As Ben likes to remind everyone, he is 5 now and he is a big kid. He has really matured a lot in the last 6 months and is usually very cooperative. He's doing great at preschool and I am so glad he has another year before kindergarten. He is the friendliest kid and makes friends wherever we go.
He is very interested in Star Wars these days. He hasn't seen any of the movies but he knows all the characters and whether they are good guys or bad guys. He has a set of Star Wars figurines and he spends hours making up stories about them. He's also really interested in Thomas trains. He is a chatterbox and generally talks non-stop. He makes me laugh with the crazy things he says. Yesterday he told me his battery was wearing out and he couldn't answer any of my questions about school anymore. When I went out of town recently he told Josh "Congratulations on being in charge Daddy".
He is a really good big brother and tries to help with Becca whenever she will let him. When she's upset he likes to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to her which sadly doesn't calm her down like it used to. He successfully put Becca in timeout recently for opening and spilling my spices everywhere while I ran to get the vacuum
I think I say this every year, but 5 is my favorite age so far. He can be reasoned with which makes life so much easier and he does some big kid things but he still loves to cuddle and asks us to sing a lullabye before bed.
Becca is 19 months old and is generally a sweet little girl but she can definitely throw some serious temper tantrums. She will do something so sweet like hold the hands of her Winnie the Pooh doll and sing Ring Around the Rosie, but dinner is a nightly battle lately. She is talking quite a bit and says new words everyday. She has a few phrases that she uses too like "here you go". She also sticks her hand out and says "stop" or "wait". She loves to do pretend play with her baby dolls and also loves to color with crayons and markers. She is very coordinated and likes to ride Ben's scooter. And of course she loves anything Frozen. As soon as we get in the car she starts saying "let it go, let it go!".
She is definitely more shy though and will never talk or smile to strangers. She also loves to hold the phone but refuses to talk. She takes her toy phone and says "hello?".
The last 4 months have been really rough sleep-wise with her getting up extremely early (4ish). It all started when she got Hand Foot & Mouth and then her molars came in and it just became a habit. I think (hope!) we are starting to make some progress though.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Becca at 15 months
What a huge difference 3 months has made! Becca is definitely a toddler now! Just like Ben, she started walking right around 14 months and hasn't looked back. She is an explorer and a busy little girl. She doesn't have much interest in whatever Ben is watching on tv (except for The Wiggles). Her current favorite inside activity is to open up the lazy susan where my spice containers are and walk around carrying them. She also likes to play with her baby dolls and will put them in the shopping cart or stroller and push them all over the house. She wants to be outside all the time and brings me her sandals and my sandals to get her point across. She likes to play in the driveway and always has a piece of sidewalk chalk in each hand. Sometimes she draws a little and every once in a while she tries to eat it. She can climb up the stairs on our slide and will go down the slide all by herself.
She has about 6 consistent words now (Dada, Mama, Bey (Ben), go, hi, bye) and she seems to understand most of what we say and can follow directions (go get shoes and bring them to Mommy,, take your snack to your highchair, etc.).
She started sleeping through the night not long after her first birthday and when that happened she started waking up earlier in the morning. Oh well.
She is doing really well eating solids and prefers to feed herself. She just started using a spoon and is pretty good with it. Pretzels are one of her favorite snacks and she will dip them in guacamole and then lick the guacamole off.
I think this is going to be a very busy summer of learning new things for our little girl!
She has about 6 consistent words now (Dada, Mama, Bey (Ben), go, hi, bye) and she seems to understand most of what we say and can follow directions (go get shoes and bring them to Mommy,, take your snack to your highchair, etc.).
She started sleeping through the night not long after her first birthday and when that happened she started waking up earlier in the morning. Oh well.
She is doing really well eating solids and prefers to feed herself. She just started using a spoon and is pretty good with it. Pretzels are one of her favorite snacks and she will dip them in guacamole and then lick the guacamole off.
I think this is going to be a very busy summer of learning new things for our little girl!
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Becca at 1 year
Sleep - Becca goes to bed between 7:30 and 8 and will usually sleep until 5ish, drinks a bottle and then sleeps until 7:30 or so. Lately with teething she's been waking earlier though and that is not a good thing because she is NOT a morning person. Once she's done with this bout of teething I'm going to work on dropping that 5am feeding because I know it's just habit at this point. Unfortunately her teeth move VERY slowly so it may be awhile. She still only has 2 bottom teeth but 3 top teeth have been poking out for 2 weeks now with barely any movement.
