Bransyn the Artist.

Bransyn drew a person for the very first time! I think he did SO good! I drew one right next to his, and he just copied everything I did! He really isn't THAT into drawing/coloring (I know weird, right?! what kid doesn't like to color!) so he has never really tried to draw a person. But I think his very first stick person drawing is just fabulous! :)

Potty Trained!!!

Bransyn is officially, 100% potty trained!!!

He has been going pee in the potty off & on, for quite some time now, but it was ALWAYS when we took him. He has refused {and I mean completely REFUSED} to poop in the potty, and I actually think he was kind of scared to.

For the past week or so, I have had him in undies and he has been doing SO well with going pee in the potty, but he would continue to poop in his undies.

It was making me CRAZY. I tried everything to get him to just *try* pooping on the potty, but he wouldn't.

He has once before, so I don't know why he was still scared to do it.

On the 16th of this month, he finally pooped in the potty again, after refusing to for so long.

We had been trying different things to get him to not be afraid of pooping in the potty, but he just wouldn't believe us.

So I tried something I swore I would never do:

bribed him with the thing he loves the most - chocolate milk.

I told him that the days he pooped in his undies, he couldn't have chocolate milk that day.

But when he pooped in the potty, he could have chocolate milk.

Well, the very next time he pooped, it was in the potty, and has been ever since!!!

{I know this sounds SO mean... but it worked, and he didn't even cry when I told him that!}

He is now going potty COMPLETELY by himself. We don't even have to ask him or remind him anymore. When he feels like he has to go, he stops what he is doing, and goes potty!

We are soooo proud of him! He is pretty proud of himself, too, which is pretty awesome! (:

Now to just work on the night time potty training! We still put a pull-up on him at night, but usually 5 out of 7 nights, he wakes up dry! I'm sooo tempted to just put him to bed in undies to see how he does, but we'll wait a big longer, until he can wake up dry for an entire week.

HOOOORAY FOR BEING POTTY TRAINED!!! (:

Mr. Smarty Pants!

My smart little B-boy is now doing puzzles on his own! (: (:
He does the 'shape' ones, AND the 'real' puzzles! I knew that he could do the shape ones pretty well, but I was completely SHOCKED when we were playing & he wanted to do the real puzzles & he actually put them together alll by himself! I am soo proud of this little man. He is just too smart for his own good ;)


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Let's try this again. . . Potty Training!

So Sunday night, I decided that I wanted to try potty training Brans again. He wasn't really showing any signs of being ready, or anything like that. But he also would never refuse to go on the potty. And since I would VERY much love for him to be out of diapers before Missy T arrives, we decided to give it a go! So yesterday after he woke up, I put him in his big boy undies! I asked him every half hour-45 minutes if he had to go potty. Half of the time he would say no, but I would be like 'Yeah, let's go so you don't get your big boy undies wet!' And he would go just fine! (: He had 2 accidents the entire day. They were both early in the day. The first time, I think he just wasn't quite used to not having a diaper on yet. The 2nd time was my fault. I didn't realize that since he had been drinking more, he needed to go sooner. BUT, that time he DID stop himself & finished in the potty (: We left the house when Ry got home to go get some dinner, we were out for about 20 minutes. I decided to see if he could handle going out without a diaper & he did fine! Then, he went to the store with Ryan & they were gone for another 20 minutes & still no accidents! (: Pretty dang good for the first day! (:
Today we did pretty much the same thing - undies when he woke up & I've been asking him every so often if he needs to go potty. He has had ZERO accidents today so far, (7:30pm) we even had to leave the house again to go to the car dealership. We were gone for about 30 minutes! I was debating on whether or not to put him down for a nap without a diaper, but decided that if he was to wet himself, he would probably wake up & I would feel bad (he does NOT like having wet undies, haha) so I just stuck a diaper on him & thought, if he wakes up dry, that's great... if not, not a big deal because we're only on day 2 & I don't expect him to 'hold it' in his sleep. But guess what? He took a 3+ hour nap & woke up completely dry!!! He even had a cup of milk right before he went down! I am SO proud of this little man! (:
I have been giving him 2 m&m's every time he goes pee-pee in the potty as a REWARD, not a bribe. BUT, he definitely doesn't go JUST to get the m&m's. Almost every single time, he has forgotten that he gets one. But I am just SO proud of him, I want to reward him in some way, ya know? Of course, I make a big huge fuss & cheer for him, tell him how good he is doing & how proud I am of him every time he goes! It's crazy how excited you get over someone going potty! hahah ;)
I'm so glad he is doing so well, I honestly can not even express JUST how proud I am of him! (I know I've said it a few times already, but really... This mama is SOOO DANG PROUD! (: haha) I am pretty confident that this is the real deal & he will be potty trained very soon! There's no way I'm giving up on him now, he is on a roll! I'm still not quite sure how to go about night time potty training. For now, we're just going to stop giving him liquids an hour or so before bed time & make sure he goes potty before bed. If he still wakes up wet, not a big deal. He'll learn in time. I'm gonna get him pull-ups for bed time, I don't have a problem doing those for a while! (:

First Dentist Appointment!

