Fun Developments/Not So Fun Developments

[piperhalliwell]

Starting a non-randoms thread over here!

I feel like L learns something new every day. Some are awesome. Some are...not awesome. Tell me one fun thing your baby has started doing, and one not so fun thing.

[piperhalliwell]

Fun: She now understands "give me kiss" and gives sloppy open-mouth baby kisses all the time. Sometimes she will even kiss us without us asking. It's the sweetest, grossest thing and I don't want it to ever stop.

Not so fun: She has started squirming and flailing while being carried up the stairs if she is too tired or not tired enough. I'm terrified I'm going to drop her.

[trtlcrzy]

S has started the tossing things off the highchair phase. This morning she literally didn't want to eat anything and threw it off the tray immediately. Even stuff I know she likes. A positive development I noticed is she likes to play catch. Which consists of me lightly tossing a ball to her and then her dropping it and it rolling to me.

[piperhalliwell]

Apr 19, 2017 12:08:54 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

S has started the tossing things off the highchair phase. This morning she literally didn't want to eat anything and threw it off the tray immediately. Even stuff I know she likes. A positive development I noticed is she likes to play catch. Which consists of me lightly tossing a ball to her and then her dropping it and it rolling to me.

I haaaate the tossing stuff off the highchair phase with the fire of a thousand suns. Especially when I say "no" and then she stares me in the eye while throwing something off.

[trtlcrzy]

Apr 19, 2017 12:11:47 GMT -5 piperhalliwell said:

Apr 19, 2017 12:08:54 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

S has started the tossing things off the highchair phase. This morning she literally didn't want to eat anything and threw it off the tray immediately. Even stuff I know she likes. A positive development I noticed is she likes to play catch. Which consists of me lightly tossing a ball to her and then her dropping it and it rolling to me.

I haaaate the tossing stuff off the highchair phase with the fire of a thousand suns. Especially when I say "no" and then she stares me in the eye while throwing something off.

She likes to throw it at me even. So I've started holding my hand out so I don't have to pick it up. I have food from pouches sprayed all over my floor though. That's not delightful.

[chocolate]

Apr 19, 2017 12:07:43 GMT -5 piperhalliwell said:

Fun: She now understands "give me kiss" and gives sloppy open-mouth baby kisses all the time. Sometimes she will even kiss us without us asking. It's the sweetest, grossest thing and I don't want it to ever stop.

Not so fun: She has started squirming and flailing while being carried up the stairs if she is too tired or not tired enough. I'm terrified I'm going to drop her.

Can you let her crawl up the stairs and walk right behind her? R is getting so she prefers to do this now. Or does she just know she's going to bed and doesn't want to go up period?

[piperhalliwell]

Apr 19, 2017 13:40:20 GMT -5 chocolate said:

Apr 19, 2017 12:07:43 GMT -5 piperhalliwell said:

Fun: She now understands "give me kiss" and gives sloppy open-mouth baby kisses all the time. Sometimes she will even kiss us without us asking. It's the sweetest, grossest thing and I don't want it to ever stop.

Not so fun: She has started squirming and flailing while being carried up the stairs if she is too tired or not tired enough. I'm terrified I'm going to drop her.

Can you let her crawl up the stairs and walk right behind her? R is getting so she prefers to do this now. Or does she just know she's going to bed and doesn't want to go up period?

It's the "knows she's going to bed and doesn't want to" issue. She crawls up the stairs all the time, but when she won't go herself is when I pick her up have the massive squirm issue. She's toddling hard these days and developing quite the attitude when she doesn't get her way. 

[chocolate]

Apr 19, 2017 14:05:30 GMT -5 piperhalliwell said:

Apr 19, 2017 13:40:20 GMT -5 chocolate said:

Can you let her crawl up the stairs and walk right behind her? R is getting so she prefers to do this now. Or does she just know she's going to bed and doesn't want to go up period?

It's the "knows she's going to bed and doesn't want to" issue. She crawls up the stairs all the time, but when she won't go herself is when I pick her up have the massive squirm issue. She's toddling hard these days and developing quite the attitude when she doesn't get her way. 

Yep, the attitude is coming out strong at our house too!

[chocolate]

DD is understanding a lot more. Last night we went outside for a bit and when I brought her in I took her boots off and set her down with her coat paritallly off (she started to get mad) and I needed to grab some kleenex. She managed to get her other arm out of her coat and walked it over to her basket underneath the bench and put her coat away.

Also last night she was getting crabby and I said, "do you need to go nigh-nigh?" and she stopped dead in her tracks and booked it for the steps. She waited for me at the bottom of the steps to come over and bring her up to bed.

Also as soon as we get upstairs she goes right into the bathroom and climbs up the step stool to stand there and brush her teeth, just like DS does. So this totally freaks me out because we have to be really careful about watching her and getting in there right away with her, I don't want her falling off and knocking her head on the tile floor. I used to go in her room and lay out her pjs and stuff and she'd walk into the bathroom but now she clearly can't be trusted. So that's not so fun. But cute to watch how happy she is to stand up there just like big brother.

