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Todd at ~3 years, 9 months old – May 18, 2018
3 YEARS OLD…MONTH 9
APR 21, 2018 – MAY 20, 2018
TODD SAID…
- “Correct, mama”
- “It’s outside time. Let’s do this” (kick the soccer ball)
- “Forget it”; “That’s it, forget it”
- “This is pretty serious” (Eric couldn’t find his keys)
- “Wonderful”
- “Hey this is my spot” (on the couch)
- “Me is not into it” (Eric wanted him to look at something on the TV)
- “Let me read that”
Snuggles – April 24, 2018
DEVELOPING SKILLS
- Language:
- He’s learning to using the word “I” instead of “me” (i.e., “I want” instead of “Me want”)
- Academic:
- He likes to point out which is ‘bigger’ and which is ‘smaller’
- He counted the ridges on a Therm-a-Rest pad from 1-18 (he skipped 15) (4/22)
- He counted to 20 but skipped number 15 (4/26)
- Fine Motor/Visual-motor integration: [I’m a school-based OT so this is important to me 😉 ]
- He copies a vertical line, horizontal line, cross & circle (4/26)
- He traces within forward, diagonal and curved line mazes
- He cut across a piece of paper independently
- Able to complete 16-pc interlocking puzzles independently (end of the month)
- Self-care:
- He put on his own velcro shoe (undo velcro, pull at tongue, slid foot in, re-do velcro) (4/25)
- He initiates applying toothpaste & brushing his own teeth (5/18)
- He’s tall enough to turn on/off light switches (without a step stool)
- He likes to fling his underwear in the air with his foot when he takes them off
- He fits into 2T-3T clothing
- We started using a “1-2-3” warning system to help with unsafe behaviors of Todd not stopping when we say ‘stop’ (5/20); if he gets to ‘3’ we take a highly preferred toy/activity away for the rest of the day.
- He likes to know what the plan for each day is. He asks:
- “What us get to go to?”
May 7, 2018
INSIDE ENTERTAINMENT
- Pretending to be a doctor with a kit that I made (i.e., plastic syringe to give shots, thermometer, bulb syringe to suck out boogers, Band-Aids, medicine cream in foil pack, latex gloves, etc.)
- Playing with:
- Legos (i.e., Thor vs. Hulk Arena Clash)
- Gladiator Hulk figure
- Avengers diving toys: Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man
- He said:
- “_____ is my best superhero”
- “Me losed it” (he couldn’t find his sticky Hulk toy)
- “Let’s match up my Hulks” (he puts them together to make comparisons)
April 25, 2018
Elsa’s Magical Ice Palace – April 28, 2018
May 2, 2018
OPEN GYM (MONDAYS)
Shades – April 30,2018
ICE RINK
- Todd’s 2nd time ice skating (5/11)
Todd ice skating – May 11, 2018
5/11/18
OUTDOOR FUN
- Riding our scooters/skateboard on the Apple Capital Loop Trail
- Playing at playgrounds (Walla Walla Point, Washington & East Wenatchee parks)
- Throwing rocks in the river (4/21)
Compare the riverfront pictures from 4/21 & 5/13, and you’ll see a big difference in the water levels! (See post, “Wenatchee Riverfront (5/13/18)“)
Pre-flooding; Todd throwing rocks – April 21, 2018
Pre-flooding; Todd & Elisa – April 21, 2018
Park after preschool – May 8, 2018
May 9, 2018
Favorite swing – May 13, 2018
EVENING BALL PLAY
- Kicking the soccer ball or blue ball (until it popped!) & playing in the grass after dinner (9x this month)
- Eric helped him slide down the light pole
- He got his first blisters because he ran around in his boots without socks (4/27)
Todd at 3 years, 8 months old – April 21, 2018
April 23, 2018
April 24, 2018
April 28, 2018
May 11, 2018
HIKING – SADDLE ROCK
- Todd made it to the top of Saddle Rock (4/22)
- See post, “Saddle Rock Hike (4/22/18)” for all the pictures
- 2.45 miles, according to my Runkeeper app
Arrowleaf Balsamroot
Eric & Todd in the saddle of Saddle Rock – April 22, 2018
LEAVENWORTH
- Using the playground equipment, skate park & walking trails at Enchantment Park/Blackbird Island (4/28)
- He loves to hike!
- He went down the skate park slope on his Globber by himself 4-5x (and never crashed)
Todd & Eric – April 28, 2018
Hiking at Enchantment Park
Elisa & Todd – April 28, 2018
April 28, 2018
OHME GARDENS
- We walked around the gardens on 4/29 & 5/20
April 29, 2018
Eric & Todd
Elisa & Todd – May 20, 2018
TRIP TO OCEAN SHORES
- We stayed with Eric’s parents for a long weekend (5/4 – 5/6)
- We splashed in the waves, rode our scooters/skateboard & played with Legos (Grammie gave Todd a Lego Friends ice rink set). We got to see Darren & Sandie, too!
