Young Toddler Check in 3/23

[turquoisequeen]

This is a bi-weekly check in for the young toddlers (12-24 mo). Please feel free to jump right in and just let me know the birth month and year of your young toddler (then I won't have to update the ages every month)! We would love to have you join us!

March 2015
mrswillie
wibblywobbly

April 2015
gsancho
jszy10
ProfessorChaos

May 2015
jessimi06
sunshinedaisies
turquoisequeen

June 2015
katemonster

July 2015
mnj05
ampaints
nutmeg8484

August 2015
richzep

Sept 2015
ruthie
Smootiepie
SweetieShellie

Oct 2015
aves0708
bluefairy5
bostongirl617
@buttmonkey
@ketchup
snd1231

Nov 2015
firstbbq
kensie5226
k1111k
mrspotatohead91
ldubhawksfan

Dec 2015
rainbowbridge14
kate61487

Jan 2016
nikiswimr
MellyKnu
shytimes
Amelia

Feb 2016
megrae12
meggo

Mar 2016
lindy04aggie


1. Accomplishments/fun stuff?
2. Challenges?
3. How are the adults?
QOTW: Favorite spring break memory?
Oh and always feel free to include a pic of your LO(s) if you want!

[turquoisequeen]

Let me know if I missed adding you. A few of the tags aren't working but I'm not sure why.

[turquoisequeen]

Mar 23, 2017 9:44:05 GMT -5 @ketchup said:

Mar 23, 2017 9:20:08 GMT -5 turquoisequeen said:

Let me know if I missed adding you. A few of the tags aren't working but I'm not sure why.

I'll help. 

@professorchaos = ProfessorChaos = pblege (she may have blocked again, so no idea if this tag will work)

@idubhawksfan = ldubhawksfan = ldubhawksfan (with an L, not an i) 

@meggo = meggo = megko 

... don't know whether to preen or to be concerned that I knew all of these off the top of my head. 

Ah! Thank you!

[richzep]

19 months
They are really having a good time before bed and after they wake up. Jumping around together. Laughing. Saying hi to one another. It is adorable. I hear them greet each other every morning and it's the cutest thing ever!

Olivia still has a need to be carried 24/7. It's killing me. It's such a petty thing but it is literally constant. She screams her head off if she's not carried. So I'm either carrying her or listening to her yell.

3. Very good. No complaints in this department. He works super hard for me to be able to stay home with the kids and when he's home, he's 100% all about the kids. I've been feeling very grateful for him lately.

Qotw: I always went back home and vegged out on the couch watching tv during spring break. Catching up with friends. Eating all the food. Not exciting just a lot of laziness.


Our trip to the aquarium yesterday.

[aves0708]

K is 17 months.

1. One of my favorite fun things she's doing right now is reading to herself. She grabs one of her books opens it up and starts garbling away. She turns the pages and keeps "reading" out loud for awhile. I love listening to her.

2. I think we're starting to deal with the 18 month sleep regression. Why are there so many sleep regressions??!! My toddler who happily waved to me as I put her down for a nap and closed the door, now acts like I'm abandoning her for life when nap times comes. Also she thinks 30-60 minute naps are acceptable. I feel like she's constantly overtired from not getting good enough sleep and I can't fix it.

3. Adults are sick with ANOTHER cold. I'm so over being sick. I just want spring and warm weather.

QOTW: I mostly just went home to my parents house for spring break and hung out watching TV. One year I did go to Cape Cod with my then boyfriend. I don't know if it's my favorite spring break memory, but I did enjoy vising the Cape even though it was freezing!

[ldubhawksfan]

DD is 16 mo

1. Accomplishments/fun stuff? She is signing more and more every day. It's amazing to watch!! Like yesterday she signed back thank you and please for the first time. She also starting saying hi yesterday which was cute.
2. Challenges? Sleep regression hard these last few weeks. My wonder weeks shows her approaching a leap, but maybe she is early? I don't know!! She was sick, but now it's just lingering shit sleep! It sucks. I think we are going to start sleep training again tonight. 😢
3. How are the adults? Tired, see above
QOTW: Favorite spring break memory? Habitat for humanity trip with friends. It was rewarding but also a blast of a week with friends.