Bransyn had his very first dentist appointment today! I would of done it earlier, but I had no idea that the recommended age for a first check up is between 12-18 months! But it's okay, cause I knew that his teeth are perfect (:
Ryan's sister works for Children's Dental here in St. George, so that's where we took him. She was even the one that did his cleaning! I'm glad she was the one who did it, & I'm sure he was too! I don't like strangers messing with my teeth (: I was really nervous for how he would do, but he definitely surprised me! He did SO good! The only thing we had a problem with, was he did not want the 'sucker' thing in his mouth. Nikki even tried telling him that it was a vacuum (he loves vacuums, remember?) & he kind of went for it for a sec, but then he wanted it out of his mouth! But he let her do everything else, no problem! Didn't even cry! He even got to watch a movie on the tv that was on the ceiling & had headphones on so he could hear.
{these pictures are all out of order - I hate organizing them on here - so just deal ;)}

This was the 'sucker' that he did not want near his mouth.

Nikki was showing me & her mom pictures of nasty teeth, so Brans wanted to see, too!

He got to brush the monsters teeth with the giant toothbrush!

And even got to try the puppet part out!

Brushin' Brushin'

He was even really good for the dentist! At first he was kind of like, 'what the heck are you trying to do to me?' But right after he started, Brans was just fine & cooperated.

After they were all done, he got to go choose out a book & get a balloon! At first he grabbed a whole handful of books, haha. But he finally decided on a 'tratter' one! They also gave him a balloon, that went up in the sky pretty much as soon as we walked out of the office! And since he has no cavities & was such a good boy, he got a certificate for a free meal at Red Robin! (: I also got him a new 'big truck' for being such a good boy! He goes back in March for his second appointment! (:

Potty Training. . .

Well, I believe Mr. B is ready to start potty training!
He keeps taking his clothes & diaper off & climbing onto the big potty, so I think it's time.
I'm not sure if I'm quite ready for the whole process yet, but gotta do it when HE'S ready, not me (:
Anyways, wish us luck! I really don't know how to go about everything, so I guess I'll start by taking him potty every half an hour & just hope that works, haha.

Cross your fingers for us!

Toddler Bed!

My little monkey boy has been climbing out of his crib for MONTHS now. There was nothing that would keep him in. So I finally decided about a week ago that it was time to switch his crib to the toddler bed. I figured that if he's gonna get out anyways, than he might as well do it the safe way! I mean, he's pretty much pro at climbing out of the crib... but I thought we'd do it anyways, just in case (: He has been doing realllly good with it so far! He hasn't rolled out of it at all & has been sleeping great! I thought he might be scared of it for a few nights, but he loves it!

He usually always sleeps like this ^^ right at the top (& yes, with 5 stuffed animals... he insists on having them)


But we did find him like this one night.........

But that's as crazy as he's gotten (:


Hopefully we can get him a 'real' toddler bed sometime soon, instead of just the crib converted toddler bed!

Casa de Bransyn

Bransyn finally has his own room (:

Not in our own house, quite yet... but since Ash moved to Salt Lake & took all of her stuff out of that room, we just moved him in there.
(Amanda didn't want Camden out of her room yet, so there were no problems with that :)


Since he has been in my room for the past year & a half, I didn't have a TON of stuff to decorate with. So it's still kinda bare. But once I can figure out what else I want to put in there & find the stuff, it will be a little more decorated (:


Here are some pictures of it!

I want to get either styrene or gator mounting for 3 of the pictures me & him just had done together in 11 X 14 sizes & put them above his dresser. It's gonna be a little bit pricey, so I just gotta wait til we have the extra money to spend on that.

I also want to get his whole name spelled out above his crib & possibly paint the letters blue. (in my room the white 'b' was up against a light blue wall, so it stuck out more. haha

I did actually move his Build-A-Bear puppy from his dresser, to the top of that white thing next to the window, right under the picture. Then I framed another picture of him from when he was a baby, & put it where the puppy was on the dresser.

