circumference: 14 7/8"- 90%
So the breastfeeding is obviously going so much better with her than with Jackson. I have none of the stress with her that I had with him. Mika is a pro breastfeeder, gains weight like she is supposed to, and she didn't have jaundice.
Mika is so easy (right now, anyways). She only cries when she needs a new diaper, is hungry, or wants to be picked up. You fix what's wrong and the crying stops. She also doesn't pee nearly as often as Jackson did. She can go hours without peeing. She has about eight big pees a day- she can soak 3/4 of an infant-size prefold. Jackson was doing about twenty pees a day when he was her age. So not doing as many diapers is reeaaally nice, especially since I'm doing "double diaper changes" at the moment.
She is such a sweet little baby and has the most beautiful smile. She has been smiling since she was born, so I don't know when she crossed the line from accidentally smiling to doing it on purpose. I think it was this past week for sure. She also has dimples. I've been trying to get a picture of her smile, but of course she only smiles when I don't have my camera on. She also does the cutest little baby sighs that are almost coos.
I just can't get over how fat she is. I'm about to put up her newborn clothes since she is almost a solid three-month size. She has 2-4 chins (not sure how many since her second chin covers up the rest of her neck, I think there might be more hiding under the second one. LOL).
Her hair is so long for a newborn. We don't even bother putting caps on her. What's the point in summer with hair like that?
She sleeps so well (right now, I'm hoping she keeps it up). All three of us take a two- to three-hour afternoon nap. She also goes to bed between 11 PM and 2 AM and will sleep for 4-6 hours.
She went to church and the park for the first time this week. She has run errands and gone clothes shopping with me a few times.
first time at church
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