[chocolate]

Last night DH was teaching her to climb up the ladder of the slide that we have in the house. It's not a tiny slide by any means. I was like- thanks genius. Now I can't walk out of the room to do anything without fear that she'll be trying to climb up it herself and fall down. She's never attempted it and here he goes introducing it to her. So that's another thing I'll need to watch closely and keep it pushed up against the wall when we aren't using it or something. Usually it would go outside for the summer but we have a swing set now so I'm not sure we'll take it out there.

[musicalsilver]

Not so fun: more food throwing here. If she's not in the mood for it ... floor. If she's done with it ... floor. At least our dogs enjoy it!

And also more I'm going to do just what you told me not to do while watching your reaction and laughing gleefully about it all. Punk!

Fun: actually playing with her brother. Mostly random running around games, but so cute!

Hugs. Hugs. And more hugs. She is a very good hugger. She leans into it, pats your back, and says "ahhhhh".

Mixed bag: helping clean. Cute until it's a puddle of cat vomit and a far too small piece of tissue!

[morwen]

Ds also gives baby kisses and I love it so much. The tantrums not so much though those aren't new.

[rivers and roads]

Fun: Xavier is finally signing a ton of things. We've been signing at him since like 6 months and it's nice that it's finally all coming out! He's not super verbal yet and I like being able to better know what he wants. He's also making up his own signs for songs he wants me to sing to him. He gives hugs and kisses and will intentionally do things to make us laugh.


Not Fun: Food throwing and general pickiness as a whole. I wouldn't say they're tantrums, but it's a really grating whining/yell that gets me. He *HAS* to feed himself with utensils now and refuses to eat without it. Fine, but it's SO messy and takes foreverrrr.

He knows some things that are off limits. He still does them, but he'll do it while shaking his head "no" repeatedly. Stinker.

[auchick913]

Fun: Since moving to 1 nap, he's no sleeping 11-12 hrs overnight instead of his usual 10-10.5 and is much happier. He's able to entertain himself quite a bit now at home instead of hanging on me and whining all day long.

When he wants to be picked up, he will come over, turn around and walk backwards until he bumps into us. Kinda cute.

He's understanding more and more commands.

Not fun: Holy tantrums, usually associated with diaper changes, getting dressed, sleep time and highchair. Kid doesn't want to pause his day for anything.

Still terrified of people when in small spaces. I'm anxious about our flight in a couple weeks.

[tkford216]

I haven't checked into tcf in a while. Oops.

Fun: He has discovered the joy of stomping his feet. It makes him giggle and it's adorable and I love it. Also, the spoon. I love watching him feed himself with the spoon.

Not fun: He is starting to figure out that the chair I use as a barricade to the dog dishes can be moved if he pushes hard enough. Ugh.

[swim]

Fun: Walking now. Playing with DD more. He likes to copy everything she does.
Also a huge fan of all the kisses. He's learning how to blow kisses as well.

Not so fun: + 1 to food throwing/dumping. Makes me miss having our dog.

Mix: He's a climber. I can't turn my back for a second because he'll try to climb something. It's not so bad if it's the couch, but the dining room chairs and the window sills are a bit dangerous.

[followthesun]

Loving the hugs, two-word phrases, and belly laughs. Not such a fan of standing up in the tub or dropping food off of the tray

[eyelashedviper]

Fun: They are starting to do the action to songs. The two of them simultaneously doing Itsy Bitsy Spider is so darn cute! They use some signs and L is starting to sign 'more' for songs and not just food. He will then gesture to let me know which one.

They love to play outside, just like big sis they're quite content to spend time poking in the dirt and observing what's there.

H is really picking up gestures/movements. She can give a squeeze when she hugs, blow kisses, click her tongue, walk backwards a bit etc. They are both really into faces and are starting to identify parts (ie. they will find mine or their nose and ears).

Not so fun: L is in a discovering volume phase. So much yelling. He's also doing a lot of whining with vague pointing at things and it's really hard to discern what he wants, which frustrates him. He also enjoys throwing/dropping things. Yesterday he wanted to throw all the things through or over the gate and down the stairs.

H does not like to be restrained and wants to run free. I tried tethering her to the stroller last week so she could continue her walk out through the parking lot. She was MAD. We will have to work on this concept. She also has impressive grip strength and trying to pry anything from this child's death grip is a challenge.

Also not fun, trying to empty the dishwasher with these two around!

[piperhalliwell]

I'm with you on the vague pointing eyelashedviper. L is forever pointing and making this high pitched "hhhuuuhhh" noise to try to indicate what she wants. 99% of the time, I have no idea what she's pointing to and it makes her so mad.

