I think I accidentally always skip November... it's a busy month! Here's where the family is at these days:
Abigail
-Walking! Just this past week she finally started gaining enough confidence to not sit down after 2 steps. It started with 2 steps, pause, 2 steps, pause... and is now full blast walking with a little crawling to get there faster here and there. She LOVES being up standing/walking while her brother and sister run near her.
-Sleeping!! We finally "sleep trained" which I think was more like just changing our expectations more than any crying it out at all. She now has a sippy of water in her crib. She likes to drink something right before she sleeps. I think she's like Lucas and is always thirsty and loves her water! I don't think I even gave Kate water at this age because all she drank was milk.
-Communication- She has gotten a lot better in pointing and "talking" to show us what she wants. You can almost always bet it's food or water or milk so if you try your way through those, your bound to find it. Or if you've taken her spoon away, she'll give you the biggest fit I've ever seen any of the kids throw. Lesson learned... let her have the spoon even if she's finished eating until she wants down to play. That is one battle that is simply not worth it ;)
-Signs- she learned the sign for "please" this week and is getting better at using it. I'm working on "hungry" just to widdle down the "is this what you want?" list.
-snuggle bunny- she is still my snuggler. Loves to just lay down on you and snuggle in. That is something I'll miss as she gets older.
-Lap Time- I've noticed that there are times when she just absolutely needs some lap time. She'll be extremely fussy and act tired until you give that lap time to her. Reading books or just being close to me is all she needs for probably 15-20 minutes and she's off to play again. Perhaps her love language is touch, like Lucas?
Katelyn
-In preschool and busy making friends! She has a few that she talks about all the time and has her first friend invitation event happening on Sunday (or rather that it's not a playdate where it's really for the mamas to hang out and the kids happen to get alone. This one, Kate is invited over and we'll be dropping her off :o Ah! This is new!)
-Working on letter sounds and always is asking "what letter does _____ start with?"
-Starting to write names and learning to write letters. Just this week she came home with a "trace the line" ws and I immediately recognized that she had written names above each line. But they were all written backwards. Like, letters all facing the left and written from right to left with the letters, too. I was floored that she had written not only her own name, but Lucas (missing the a), and even mommy. There was one word that I couldn't figure out and when I asked her what that one was (letter weren't even real letters) she said it was Abigail. She is loving preschool and has Miss Georgia now since her teacher went on bedrest.
Lucas
-Sleep- This kiddo is the energizer bunny.
Parenting-
The biggest theme of this month has been learning that if you try to rush toddlers, you will ALWAYS accomplish the same thing- get kids very cranky and not accomplish anything. In talking with a mentor who recently told me to let go of all the expectations on timing that I have for myself and just get things done as it works out and life has totally taken a change! I am no longer stressed about being late. It is what it is and we just keep chugging and I have much happier children because of it! I always try to get moving earlier but some days even 30 minutes is not enough time to get all 3 pottied/diapered, coats, shoes, hats, gloves, strapped into the car, and on our way. I've also found little humorous ways to deal with the typical whining. We still have oh so much to learn but I'm learning patience. I used to think patience was something you have or you don't and I'm realizing lately that it CAN be learned!
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