- See post, “Trip to Ocean Shores (May 2018)” for more pictures/details.
Ocean Shores – May 4, 2018
Todd & his Granddad – May 4, 2018
Elisa & Todd – May 6, 2018
PRESCHOOL
- There was a combined Mother’s Day & Father’s Day performance (5/10)
- Todd stood calmly, searching the crowd for us. No tears this time! When he spotted us, he smirked. The videos are pretty boring but I included them anyway 😉
TOUCH A TRUCK
- This was Todd’s 3rd “Touch a Truck” event (5/12)
Todd in Helicopter – 5/12/18
Todd in Helicopter – 5/12/18
RAINY DAY
FOOD NOTES & DINING OUT
- Pizza at Lemolo (4/21); Claudio’s Mexican restaurant (4/28); Saddle Rock Brewery (5/19); Taco Del Mar (multiple)
- He likes “corn kiff” (corn thin/crisp) with Earth Balance on it
- He tried herbed quinoa & liked it (5/1)
- He ate an entire tray of organic blueberries (5/11)
Blue raspberry boy- April 29, 2018
Taco Del Mar – May 16, 2018
DAY TIME NAPS
This month, we started a (very short!) trial of skipping naps. It wasn’t something we pre-planned, but on 5/2 we skipped his nap because we were too busy moving the beds and furniture. We let him skip his nap again on 5/3. On the way to Ocean Shores (5/4), he napped in the car. On 5/5 we skipped his nap, but then he fell asleep at 6 pm and was ‘out’ all night. On 5/6, he napped in the car on the way home. Back home, starting 5/7, we decided that he clearly wasn’t ready to completely give up naps, but he did skip his nap to go to the ice rink (5/11). However, on the last day of this month (5/20), we started the ‘no nap’ schedule again (stay tuned…)
Unplanned nap at Ocean Shores – May 5, 2018
4:55 PM – May 14, 2018
NIGHT TIME SLEEP
- He tends to really prolong the bedtime routine, so I started turning off the lights at 9:30 pm regardless of whether we got all 5 books read or not
- He had some nights when he was afraid at night; he wanted Eric to stay with him (4/30)
- Bedtime games:
- He likes to play the ‘owl game’ after reading the book, Night Creatures. [We use an owl that my aunt Elaine gave him to re-enact a page in the book where the owl swoops down & pounces on a field mouse.] He says, “You be the owl and I be the movement in the grass”
- He likes when we act out “a wiggle, a jiggle, and out pokes a foot” while reading Stick Man.
- He likes to learn about the digestive system; we look at a picture in the Anatomy Coloring Book & talk about the mouth, throat, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum & how the food comes out as poo-poo; we also look at a picture for the urinary system.
- He said:
- “How it works” (This is how he refers to the ‘Perplexis’ toy. He likes to watch me do it, and he helps)
- “My teacher said be quiet at school” (when I told him to be quiet before bed)
May 15, 2018
TWIN BED
- Big day! (5/2) We moved the twin mattress into Todd’s room & took out his crib mattress. Also, no more tent enclosure in the house (it will truly be a ‘travel tent’ now)
- Todd adjusted to the change beautifully!
Todd’s new bed setup – May 2, 2018
Almost 13 months old – September 14, 2015
THIRTEENTH MONTH
AUGUST 21 – SEPTEMBER 21 (2015)
THIRTEENTH MONTH “FIRSTS”
- 1st birthday! (8/21)
- 1st time clapping hands together (8/26)
- 1st time saying “car” (8/26)
- 1st time stepping up a curb (legs only) (8/30)
- 1st time stepping down a curb (legs only) (9/2)
- 1st “play date” (9/8)
- 1st birthday party (9/13)
- 1st & 2nd full days with Eric while I worked (9/19 & 9/20)
1st birthday party – September 13, 2015
WORDS
- car (sounds like “gah”)
- he says car for real cars, toy cars, cars in books and on TV
- ball (sounds like “bah”)
- he says ball for real balls, balls in books and on TV
1st full day with dada – September 19, 2015
OTHER SPEECH/LANGUAGE
- new sounds: “um bucka bucka”/”a buckum buckum”
- he makes a “nam” sound when it’s time to eat
- he directly addressed one of the kids (“Emil”) we’d just met at the park by name (8/30)
- he might have said his name (9/5)
- he might have said “I love you” (he said to both Eric & I separately)
- he knows what “pillow blanket” means and will look for it (same goes for balls)
FOLLOWING COMMANDS
- “clap your hands” (no gestural cues) (9/1)
- “stomp your feet” (9/2)
- “high five” (9/3)
- “brush my hair” (9/7)
- “take your bib off” (he also does on his own) (9/10)
- “skinny cat” (which means raise arms to help having shirt removed)
- “throw it” (either a ball or something “yucky” that he picks up outside)
- “down dog” (9/15)
- “where’s your ball/pillow blanket?” (he’ll go looking)
MISC MOTOR
- he walked backward repeatedly with his Little Tikes car (8/25)
- he stepped over the couch armrest (from the coffee table) using just his legs (8/31)
- he steps up & down curbs (with & without help)
- sitting on his Little Tikes car, he “drove” it forward with feet by leaning way forward (9/10)
- he climbed into a kitchen cupboard (9/16)
- possible right hand dominance (i.e. when eating)
- he started doing “down dog” yoga pose before I realized that’s what he was doing (he sees me doing it regularly)
- he doesn’t just walk, he runs!