I also feel you on the dishwasher. I basically have given up trying to load/unload it with L around because everything goes straight into her mouth. She also has a death wish and runs toward the oven and tries to stick her hands in any time I open it up. I've caught her before she burns herself so far, but I'm just waiting for the inevitable day she learns what "omg stop! hot!" means the hard way.

[swivelchair5]

Apr 21, 2017 8:17:21 GMT -5 piperhalliwell said:

I'm with you on the vague pointing eyelashedviper . L is forever pointing and making this high pitched "hhhuuuhhh" noise to try to indicate what she wants. 99% of the time, I have no idea what she's pointing to and it makes her so mad.

I also feel you on the dishwasher. I basically have given up trying to load/unload it with L around because everything goes straight into her mouth. She also has a death wish and runs toward the oven and tries to stick her hands in any time I open it up. I've caught her before she burns herself so far, but I'm just waiting for the inevitable day she learns what "omg stop! hot!" means the hard way.

R does the vague pointing, so we have started just picking her up and taking her in that direction so she can just pick up whatever it is she so desperately needed.  The object of desire inspiring these meltdowns are always really random like a receipt left on the table or a dirty sock in my laundry basket. And R also really want to climb into the hot oven. We do not use the oven unless there are two parents at home because she is ninja fast and it makes me so nervous.

[rivers and roads]

I just told H that we're going to have to gate X elsewhere when cooking now. He's strong enough to pull the oven door if he's determined, and tall enough that his fingers can probably reach an open flame if we're cooking. He also managed to pull off a protector for the burner knob.

Which is lovely, because the only way I can cook without the dinner time meltdown is to be the in same room. So, that's fun.

[swivelchair5]

Fun milestone: Walking! I love it! Also she does movements and sings along with some songs. (She says "Round round" "beep beep" and "swish swish" during the Wheels on the Bus).

I don't really have a not so fun milestone to report right now. Her communication is getting better every day, and that helps with the tantrums so much. I guess not so much a developmental milestone but a height milestone, she can now reach objects on the top of the table. Which I discovered when she grabbed a pocket knife the other day (fortunately folded up).

[trtlcrzy]

Apr 21, 2017 8:40:08 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

I just told H that we're going to have to gate X elsewhere when cooking now. He's strong enough to pull the oven door if he's determined, and tall enough that his fingers can probably reach an open flame if we're cooking. He also managed to pull off a protector for the burner knob.

Which is lovely, because the only way I can cook without the dinner time meltdown is to be the in same room. So, that's fun.

Put him in his highchair with some snacks or toys.

[tkford216]

Apr 21, 2017 8:40:08 GMT -5 rivers and roads said:

I just told H that we're going to have to gate X elsewhere when cooking now. He's strong enough to pull the oven door if he's determined, and tall enough that his fingers can probably reach an open flame if we're cooking. He also managed to pull off a protector for the burner knob.

Which is lovely, because the only way I can cook without the dinner time meltdown is to be the in same room. So, that's fun.

I just put this on the oven a couple days ago for the same reason. And he has seen me bake enough that he constantly checks the oven now. Sigh

I have to use the back burners when he is around. And he has figured out how to get the knob covers off if he hits it hard enough so I just have to watch closely. I generally can distract him enough by letting him "help" with things. I give him a large bowl with a ladle to "stir" or a couple bowls/cups to move around the extra ends of veggies, or I throw a bunch of plastic stuff in the dishwasher and he takes them in and out. If all else fails, high chair with a snack.

[tkford216]

So Bobby still isn't saying words yet, but he is expanding the sounds he makes while babbling (for not having any words yet, kid talks A LOT) and he kind of sounds like an ewok. Hahaha

[leahks77]

Apr 21, 2017 9:34:45 GMT -5 tkford216 said:

So Bobby still isn't saying words yet, but he is expanding the sounds he makes while babbling (for not having any words yet, kid talks A LOT) and he kind of sounds like an ewok. Hahaha

Lu isn't really saying words yet (definitely not two word phrases, wow!) but she's so chatty. So much babbling. Like her own other language.

[piperhalliwell]

I'm definitely going to have to get those oven door latches. L reached up last week and pulled the door down and hit her head on the floor in the process. Thankfully the oven wasn't on, but it terrified both of us. She only stopped crying when DH gave her pieces of bacon and cheese, lol.

[auchick913]

I'm getting frustrated with ds's lack of speech. All he does is point and I have to guess wtf he's pointing at. If I try to make him SAY it, I get silence and he doubles down on the pointing. Words have to come soon, right?

[trtlcrzy]

Oven lock: Safety 1st Oven Front Lock www.amazon.com/dp/B0056S8AGW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_jzL-ybV39K33N

Stove guard: Babies R Us Adjustable Stove Guard www.amazon.com/dp/B00OCIPRAO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-zL-ybND30KR6

[trtlcrzy]

S isn't saying any words yet either, but chatters a lot.