Every day Seth suprises me with new words. Last night he was playing with a little monkey that if you push it's belly it plays a song. Well he couldn't get it to work, so he handed it to me and clearly said "help". Also, last night we were playing in the basement, and he has one of those pop up tunnels that was folded up and put in a corner. He saw it and ran over to it yelling "tunnel!" We hardly play with that thing, but i did notice him playing in one exactly like it at daycare a few days ago, so that must be where he picked up that word.
The other night at dinner, as usual i gave him a sippy cup without a lid, but on that particular night he decided he wanted a lid and actually shouted "LID!" at me. It really amazes me that he picks up all these words. I really am not trying to come off like i'm bragging, it's just that i am so amazed by him. He really seems to know the word for almost every object he sees. He never really went through that frustration stage where he wanted something but didn't know how to say it, he just says it! If he does start whining and just repeating "more, more" over and over, i will and ask him to please tell me what he wants more of, and usually he will tell me. It's so great to have that communication. In fact, yesterday at dinner, he said "poop...potty". So i took him to his potty and after a few minutes he pooped AND peed. He was so proud and he even got to flush the potty and said "bye bye" to it. I really am hoping to have him potty trained by 2, but we'll see.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
moments
There is a country song that goes..."i never knew love, no i mean real love, i never knew that kind of love, til this moment with you." There are so many special moments that Seth and i share where my heart feels so overwhelmed with love that I think it just might explode. I was thinking about some of those moments, and here are a few:
--when i'm sorta dazed or down, and suddenly i realize that Seth is staring at me with a serious look on his face and he sweetly says, "hi mama" and then smiles. That makes all the bad stuff immediately disappear.
--when he is contently playing and suddenly jumps up and runs over to me and hugs my leg.
--when i pick him up from daycare and see the look of excitement on his face when i walk through the door and then when he stops immediately what he was doing and runs as fast as he can to me yelling "mama!"
--when i am holding him and he softly rubs my arm or strokes his fingers through my hair.
--the way he cuddles with me and only me. He will let me hold him for 45 minutes or more sometimes and just cuddle as we watch Sesame Street together. He won't do that with anyone else!
--just the way he looks at me. you know that look where he stops what he is doing and just looks you straight in the eyes and without saying it, you just know he loves you with all his heart.
I find myself in awe of this sweet little boy on a daily basis. Sometimes just looking at him brings tears to my eyes. As Psalm 127:3 says, Children truly are "a gift from God".
--when i'm sorta dazed or down, and suddenly i realize that Seth is staring at me with a serious look on his face and he sweetly says, "hi mama" and then smiles. That makes all the bad stuff immediately disappear.
--when he is contently playing and suddenly jumps up and runs over to me and hugs my leg.
--when i pick him up from daycare and see the look of excitement on his face when i walk through the door and then when he stops immediately what he was doing and runs as fast as he can to me yelling "mama!"
--when i am holding him and he softly rubs my arm or strokes his fingers through my hair.
--the way he cuddles with me and only me. He will let me hold him for 45 minutes or more sometimes and just cuddle as we watch Sesame Street together. He won't do that with anyone else!
--just the way he looks at me. you know that look where he stops what he is doing and just looks you straight in the eyes and without saying it, you just know he loves you with all his heart.
I find myself in awe of this sweet little boy on a daily basis. Sometimes just looking at him brings tears to my eyes. As Psalm 127:3 says, Children truly are "a gift from God".
Update
I have gotten so far behind on my blogging and haven't written anything since returning from my Nana's funeral in Florida. As i mentioned in my previous post, i flew to Florida and was without Seth for 4 days. I have never once been without him. I missed him like crazy, but Daddy did a wonderful job with him and everything was fine. He has been very clingy to me ever since though, and i can't even walk out of the room for a second without him running after me saying "mama!".
So much has been going on that i just can't write down everything, but i will try to write about some of the things i can remember. Seth has been talking nonstop and is really starting to talk in sentences although some of the words you still can't understand. For example, last night in one breath he said: "allgator getchu, elmo getchu...tub!" Now i don't think anyone would have understood that except for me, but we play a game in the tub where when holding his alligator toy or his elmo toy, i will say "the alligator is going to get you" or "elmo is going to get you". So he was telling me that he wanted to take a bath and get in the tub and play...so we did! :) He also will say "hi mama or hi dada" in such a sweet voice, and then follow it up with "how doing?". He even said "ciao" the other night, so Nonna will be happy to hear that! I just recently purchased Seth the Elmo's restaurant toy. He LOVES pretending to make "hambugas" and pour milk into a cup. We honestly don't get fast food very much, but as a special treat we will sometimes go to burger king down the street and get him a hamburger happy meal. Burger King just happens to be on the way to daycare, so now every morning and afternoon when we pass it, Seth screams out "HAMBUGA"! It's so funny. Seth went through a tough stage for about a week. I read up on discipline and we have been practicing a few things with Seth that seem to really work. For example, he hates to see me sad, so i use that to my advantage! When he is acting up, i will say something like "that makes mommy really sad when you _____ (insert action)." I will then put my head down and he will immediately stop acting up and come over to me asking for a kiss. This has worked so well, and also talking to him in a firm and calm way has really helped. We were having an issue with him refusing to put on his PJ's, so one night i had enough and i scooped him up and sat him on my knee and asked him to look at me. I then said "Seth, i really need you to put on your PJ's. If you put on your PJ's, then i will read you a story, okay?" His response was "okay" and he immediately laid down and let us put on his PJ's. It has been like this ever since. We can really reason with him and tell him he can do this once he does this, and he seems to understand. It's truly amazing to me. We have also been offering him choices, like which pair of PJ's to wear or what book he wants to read. This gives him a sense of control and has cut down his tantrums. At any rate, it seems to be working and he has been so good and well behaved lately...i hope it continues! :) Okay, i will stop my babbling, but below are a few recent pics. As you can see, he loves brushing his teeth on the potty!