His closet is still used for a little bit of storage ;) haha. And hopefully we will be adding to his clothes soon... I swear he just BARELY had too many things to fit in a closet. I hate when he still fits in clothes, but the season changes. Usually they grow out of them too fast.

And his shoes (: I love his shoes. (his little Nike flippy's are dirrrrty from playing outside, haha)

I'm hoping to find some kind of a book case to put in there to stick all the books on. Or even some kind of shelf to put on the wall for a few books & put 'stoppers' on both sides of the books. I hope that makes sense, I dunno how else to explain it. haha


I would also like to get a bunch of pictures in black frames & stick them on the empty part of the wall between his crib & the window.


And my last idea would be to get some kind of a saying/quote in vinyl to stick on the wall, probably above his door. The only problem with that is when me get our own place, I don't think I would be able to remove it and re-apply it to his room there.



I'll get it all figured out (:



Anyways, he is doing SO well sleeping in a room on his own! I thought it would definitely take some adjusting to, but he really hasn't had any problems! He goes right to sleep at night and sleeps through the night by himself. I thought I would need monitors so that I could hear him when he wakes up, but I guess somehow I still hear him in my sleep from all the way down the hall. I do sometimes get a little worried about him being that far from me for the night though, just in case something were to happen. But all kid's gotta break away from mama at some point (:

My boy wants to. . .

potty all the time....



Yes, that's right.


POTTY.



Today, Bransyn used his potty - for something other then a seat - for the very first time...





He went pee pee in his potty!


Not once.
Not twice..
But THREE times!



The first time I stuck him on there, I got his 'Potty Time Elmo' book so that he would sit there for longer then 5 seconds. This book is one of the talking ones, where you push the buttons on the side. A few pages in, I notice he was, um, sticking his hand in the potty. So as I was telling him no & removing his hand from there... I notice that he had gone pee pee! So of course, we had to go wake daddy up & show him, and also go show Grandma. This is a big moment, didn't you know?

The second time, I was in the bathroom getting ready & he came in there, opened the lid to his potty, and was trying to sit on it, while saying 'pee pee' So I said, 'Oh you have to go pee pee?' Thinking that he just wanted to chill on the potty, like he has so many times before. So I take his diaper off (he didn't have clothes on, ha) and sit him on there. He starts going right away! And yes. We showed daddy & Grandma... again. (:

Time number 3, was when I was changing his diaper & I thought I would just try sticking him on there to just kind of get in his head, that's where you go to go potty. (since his diaper was pretty close to dry!) And sure enough, he goes for a third time... in ONE day!

I am SO proud of this little man! We are not even actively trying to potty train him! He got a potty for Christmas, and every once in a while we'll sit him on there just so he'll get used to it. Usually he'll sit there for a few seconds, then get up. I guess the other day while my mom was watching him, he was saying 'poo poo', so my mom went & sat him on the potty & he was acting like he was trying to go, but never did. So he definitely knows what it's for! And he knows what pee pee & poo poo means, too. haha.

We're still not gonna force potty training on him quite yet. But we will continue to stick him on there every once in a while, just so that he is used to and comfortable with the potty. And also so that he knows what to do on there by the time we do start the actual potty training, which will be at least after he turns 2. Unless of course he decides that HE wants to use the potty all the time. I am hoping that since he's already doing this, the real potty training will be a piece of cake ;) Crossing my fingers! haha




Good job, Bransyn! We are sooo proud of you! (:

Little Escape Artist.

Well, my little monkey is at it again....
today,


he climbed out of his crib for the first time.

Then, when we resorted to his pack 'n play... he climbed out of that, too.




This kid has some serious upper-body strength.



I guess he did get something from me....
Now i know what I put my mom through.


At least he hasn't climbed to the top of the fridge, yet.
But I'm sure that's not too far into the future.

Successful ERF?!

{extended rear facing}


Not so much.


So as some of you may know... I have been planning on keeping Bransyn rear facing in his car seat for as long as possible. He wasn't quite 20 pounds when he turned one, so he legally could not be forward facing in a car seat. And that was fine. He was perfectly happy in the car at ALL times. I was pretty sure we would have no problems what-so-ever keeping him rear facing.

Well, at his 15 month appointment, he was FINALLY 20 pounds. The only reason I was excited about that, is because he's a little on the small side & I've been worried about him gaining weight. I still had every intention of keeping him rear facing, until around 30 pounds.

