Toddler Chat Thread- (all inclusive)

[Snapdragon]

hi

I am going to try to start a Toddler chat thread and hope that others are interested and will keep it going with me. Kind of like the due date clubs but for when you just want to chat about toddler related things but not start a whole own thread for yourself! So join in if you want, let's have a fun place to share whatever it is that we want with eachother!!

So here we go- anyone else up for it? You don't have to sign up or anything, just blurt out whatever you feel like talking about regarding rasing your toddler whwnever you feel like it.

[Buzzer Beater]

I'm in, I love talking about my toddler. Which is a good thing since I don't have the energy (at my age) to have much else in my life at the moment. I'm so thankful to have her...

Anybody want to share pics of their LOs, maybe for just a day?

[mommy212]

DS (2) is learning his letters. Today, he connected W with whale even though we hadn't been talking about the two together- he just connected the sounds on his own :) I love little things like that

[mommy212]

who can deny that face? :)

[Buzzer Beater]

Super cute guy!

[SunRise]

Such an adorable age.  Repeating new words everyday. All the mimicking going on - when I crouch to be eye level with her, she crouches too. When I walk backwards to keep an eye on her, she turns around and walks backwards too. ha!

My daughter is very vocal and can yell really loudly.  Before I have a chance to register what she is trying to say or figure out what she wants...her yelling has gone high pitched. I had been casually trying to help her communicate better which seemed like it would never happen. Until just the other day, while she was yelling/being insistent for her milk, in her high pitched scream, and I wasn't fast enough, she changed the tone of her voice and said "milk please". WOW!

Buzzer Beater -  we were in the over 40 and trying to get pregnant...great to see you. Looking after house and toddler and working is about all I can handle too.

Edited by SunRise - 12/20/11 at 10:58am

[Buzzer Beater]

Hi SunRise! I see you have another child in the house? Around 9? My older dd is at college.

My girls a few months ago:

Oh gosh sorry so huge.

Edited by Buzzer Beater - 5/20/12 at 6:06am

[SunRise]

Cute pictures!  Adorable lip/smile on your little daughter!

I do have a 9 year old son. Its a bit challenging, that age gap. Here is a spring shot of my kids.

[Snapdragon]

Talk to me about toddler moodiness--

[Blessed_Mom]

Buzzer beater ..that is a frame-worthy pic. And your (both) eyes are so blue..

[Xavismom]

I'll join in I can talk about DS all day, every day!

What a PP said about the mimic things... I love that too! DS mimics us all day, and it just melts my heart because its so adorable.

He's been feeding his snacks and food to his bellybutton lately, that cracks me up. He loves being silly and making people laugh. He has a whole routine of stuff he does for DH and I to get us laughing along with him. He is so fully of joy, I just love him so much!

DS just turned 2 last month.

[mommy212]

DS has a thing these days about calling his grandma (mama) once or more a day to tell her stuff and say hi, love you. Today he called her before lunch to tell her we had soup with rice in it, and then he was done. lol

[Snapdragon]

I think my ds is getting some back teeth in. It is making him grumpy and he is complaining more often than usual. I attribute it to the teeth but I am not sure. He is doing well overall, it has just been a challenging week or two.

[cyclamen]

DD is totally delightful and awesome.  Today I found her in the bedroom with a stack of library books, "reading" each one to an invisible bear. 

But, she and I are driving each other crazy right now.  I don't know how to break the cycle.  We are going to bed early a ton, going for walks alot, and I am trying to have her spend as much time in the company of other loving, attentive adults she likes who are not me, but it's tough to arrange.  I am just really burned out and touched out and she, of course, senses that and clings even harder because it must feel awful to her.  Or she hits me in the face to get me to stop spacing out.  My response seems to be to space out even more.  It's not deliberate on my part, but I just can't seem to look straight at her these days, and I feel pretty awful about it.

[cyclamen]

Oh, and Snapdragon... DD totally screams at me about everything lately.  She's always been mild-mannered so it's a shock!  I know that my own frame of mind is playing a part but I also know she is growing and changing.  Doesn't seem to make it any easier!

[Snapdragon]

cyclamen- how old id your dd? Is she your only?

[cyclamen]

She is almost 30 months and my only.   I wondered if it was teeth too, but none seem to be making their appearance...

[mommy212]

DS has a thing with pretending everything in the house is a hat- pans, lids, shoes, dog bowls, a bottle cap, towels. 

Do you let your small kids play with small objects? I have never worried about it with DS, as he never tries to eat things that aren't food (even as a baby). 

[SunRise]

AH my daughter loves wearing hats too!

Once she stopped putting things in her mouth (several months ago), she "earned" the right to play with little things. She loves holding tiny objects in her tiny hands.

[Buzzer Beater]

Originally Posted by cyclamen 

   Or she hits me in the face to get me to stop spacing out. 

My dd does this when I am not looking at the book we are reading. I can read them all from memory, but if I am for instance, looking at dh, she will grab my face and pull on it. Frustrating!!

We're also doing hats here... we pick them up at thrift stores etc and have a whole box of them in front of a mirror on the floor. She also likes to put pants and shorts on herself and her bears.