The band-aid on Henry's forehead is a little overly dramatic. He ran into a table we have out back over the weekend and what started out as a red mark, scabbed over by Monday, and as with many scabs it was too tempting not to pick so the large band-aid is covering a not-so-big owie. He has a few less than obvious owies - a bruise on his elbow he got on Monday and a cut on his lip that swelled quite a big when it happened on Tuesday but had receded by this morning though there is now a scab on his lip to tempt him.
I think I can truly say my baby is not a baby anymore. He just keeps developing and growing and I
can’t stop him! There are signs every
once in a while that he does not want to grow up, just yet. He still likes to
be held/carried around especially in unfamiliar places (and sometimes it is
hard to give up my baby). Sometimes I will
hold hands but not hold him when I know he is in a safe environment. He loves his blankie at sleep times even
though it is getting holy, and wants to sleep with his school blankies when we
bring them home to wash on the weekends.
Every once in a while he asks to be fed.
He wants help dressing though he does not need it.
In observing Henry playing around Ralph and other friend’s
of Ralph, there are signs he wants to play with the “big kids” and does his
best to keep up with them but sometimes the “big kids” get away and Henry is
left to play, learn, and discover on his own.
Usually if he has a trike, dirt, sand, or playset to play on he is
fine. A few months ago he got on trike
while at a friend of Ralph’s and rode it like crazy. It was great to watch. He has had some practice at “school” pedaling
on trikes/big wheels in the gym during the winter but this one of the first
times he was successful outside. He sure
looked happy to be free to pedal as fast as he could! Since the weather has finally warmed up he
does like going for a trike ride when he can.
I’m not really sure if he has grown much but when we finally
switched from pants and long shirts to shorts and short sleeve shirts he seems
taller. It is always fun to see legs
and arms after being hidden for so many months.
On the occasion pants are still needed, the 3T jeans still have to be
folded a bit sometimes. His short sizes
vary from 18 mo – 3T this season based on how tight or loose the elastic is, shirt
size size is 3T, and shoe size is 7.5toddler.
His diet is still pretty selective but it doesn’t not help
we are usually eating supper on the run lately and do not have much time to
explore a lot of variety. He is became
accustomed to having breakfast at home THEN again at “school” so he should be
getting plenty of calories since he is eating 4 meals a day. He still likes the lids of his sippy cups to
match the cups though in the last few days he has asked for the lid to be
removed when there is not much left so he can drink everything.
A few weeks ago we cut back on the breathing treatments to
once a day and stopped the Singulair under the doctor’s suggestion. We will go back to what we had been doing
last winter in August for the fall/winter months. Last year we completely stopped the breathing
treatments and he was hit hard in August and didn’t have anything in his system
to help him so we are hoping this year is better. It wasn’t the suggestion I wanted to hear but
am anxious to see if it does the trick.
In checking with the 4-year checklist at the doctor’s
office, it seems Henry can do everything on the list so developmentally he
should be right line with his peers. Like
many 3-year-olds, Henry does need to work on listening. I know it is very selective as some moments
he can be the best kid; other times I have to repeat something multiple
times. Some moments he is the best
behaved; most polite 3-year old and minutes, sometimes seconds later the tables
turn. He can quiver his lip and let out
a tantrum in nothing flat if he does not get the answer or like the direction
the conversation is going. He has always
been pretty good at saying thank you; saying please is a little hit and miss
but it is getting better.
He has about 0 patience and is slightly stubborn. He gives great bear hugs and kisses. You
will not see any other child as excited to see his mommy when I pick him up
from daycare. Now that the weather is
nice his class is outside playing (inside a fenced area) when I pick them
up. Nearly every day I drive by the
playground he notices me, shouts “MOMMY”, and runs to the fence and runs along
the fence following the car until he can’t run any more. Whether or not he misses that chance he will
usually run up to me with arms waving high in the air once I reach the playground. He can tend to be a parrot even when you do
not think he is listening. He likes to
make up silly, no-nonsense words and phrases.
He likes to tell stories though he usually starts in the middle and
gives a cliffhanger at the end, not really giving the story closure. He has some pretty good facial expressions
and hand gestures to go along with the stories sometimes. His time sequence may be a little off as well
as to when the story took place but never the less it is fun to watch him tell
stories and get excited about little things.
About a month ago I
discovered Henry could finally read the digital numbers on the clock in his
room. He understands he is supposed to
nap until 2. I doubt I could convince
him to nap until 3 so it is best to try to get him to bed around 12:30 in hopes
he falls asleep and goes past two.
Sometimes he ends up staying awake until 2 and tells me he slept until
2 . . . which only is believable until
he falls asleep a couple of hours later at church.
Bedtime is easier than it
has been and he usually does asleep all night.
He does stall going to bed by reading books while sitting on the potty
and sometimes asks to be covered up multiple times – sometimes only once.