Her naps are a little inconsistent although she usually takes a nap around 10. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have to wake her at 11 to go pick up Ben from school. So on those days she usually takes a quick afternoon nap too. Other days she skips the morning nap and takes a long early afternoon nap. She's pretty flexible though and as long as she is up by 3:30 or so it doesn't impact her night sleep.
Food - Becca got a slow start with baby food so I've been taking table food a little bit slower too. She does pretty well though and really likes feeding herself table food. She will feed herself baby food if it is in a squeezable packet and she can drink water independently out of a sippy cup. She transitioned from formula to milk with no problem and just like Ben she loves her milk.
Communication - It's hard to say if Becca has any real words at this point because sometimes she says things but she's not consistent. She does have 3 signs - more, all done and eat. She's also starting to point to where she wants to go/what she wants to play with. She will wave, clap, do high fives, play peek a boo, smack her lips together to make kiss sounds to Ben and blow kisses. She will point to things when asked. Becca is much more reserved than Ben was at this age (although I think most people are more reserved than Ben!). She is not really interested in smiling at strangers and will stare them down. Some of our neighbors have said that they've never heard her make a sound (which is funny because she has the loudest cry I've ever heard).
Playing - Becca likes to play with toys but she also really just likes exploring. She likes to play in the pantry taking things off the shelves. She also likes to pull all my books off the bookshelf. One of her favorite games to is crawl to the stairs and go up the first two steps and then laugh at me when I tell her to come down. She'll slide down on her belly and then do it again. She also really likes being chased. She likes to play with her baby doll and will feed the baby and give it hugs and kisses. She loves to listen to music and will bob up and down or move her arms from side to side to dance.
Becca isn't walking yet, but she can stand without holding on for about 30 seconds so I think she will be walking soon. If I try to get her to take steps on her own she will make a very controlled fall to the floor.
One of her absolute favorite activities is to take a bath. She is so happy splashing around in the tub. She's going to love the baby pool this summer. She likes to ride her baby bike outside but she's also a bit challenging because she will crawl on the ground and put grass/leaves/sticks in her mouth so I have to watch her really, really closely.
She loves playing with Ben but she does lose her patience with him when she's tired. He can almost always get her stop crying by singing to her. She is also a Daddy's girl and gets very excited when Josh comes home from work. She will complain until he picks her up.
In general, I love this age and can't wait to see what our little sweetie does next!
Her naps are a little inconsistent although she usually takes a nap around 10. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have to wake her at 11 to go pick up Ben from school. So on those days she usually takes a quick afternoon nap too. Other days she skips the morning nap and takes a long early afternoon nap. She's pretty flexible though and as long as she is up by 3:30 or so it doesn't impact her night sleep.
Food - Becca got a slow start with baby food so I've been taking table food a little bit slower too. She does pretty well though and really likes feeding herself table food. She will feed herself baby food if it is in a squeezable packet and she can drink water independently out of a sippy cup. She transitioned from formula to milk with no problem and just like Ben she loves her milk.
Communication - It's hard to say if Becca has any real words at this point because sometimes she says things but she's not consistent. She does have 3 signs - more, all done and eat. She's also starting to point to where she wants to go/what she wants to play with. She will wave, clap, do high fives, play peek a boo, smack her lips together to make kiss sounds to Ben and blow kisses. She will point to things when asked. Becca is much more reserved than Ben was at this age (although I think most people are more reserved than Ben!). She is not really interested in smiling at strangers and will stare them down. Some of our neighbors have said that they've never heard her make a sound (which is funny because she has the loudest cry I've ever heard).
Playing - Becca likes to play with toys but she also really just likes exploring. She likes to play in the pantry taking things off the shelves. She also likes to pull all my books off the bookshelf. One of her favorite games to is crawl to the stairs and go up the first two steps and then laugh at me when I tell her to come down. She'll slide down on her belly and then do it again. She also really likes being chased. She likes to play with her baby doll and will feed the baby and give it hugs and kisses. She loves to listen to music and will bob up and down or move her arms from side to side to dance.
Becca isn't walking yet, but she can stand without holding on for about 30 seconds so I think she will be walking soon. If I try to get her to take steps on her own she will make a very controlled fall to the floor.
One of her absolute favorite activities is to take a bath. She is so happy splashing around in the tub. She's going to love the baby pool this summer. She likes to ride her baby bike outside but she's also a bit challenging because she will crawl on the ground and put grass/leaves/sticks in her mouth so I have to watch her really, really closely.
She loves playing with Ben but she does lose her patience with him when she's tired. He can almost always get her stop crying by singing to her. She is also a Daddy's girl and gets very excited when Josh comes home from work. She will complain until he picks her up.
In general, I love this age and can't wait to see what our little sweetie does next!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
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