But I think this kid somehow KNEW that he could have his seat turned around. On the ride over to the pharmacy after his appointment, he screamed. When I put him back into the car after we left there... he screamed. I thought, 'Well, maybe he's just sick of being in the car today.' & just left it at that. But everyday since then, he has cried, screamed, kicked & tried everything possible to get out of that seat. And this is not just a normal cry/scream. It is like someone had just cut his dang foot off.

So as you can imagine, this intense screaming kind of drove me crazy while I was driving & gave me huge headaches. (and I usually don't everrr get headaches or anything when he cries... I think it was because I was trying to concentrate on driving & the screaming was distracting, haha) I decided that it would probably be safest for both of us, to do what I reallllly did not want to do. . . turn his car seat around. :(

I am totally bummed that we could not keep him rear facing longer. But since I turned him, I have not heard a single peep from him in the car... besides talking & laughing, of course. He loves it. I just try to be extra, extra careful while driving with him in the car now, to keep him as safe as possible. ERF is a wonderful thing to do. . . but I have now learned that it is not for everyone, along with many other parenting choices. I was hoping that he would continue to do amazing with it. . . but hey, I guess I can't have everything I want ;)

So I'll see how this goes. Maybe one day I'll try flipping him back around to see if it still bothers him. Who knows (:

No More Bottles!!!

Yes, that's right. . .
Bransyn is now completely off of bottles!!!
I've been waiting to say (or type, haha) those words for almost 2 months now!
I am so excited.

He had his very last bottle last Thursday morning.
Friday morning, I decided to try giving him a sippy cup of milk in the morning instead,
and to my surprise... he took it that time & went right back to sleep! (:

(I had tried that about a month ago & he was notttt going for it!)

So he's been bottle free for a little over a week now & never goin back!

And then there was one. . .

Bransyn is now down to only one bottle a day.
YES!
He still 'needs' one when he first wakes up in the morning.
He refuses to go back to sleep unless he gets it.
Which wouldn't be a big deal. . . but ya know, 5:30 am isn't the best time for us to wake up for the day.
It is whole milk that he gets in it, instead of formula though.
I cut out the formula a few days before his birthday.
He gets water & the rest of his daily milk from his sippy throughout the day.
I hope to have him completely off the bottle by 15 months, but hopefully sooner!

Kinda funny that he is so addicted to bottles now, since he completely refused them for seven months! haha

Another First!

Bransyn has started eating with a fork!!!

Awe, I'm so excited! & so is he.
He loves to play with them and the other night he kept refusing to eat, so I gave him a fork & showed him how to get food on it & put it into his mouth.
(I've tried this with him before, but no such luck)
But this time he thought it was so cool & kept trying to get the food onto the fork.
It took him a minute to be able to keep the food on the fork while getting it to his mouth, but after only a FEW tries, he had it down!
I still had to help put the food on the fork that night, but last night he was doing EVERYTHING completely by himself! YAY!
Such a big smart boy (:

Bransyn's First Haircut!

Bransyn got his very first haircut yesterday, December 2! His hair was getting crazy long & he was starting to look like he had a mullet. So, as much as I did not want to cut it, we had to.
Ryan's sister just went through hair school, so we had her do it.
We weren't sure how we wanted the front at first (cause there was a bunch of long & thin pieces that went over his hair line, which was short & thick) We finally decided to just cut it all even with his hairline so that it was even. We even pulled back the longer parts so that we could just see how the front would look if it was that short, & it looked like it would be cute.
Buttt, it turned out kind of funny lookin! haha, almost like he got a bowl-cut :(
But he's still the cutest! He just doesn't look like a baby anymore. . . he looks like a BIG boy!

Cutting the sides.

We had to give him a sucker to distract him so that he would hold still.

haha, only part of the back is cut here.

Annnnd, this is the front! hahahah. & yes, that is me laughing my butt off in the back at his bowl-cut look. I had to laugh, or else I would of cried! :(

We decided that since the front looked a little bit funny, we could just cut some on the top so that I could style it in a mowhawk again. I really wanted him to have that 'preppy boy' look for the winter, & save the 'hawk for the summer. But oh well, gotta do what you gotta do! (:

The back! No more party back there, all business. (orrr, maybe playdate?!) haha

He looks so cute with his hair done, though! (:
So crazy how just a haircut can make him look sooo much older.

Update on sleep training!

