Andrewisms

Munchkin is just about 2.75 years old, and changing SO quickly, it's crazy!

Andrew is such a sweet little man. The other night I asked him if he was ready for bed. He says “Bed?” and runs for his bedroom. Once inside he went straight to his changing pad and laid down for me to change him and get him in PJs. Then afterwards, he puts his wipes and basket of diapers away in the closet, grabs the book he wants to read and climbs into bed. After we are done reading, he turns onto his side and pulls the blanket over his face and we say ‘night night’.

He is so helpful in the grocery store and at home – he loves to help put groceries into the cart and load them onto the conveyor belt when we check out. He is very good at putting all his dishes in the sink once he’s finished eating his meals, sometimes even before we ask him.

We still do 1/3 juice 2/3 water ratio in his juice at lunchtime and we just realized that he thinks juice comes out of the faucet. I put some apple juice in his cup the other day and he ran to the faucet, pointed at it and said “more juice?” He has had straight juice before but we try to avoid it as much as possible.

He loves to help pour his milk- helping to open the fridge, take out the milk, hold the cap, put it back and shut the fridge. He will pick up legos and put them in their bag if we ask him to clean up, and he LOVES to help cook. In the mornings when I make pancakes or muffins or something like that I let him pour in the measured ingredients and help stir and he gets absolutely giddy.

The obsession with trucks and trains is just strengthening as he gets older. We need to take him for a train ride again one of these days methinks. He points out the window and yells “truck” when we pass one in the car, sometimes also yelling the color (“RED TRUCK!”) and then “Where’d it go?” if we pass it or it turns or something.

His vocal skills are getting better and better. There are a few base words that he always uses correctly and well but there are some times where he points at something and says “Sss” or some nonsense and we both walk away frustrated, which sucks, but it’s definitely happening less and less. 

Potty training is going nowhere real fast and I’ve learned to accept it. He has once or twice said “potty” and run to his potty chair and used it, but mostly if we try to get him to go he just thrashes and cries so we’re just going to have to let him do it on his own time.

And lastly, as far as picky eating goes, he’s definitely picky. Veggies tend not to go down well whatsoever so I hide them in smoothies, yogurt pops, pancakes….wherever I can. Otherwise, he eats the same meals we do and try to make him at least taste everything but we mainly have a “eat or don’t eat” motto. He gets ample time where we leave his food out if he didn’t eat it with everything else (he always has at least one item he'll eat) but if he refuses to touch it, he doesn’t get anything else. And he never complains or cries when it goes away, nor does he say he’s hungry at all before bed so he’s just fine.

As I’ve said with almost every stage, this age is so much fun! He’s getting so playful, talkative, showing more personality, being way more social, and we’ve just really been loving it. So excited to see him as a big brother <3