Here are the fun toddler milestones we’ve reached this week:
1. We recently became aware enough to spot toys in the store and then WANT THEM. And if we can’t have them, we express our unhappiness. The whole way around the store.
2. Not only do we know how to express our unhappiness with our voice, we are mastering the art of the full-body struggle. Combine this with our previous milestone of hating the doctors office and you have an extended full-volume wrestling match that ends in mom not hearing a word the doctor said. Happy 18 month birthday.
3. We learned how to reach for our own private area as soon as our diaper comes off, although we typically only do this with poopy diapers. Unfortunately, mom is still mastering the parenting milestone of being able to hold feet AND hands during a diaper change. We should probably buy stock in antibacterial wipes.
4. We have somehow learned how to pee with a diaper on but get the pee OUTSIDE of the diaper. Mostly it happens at 6 a.m. So our sheets are really clean from being washed every day. But sometimes it happens just riding in the car seat, that way when we arrive at our destination, mom discovers our clothes our soaked from our knees to our neck in urine and we get to undress in the parking lot and then go into the museum to pick up sister from camp wearing only a diaper and shoes.
5. We have learned how to stash our binkies between the crib and the wall. Actually, to be fair we learned this a while ago. Mom only just found all the binkies.
6. Mom also recently slowed down and looked at the crib long enough to wonder, “Have there always been this many teeth marks in the wood?”
7. We started mostly being able to feed ourselves from a plate without trying to shove ALL THE FOOD into our mouth at once. It might be because we are distracted by dumping it off the plate and sorting it into our cup holders but hey. It counts.
8. We learned that mommy will come back after laying us down at nap time if we yell “maamamamamamamamamamamama!” at the top of our lungs. If we really commit to it, this can last for all of nap time.
Cheers to another week of magical moments in parenting.