So it's been a few weeks since I started sleep training Bransyn, & he is still doing really good!
We've had a couple times that he'll wake up at 3 or 4, but for the most part, its between 5-7.
These past 2 days have been really good though, waking up at eight!
It's been so nice!

But I am still waking up to check on him, it's still freaking me out that he's sleeping that long!

He does still cry sometimes, but when he does, it's for literally 10 seconds, and then he is out.
That's usually just at nap time, though.
At bed time, he's pretty tired so it's pretty rare that he doesn't go right to sleep.


Sometimes he makes me just want to cry when I put him down, though!
When I walk him over to the crib, he will start holding onto my neck, & kind of whimper & cuddle me. He knows it's bed time, but he just wants to play & hang out with us!
It breaks my heart, so I just want to be able to rock him to sleep cuddling me. . .
but I know this has to be done.

Good thing he is SUPER happy in the mornings, or else I would feel even worse!
Every time I go get him out of his crib, I am greeted with a huuuge smile, arms up in the air & him saying 'mamama!'
That really is the best part of waking up. . . . ;)


After we wake up, we usually hang out in my bed for a while. We cuddle, he watches some 'toons on the TV (for like 2 minutes) and he climbs allll over me!
The other day, he actually kept telling me 'up!' when I was laying down, haha he was ready to go play! (:

My genius.

Earlier today, I was in the hallway getting some towels out of my bedroom & the bathroom to wash. Bransyn came with me & was just sittin there playing with cup. I asked him, "Bransyn, where's your ball?!" And he says "bah? bah?" & takes off back down the hall into the living room. I just thought he was going to play. But to my surprise, he comes back carrying his soccer ball, saying "bah!" & then started laughing!
I was SOOO proud of him. He is reallly starting to understand things a LOT better now.
He also knows where 'nose' is. I'll say to him "nose?" & He'll point to my nose, or whoever else is around! haha, he won't do it to his own quite yet, but it's still good. (:

It's crazy how you can be so proud of someone for doing something so little.
I don't think I have ever been more proud of anyone for doing something, then I am of B when he does new things.

Sleep Training.

That is what I'm currently doing with my son.

After ten lonnnnng months of waking up 2+ (sometimes 5. Yes, five) times a night & not being able to put himself to sleep, we have to sleep train Bransyn.
What is sleep training?

Where you train your child to fall asleep on their own.
It also helps them go back to sleep on their own when they wake up in the middle of the night.

The 'Cry it out'/Ferber Method is what we're doing.
(where he cry's in his crib until he falls asleep)

There is pretty much no other option at this point.

Sounds mean, yeah? I thought so too. I was 100% against CIO when he was little. I thought there was NO way I was gonna let my child sit in his crib & cry himself to sleep.
I was scared that he would think that we did not love him & that we were just abandoning him or something.
But I have learned otherwise. He is still just as loved as ever.
We just need good nights sleep.

A little background on his sleep situation;
Since he was born, he had always fallen asleep nursing. I really didn't think anything of it, until he was about 3 months old, When I heard that babies need to learn to self sooth & fall asleep on their own WHILE they are still a baby. So between 3-4 months, I started to do something about it. I wouldn't let him fall asleep while nursing. After he was done, I would put him in his swing & let him fall asleep in there. I thought that I would just get him used to getting to sleep without nursing first, and then I without the help of anything. Needless to say, that didn't work. (or else I wouldn't be writing this now, right? ;] ) I'm pretty sure i just got sick of trying & gave up. I would do it later.
I really am the WORST procrastinator ever.
So a few months later, I decided to try again. I wouldn't nurse him to sleep. Ryan would walk him up & down the hall until he fell asleep. GREAT plan, right?! Nooope. He was still needing the help of someone to fall asleep. And half the time when he would go to lay him in his bed, he would wake up & Ryan would have to start alll over again.
After this plan had failed, I decided to try CIO at about 7 months.
It started out as just naps. I would put him in the crib, leave the room & shut the door.
I would go in there every 10-15 minutes & pat his back & tell him it's okay & that I love him.
And it WORKED! He fell asleep & took the BEST naps ever. So I started trying it at bed time.
I would do the same thing. Do his bedtime routine, & then in his bed he went. Every 10 minutes I would go in there & calm him down, then leave.
It usually took him a good hour to fall asleep.
But after a few nights, he would fall asleep nursing again, so again I just gave up. He was already asleep. Bad move, mommy.