[megrae12]

Superman will be 13 mo on Saturday.

1. He climbs on furniture now. He gets the biggest of smiles when does it. It's the best thing ever!

2. Omg! We are deep in toddler hell. He gets so frustrated about things and he bites the offending object. Sigh. It's a lot if screaming, crying, and contemplating running away (that last one is mine).

3. The adults are making it. We are both trying to navigate the hair trigger that is the demon spawn err our son.

QOTW: I went with my brst friend in college up to Pittsburgh. It was kinda a dumb trip because I knew no one we were visiting and she only knew one person. But, it was the best trip ever and we experience all 4 seasons in a week.

Because God made toddlers angels when they sleep so we would love them when they are channeling satan.

[MellyKnu]

Hi! Rowan is 14 months and thriving. She is into soccer these days. As in she takes assisted steps to her ball to kick it over and over. She finally started pulling herself on furniture to stand yesterday. Girl is rocking her riding toy. No new words the last couple weeks because she's too busy saying ball. Over and over and over. And over.

Tantrums. I feel like she's late hitting the tantrums. And I don't think they're as bad as hey could be. But. They are so exhausting. And I hear they only get worse. Yay...

We're good! I go back to work tomorrow after seven weeks off. It's bittersweet. I had post-op X-rays and follow up with my surgeon. Everything looks good and he's happy with my progress. DH is doing well. He started Wellbutrin a month or so ago and it's definitely made a difference.

QOTW: I never had the classic college experience, so college spring break isn't on my radar and when I was growing up we were poor so if we went anywhere it was to my grandma's house.

ETA: The side-eye is strong with this one.

[mrspotatohead91]

Hi guys!

L is almost 17 months and so, so much fun. He is super ticklish and I just love making him laugh. I've been home with him the last three days and have been loving every minute. He's getting so smart and learning new stuff every day. It's really cool too see.

The only real challenge is that he is a daredevil and gets himself into some dicey situations where if he fell, he'd be I trouble, so we have to watch him like a hawk at all times. He can climb up on anything and has so much determination. He's also been mean to the dog lately and I don't know what to do about it because he thinks it's funny when we tell him no or try to redirect him.

Adults are ok. We are both swamped at work and didn't have childcare this week so that has been challenging. My super busy time will end next week but I will be down a staff until The end of June.

[bluefairy5]

1. Now sings "row, row, row" and requests this song by going, "bo! bo!" She's been giving her baby doll rides in her toy stroller and carrying it around a bit, and she can climb on her (rather large) rocking penguin and take a ride all on her own since the past month or so. She's also started limiting her own nursing at bedtime, which is half exciting and half bittersweet. And we finally have an umbrella stroller I love, so it's been much easier getting her around on public transportation. Just in time for good spring weather!

2. Approximately 6-6:45 p.m. is now Wild Child Hour. She gets so wound up! My parents are here for the weekend and tonight she was so excited and riled up to see them that she clonked her eye good on the bathtub. And while tantrums aren't anything to write home about, she's really perfecting the whole "shrieking gummy worm" thing where she goes completely limp and tosses her arms up so it's hard to hold/move her. (TBH, it's pretty funny.)

3. Too much work. Supposedly we're going out to dinner tomorrow night after WF's bedtime. I'll believe it when I see it.

QOTW: Never really did spring break. When I started looking at colleges, my mom and I went to Charleston (to tour the College of...) and that was a fun trip! We went on a ghost tour, hehe.

[turquoisequeen]

1. His dancing is hilarious. It's like running in place while squealing or having the biggest smile. A lot of his speech is now 2 word "phrases" like get it, down there, etc. When we read I can pause and he can fill in words. It's really fun!

2. Diaper changes are still usually a struggle. He also is sometimes destructive with his toys... biting them, throwing them, standing on puzzle boxes, ripping paper. I have no idea how he learned this.

3. Still tired due to newborn but not as bad as the first go round. DH has also been working a ton so that doesn't help.

QOTW: one spring break in college my boyfriend (now DH) and some friends spent several days at a mountain house and then several days at a beach house. Was a lot of fun!