So much has been going on that i just can't write down everything, but i will try to write about some of the things i can remember. Seth has been talking nonstop and is really starting to talk in sentences although some of the words you still can't understand. For example, last night in one breath he said: "allgator getchu, elmo getchu...tub!" Now i don't think anyone would have understood that except for me, but we play a game in the tub where when holding his alligator toy or his elmo toy, i will say "the alligator is going to get you" or "elmo is going to get you". So he was telling me that he wanted to take a bath and get in the tub and play...so we did! :) He also will say "hi mama or hi dada" in such a sweet voice, and then follow it up with "how doing?". He even said "ciao" the other night, so Nonna will be happy to hear that! I just recently purchased Seth the Elmo's restaurant toy. He LOVES pretending to make "hambugas" and pour milk into a cup. We honestly don't get fast food very much, but as a special treat we will sometimes go to burger king down the street and get him a hamburger happy meal. Burger King just happens to be on the way to daycare, so now every morning and afternoon when we pass it, Seth screams out "HAMBUGA"! It's so funny. Seth went through a tough stage for about a week. I read up on discipline and we have been practicing a few things with Seth that seem to really work. For example, he hates to see me sad, so i use that to my advantage! When he is acting up, i will say something like "that makes mommy really sad when you _____ (insert action)." I will then put my head down and he will immediately stop acting up and come over to me asking for a kiss. This has worked so well, and also talking to him in a firm and calm way has really helped. We were having an issue with him refusing to put on his PJ's, so one night i had enough and i scooped him up and sat him on my knee and asked him to look at me. I then said "Seth, i really need you to put on your PJ's. If you put on your PJ's, then i will read you a story, okay?" His response was "okay" and he immediately laid down and let us put on his PJ's. It has been like this ever since. We can really reason with him and tell him he can do this once he does this, and he seems to understand. It's truly amazing to me. We have also been offering him choices, like which pair of PJ's to wear or what book he wants to read. This gives him a sense of control and has cut down his tantrums. At any rate, it seems to be working and he has been so good and well behaved lately...i hope it continues! :) Okay, i will stop my babbling, but below are a few recent pics. As you can see, he loves brushing his teeth on the potty!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Another Ear infection
Well sort of anyway...it's the same ear infection he's had, but the last antibiotics weren't working after 8 days of use and all he got from it was a bad diaper rash. He woke up on Tuesday and grabbed his ear and said "owie". I really need to start listening to him because he has told me the last 2 times about his ears. I didn't think too much of it though because he was in such a good mood and had no other symptoms. Even his teachers said he was happy all day, he just woke up from a nap with a 102 fever though. Anyways, he is on the Z pack and doesn't have a fever, so we are hoping this one works. This is his 3rd infection in 1 month!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Pretend Play
Seth is really starting to play "pretend" lately. It's so much fun. Last weekend we went to the Magic House and there was a room where you could have a "tea party". Seth loved it and pretended to pour us some tea and we all drank lots of it! He didn't want to leave that room, it was probably his favorite part of the museum that day! He has also been "brushing" Elmo's teeth and last night he pretended to be the cookie monster. He picked up a toy that was lying on the ground and pretended to gobble it up. He even made the Cookie Monster's sound effects and said "cookie". Last night Jerry and i were eating bruschetta and Seth wanted to eat like us, so he took a tomato that was on his plate and put it on his bread and ate the tomato off the bread. It was so cute. He also likes to pretend to go "night night" and clean the floors and help me vaccuum. I love this stage despite the tantrums. :) He is also singing songs with us like Old Macdonald and says "eei eei o" and he also likes to sing "Apples and Bananas".
I leave for Florida this Friday to attend the memorial service for my grandma. I decided to leave Seth behind in Missouri with daddy. I have NEVER, not once, in the past 20 months been away from Seth for even one day or night. In a way i am somewhat excited to have a little break although i am going to miss him like crazy! It's only for 4 days, but that is a long time for me. I don't know what i am going to do with all my free time. Maybe i will even sleep in one of those days...oh my goodness, i forgot what that feels like and i'm not sure i'll even be able to do it. At any rate, it will be a good bonding time for Jerry and Seth and a much needed rest for mommy.
I leave for Florida this Friday to attend the memorial service for my grandma. I decided to leave Seth behind in Missouri with daddy. I have NEVER, not once, in the past 20 months been away from Seth for even one day or night. In a way i am somewhat excited to have a little break although i am going to miss him like crazy! It's only for 4 days, but that is a long time for me. I don't know what i am going to do with all my free time. Maybe i will even sleep in one of those days...oh my goodness, i forgot what that feels like and i'm not sure i'll even be able to do it. At any rate, it will be a good bonding time for Jerry and Seth and a much needed rest for mommy.
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