Now fast forward to this past week.
I finally decided that I was gonna try again & stick to it no matter what.
And I have! (:

The first night, he cried for less than TEN minutes. I didn't even have to go in there to calm him down! And it wasn't even full on crying. At first he was just talking & yelling... and then just fusses & some crying. Then, nothing. I could not believe he fell asleep that fast!
And are you ready to hear how long he slept for?!


From 10pm - 5:30am !!!
I gave him a bottle when he woke up & he right back to sleep as soon as I layed him into his crib, & slept until 7:30, when it was time to wake up for the day.

I was SO amazed, proud & VERY freaked out. I woke up at 2am (out of habbit, because that's when B usually wakes up for the first time) I jumped out of bed & ran to his bed to make sure he was still breathing. I also did that at 3 & 4. Cause this was SO out of his norm. I was kind of relieved when he woke up at 5:30, just so I knew he was okay.
That day, he took a fabulous nap that lasted 2 hours!

& Now onto the next night.
I layed him down at 9pm. He cried for a total of THREE minutes!
Oh my heck, I was shocked.
Again, I woke up at 2am & jumped out of bed to checked on him.
He was sleeping peacefully.
He slept until 6am.

This is the longest he has EVER slept.
He has now officially slept through the night.
I was SO proud!

Every night since then, has been pretty much the same.
One night he woke up at 4:30, but that's been the earliest, which is still pretty good for him!
He has a bottle when he wakes up & goes back to sleep until it's time to wake up.
It's crazy how having a good night sleep, can also help him nap better!

I am absolutely amazed at how well the CIO method works. I knew it was gonna help him fall asleep on his own, but I didn't think it would help him sleep through the night so soon.
Funny thing is, I still wake up at least once to check on him because I am so not used to this!

I am NOT giving up this time! My child will be an independent sleeper by the time he is a year old. ;)

Too bad it couldn't of been sooner, but better late then never I guess!

My big eater!

Bransyn is starting to eat a LOT of 'big person/table' foods! & he is absolutely loving them. He is refusing his puree's now. No more mushy stuff for him! And he would much rather feed himself the big stuff! He is doing SO well with chewing everything. We have never had a problem with him gagging or choking while feeding himself.

Here are some pics of him eating big boy foods:

Nectarine;
He LOVED this. He munched on it for a good 15 minutes. & now every time he see's an apple on the counter, he he points to it & tries to grab it -- thinking it's a nectarine. We think they're out of season now, cause my mom can't find them anywhere!

Goldfish;
Snack time is his favorite! I gave him some goldfish one day, & he was lovin them!

Corn on the cob;
This kid went CRAZY on this cob. I had to take it away for a sec to cut it down, & he screamed. He was NOT givin it up without a fight! haha

Pasta shells w/ cheese;


Lasagna;
I decided to share some of my lasagna with him one day, & I barely got any! He was eating it faster then I could cut it, and was demanding more & more!

After the lasagna! (:

Mac-n-cheese;
He loves all the cheesy sauces (:


Some of his favorites (that aren't pictured) are:
Spaghetti, green beans, chicken(shredded & nuggets), broccoli, apples (they're soft), carrots, pasta casserole, toast, rice, cereal bars, pancakes, french fries, potato's, beans(kidney, lima, garbanzo, baked, ect. He's loved every kind he's tried) bread, pickles, watermelon, grapes, strawberries, cantaloupe, banana's (pretty much alll fruit)

Hmm, I'm pretty sure there's more... but I can't think of anymore right now. He just loves food! I reallly need to learn to cook so that my child doesn't grow up eating microwaved foods ;)

Terrible two's?

mm, NO. More like terrible nine months!

I swear my child is getting into the terrible two's stage already! He must think that since he does everything else early - except sleeping through the night, of course - that he has to get to this stage early, as well. And mama is NOT liking it so much.
He has temper tantrums, complete with crying, screaming and laying on the floor & kicking his legs.
Why does he have these tantrums, you ask?
Usually because I take something that he is not supposed to have away from him.
Yes. He doesn't get his way, so he throws a fit.

For example:
A bit earlier, after he was done with his bottle, he wanted to play with it. But there was still a little bit of milk in there, so I didn't want him to drip it all over the floor.
Funny thing is, he hadn't even grabbed for it yet. He was just eying it, and I knew he wanted it, so I hid it. (I know, mean mommy!) Well, he starts screaming & down on the floor he goes.

He does this at least once a day, on a good day.
Most days it's quite a few times.

Hmm, wonder who he got this attitude from. . .
*cough cough*
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If he's this bad now, I don't even wanna imagine what he's gonna be like at two!