- he trips less frequently
- he rarely hits his head when falling backward because his abdominal strength is so good
Climbing into a cupboard – September 16, 2015
FUN TIMES AT HOME
- “dancing”
- making us laugh doing his funny “shaky thing”
- throwing/bouncing balls
- making “baskets” in the basketball hoop & Pack ‘n Play
- driving his little cars across the floor (or walls)
- turning pages of books
- he laughs hysterically while chasing & being chased, then falls into pillows
- I cut 1 panel out of a Pack ‘n Play to make him a “fort”
- putting blocks in container & trying to close lid (9/8)
- play date with Piper (9/8)
- watching Sesame Street, Mister Rogers
- he gets very interested in music documentaries (stops to listen and/or dance)
- 1st birthday party (9/13)
HE LOVES GOING OUTSIDE!
- outdoor “roaming” the yard
- running down the sidewalk (9/9)
- visiting & petting the neighbor’s dogs
- 1st mud puddle (9/17)
- rides in the stroller (walking, rollerblading)
- hot tub “swim”
- sitting on the skateboard for rides with Eric
Petting the neighbor’s dogs – September 9, 2015
GOING PLACES
- playing at Imagine Children’s Museum for his birthday (8/21)
- looking at the animals at Petco (9/2)
- hiking (with Ergo carrier) at the Pilchuck Tree Farm (9/5)
- dining at The Shire Cafe (9/5)
- “Touch A Truck” (9/12)
- we started Kindermusik (9/15)
- he loves shopping cart rides at stores
Touch A Truck – September 12, 2015
HEALTH
- he had a runny nose and sneezing that lasted ~2 days (8/24-25)
- 12 month pediatrician visit (8/25)
- Weight = 19 lbs at 12 months
- he got his MMR & Hep A vaccines, but I declined the chickenpox vaccine (9/2)
New clothes from Todd’s Great Aunt – August 22, 2015
ORAL HAPPENINGS
- he kept handing his spoon back to me after taking bites (instead of resisting letting go like usual) (8/23)
- he started gnawing on crib rails (so I covered them!)
- he has a strong tendency for “chewing” (i.e. he’s destructive to board books)
- we try to brush his teeth daily but it can be almost impossible!
BBQ tempeh – August 30, 2015
RANDOM STUFF
- he put his pillow blanket in the kitchen drawer, then closed the drawer (and repeated it) (9/1)
- he sometimes claps for himself (9/4)
- he tried to put the dish towel back on fridge, and tried to pull open fridge door (9/14)
- he tries to put rose petals back, after he pulls them off
Hiking at the Pilchuck Tree Farm – September 5, 2015
BEING ONE
- he protests when he can’t have something
- increasingly distracted sitting in my glider chair in the morning and before naps
- he resists being picked up by raising arms and arching head and body waaaay back
He carried that step stool up there all by himself – September 17, 2015
FORMULA & BOTTLE WEANING
- started formula weaning (8/27)
- started using Green Sprouts Glass Sip ‘n Straw Cup instead of bottles (8/31)
- initially his organic soy formula was mixed with a little hemp milk (3:1 ratio)
- homemade cashew rice milk was added in (9/2)
- I started making cashew oat milk instead of cashew rice milk
- at month’s end he gets a blend of (equal parts): formula, hemp milk, cashew oat milk and soy milk
- at month’s end we’re half way through formula can #71
- he had ~2.5 cans of formula this month which is half as much as last month
Green Sprouts sippy & “pillow blanket” & Seahawks fuzzy slippers – September 14, 2015
SLEEP
- best sleep month to date!
- he woke up at night only twice (one was a “rough” night because he stayed awake/restless from 1:30 – 3:30 AM)
- 1x he woke up at 4:30 AM so I had him sleep in my bed with me for another hour before we got up
- fell asleep on floor 45 min before bed (9/9)
- shortest nap: 30 minutes
- longest nap: 2.75 hours
- average nap: 1.75 hours
- wears size 18 month sleepers
Asleep on the floor – September 9, 2015
POTTY TALK
- more solid food = more poop!
- he poops about twice per day
- 33 poops were done on the toilet
- 32 poops were “misses”
- while sitting on the toilet, he reaches as far down into the toilet as he can
- increasingly resists staying on the toilet seat (twists to get off)
Outside roaming – September 8, 2015
All for now!
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