[turquoisequeen]

richzep that's tough to carry her all the time. Can you babywearing her?

bluefairy5 did you end up going to cofc?

[lindy04aggie]

1. Accomplishments/fun stuff? Riley is really getting into walking. She is not interested in crawling anymore at all. Aiden is starting to stand up and let go and he even took a tiny step last night, so I'll have two walkers soon. The baby kind... not The Walking Dead kind.

2. Challenges? We finally have an answer for the constant ear drainage from Aiden's ear. He has two anti-drop resistant bacterial infections. So now we're on different meds for that. Hopefully that will clear it up.

3. How are the adults? We're pretty good. Having time for ourselves between when the kids go to bed and when we go to bed is nice.

QOTW: Favorite spring break memory? When I was probably about 10, my brother and I went to the Texas/Mexico border and stayed with my grandparents in their camper. We would go across the border during the day to explore and shop and then we had a campfire each night. We went to the greyhound races and I won more money than anyone else... betting on the dogs' names I liked the most of course. I loved that trip.

[ldubhawksfan]

turquoisequeen that is how DD dances too! Lol

[richzep]

turquoisequeen i can. I just want her to go and play like the other two. I'm happy to play with her but she doesn't want me sitting. She wants me to stand and hold her. She's always been like this.

[rainbowbridge14]

1. She is talking so much these days! She points out words she knows in books all the time and is obsessed with reading her alphabet books. She can go down the slide at the park completely alone and squeals so loud when she does it. We also have a small trike that she climbs up on and balances on already. She is too short to reach the pedals but loves sitting on it. I am highly considering getting her a balance bike for when she is closer to 18 months. We saw one at a bike store and she was in love and I think her balance is getting good enough where she should be able to actually use it.

2. She is going through a really rough separation anxiety and Mommy phase right now. She will barely let H hold her and if he tries to kill scream Mama over and over and throw a huge tantrum. I am exhausted from being hung go to person 24/7 right now.

3. Adults are a little better today. We have had a very stressful 3 weeks with my work and it was taking its toll. We got in a small fight last night but then talked and things are a bit better.

QOTW: I never did spring break at College because I didn't have the money to do that sort of thing. I was a teacher and my mom works for a public university so as an adult we try and take trips to Arizona for Baseball spring training during our Spring Breaks and that is super fun. We are actually leaving tomorrow to go to spring training and meet my mom out there.

[richzep]

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[bluefairy5]

Mar 24, 2017 3:25:34 GMT -5 turquoisequeen said:

richzep that's tough to carry her all the time. Can you babywearing her?

bluefairy5 did you end up going to cofc?

I didn't, but it sure was pretty there! I went to school up here in NY, in the end.

[turquoisequeen]

Mar 24, 2017 9:13:56 GMT -5 richzep said:

turquoisequeen i can. I just want her to go and play like the other two. I'm happy to play with her but she doesn't want me sitting. She wants me to stand and hold her. She's always been like this.

That's tough. I'm sorry.

[shytimes]

1. Successes: walking / trotting up a storm. Is trying to use words to communicate, but usually squeals wildly and makes bug-eyes until you acquiesce. Depending on her mood, she will play what does the monkey/elephant/lion/snake/cow say. (I know, a random combo).

2. Challenges: I dont feel like she is as verbal as she could be.... she doesn't like to repeat words or use words she even knows. I'm trying to be patient.

3. Adults: It's hard. He's busy, I'm exhausted all the time, so not a lot of meet in the middle. We are planning a long weekend away over memorial day so that should be nice.

QOTW: I never did the Spring Break thing in college - my dad often timed it so that he had a cool business trip and I got to tag along, so that was pretty awesome. Other than that, family spring break ski trips were lots of fun.

[kensie5226]

1. Girl blew actual bubbles from bubble solution yesterday. She's so damn smart. Her vocab is exploding and she's moved on to a couple of two word phrases.

2. The sick. She is teething, has an ear infection, and a wicked cold so she's exhausted and cranky. We're exhausted and cranky. I want homegirl out of my bed.

3. We had a pretty big CTJ blowout last week, but things have been better since then. Also, we're excited about Babykensie #2!

QOTW: I went to Florida once, but it was more quiet and less spring break-y because of where were and b/c our college's break was a week early than most. And senior year we went to Vegas and that was some real wild fun!

[bluefairy5]

shytimes, I could have written the verbal thing you said. I just keep reminding myself it's a really wide continuum of "normal" and, like walking, is one of those things that typical kids will take to in their own time. I will be your "don't worry overmuch about it until the pedi says to" buddy on this one.

[ampaints]

Just dropping in, I'll come back later to love tit and actually read.

M is really getting into imaginative play. I got him more play food at a consignment sale and he's having a blast with it. I also got him a guitar which he is in love with! We had his first speech therapy session on Tuesday, he didn't say anything but listened and reacted well.

Sleep has been kind of rough this week. We had dinner at the in laws last week and they insisted on a later time, so M went bed 2 hours late. He's had crappy sleep ever since.

Adults are alright. I've got about 5 weeks of intense schoolwork left and graduate at the beginning of May. Can. Not. Wait.

[nikiswimr]

Hi ladies!

Successes: I swear she's saying a new word every day. She can distinguish car from truck. She tells the dog "sit" which sounds astonishingly like "shit" and says "good dog" which sounds like "good god" (shit!" [pat, pat, pat] "good god!"). She tells us up/down, and done now.

Challenges: girl has ATTITUDE. Also I wonder if we're getting to the tail end of our breastfeeding journey. She normally jumps on the boob when I get home from work but today never asked and just nursed am/pm. Normal I know but bittersweet nonetheless.

Adults: good, I lucked out husband wise because he's much better about not losing sight of the he/I thing than I am.

QOTW: in HS and college I skied every spring break with 20 of my best friends in a tiny condo. We skied shit we had no business skiing, camped out on the floor, and drank much cheap beer in the hot tub.

[turquoisequeen]

nikiswimr that's hilarious. I love the way little toddler pronounce things. DS has a book about an astronaut and his astronaut sounds like "asshat". It's great.

[bluefairy5]

firstbbq, How was that 2 years ago, exactly? Surely you jest.

[aves0708]

shytimes, and bluefairy5, I sit at the wish she was more verbal table too. It's seems like every other toddler here is talking way more than her and sometimes it makes me....anxious.

[ampaints]

Mar 30, 2017 14:04:12 GMT -5 aves0708 said:

shytimes, and bluefairy5, I sit at the wish she was more verbal table too. It's seems like every other toddler here is talking way more than her and sometimes it makes me....anxious.

M is a late talker. Actually he's been hitting all milestones later. He's 20 months and just this last weekend had a language up, he went from two consistent words and less than 10 total, to singing the ABC song.

We had him evaluated for rally intervention for other reasons but are taking advantage of speech therapy. He's only had 2 appointments, so I know that's had zero effect on his recent increase. Just saying that plenty of us have late talker, but talking to someone if it puts your mind at ease is a good thing.

[MellyKnu]

Mar 30, 2017 14:04:12 GMT -5 aves0708 said:

shytimes, and bluefairy5, I sit at the wish she was more verbal table too. It's seems like every other toddler here is talking way more than her and sometimes it makes me....anxious.

It's kind of a trade off, though. Rowan's pretty freaking verbal, but girl just decided to start crawling today at 14.5 months. She just discovered butt-scooting at 13 months and before that she just didn't move at all if we weren't holding her. Other kids her age can point out different colors and body parts and all kinds of other stuff Ro can't do. They all catch up eventually.

[mnj05]

Late as usual.

1. G is almost 21 months. His language is slowly improving (common theme it seems). He just started saying night night consistently and is saying his own version of words for some things.

2. We've noticed that in addition to tiliting head, he runs with one arm stationary and the shoulder to that arm pulled up. We happened to have a pedi appointment and had her watch him run. She's stumped but said to mention it to his eye doctor when we go back in May.

3. Adults are good. Busy season for DH is about to pick up and I've been running around like crazy lately, but we're surviving and finding family time.

QOTW - Europe. I've got two trips in mind but I'd visit the holocaust museum first.