Julian is a gem! The more I'm around other kids, the more I see his innocence, sweet heart, sensitivity, caring nature, etc. He shares, even reluctantly with others and has no idea what to do when others don't share with him. It seems as if he's always bullied, but he never knows what to do in situations where other kids take things from him. Today was the first day I saw some retaliation and it was two separate occasions. First of all we were out with a new girl and she took something from him. He got the biggest scowl and hit her hand 3 times (not very hard) and I said my old line from his hitting days, "hands are not for hitting" and he said he was sorry to her. I realized then that he didn't like her. I haven't seen this in him before. He kept scowling and growling at her if she got near him. Then tonight a big 3 year old was playing rough with him and he stood his ground a couple of times, but that I was fine with because she was a little more than he's used to handling. I talked to her mom about it and just explained that I want to keep him innocent, but I know he'll have to learn. She said, "wait till he gets to kindy", that is preschool here and I can start him in April. She said a lot of boys get really aggressive when they start kindy. It makes me really want to shelter him and keep him as innocent as I can since he's such a sweetie and sensitive guy. I'm not looking forward to a kid with an attitude. For now I will soak in his sweetness and try to remember how lucky I am when he's doing something that irritates me...like screaming for his pacifier.
Pacifier Woes:
So I wrote about taking his paci away a month or so ago and how smooth it was and that he only used it for naps and night time. It was a breeze and I wondered if I should have gone cold turkey at that time because he adjusted so well. His incisors have been trying to pop through for a couple of months now and he's been in crazy pain, chewing on his hand nonstop (which is worse for his teeth than a paci). During our trip we gave him the paci more often in the car because I really did feel badly that he had to put up with long car rides, so I gave in when I never gave in at home. We got home and all he does is want it. I said no and he cried for over an hour two days in a row. He has to "sleep" if he's going to have it, so I put him in his cot (crib) and then he'd scream for me...it was a nightmare and for two days before Dan left for a month. I decided that I couldn't do it while Dan was gone if I was going to keep a happy home. I HATE going back on a rule, but honestly it's been ok. He does have it a lot, but he's been so miserable with his teeth and I'm just praying they pop through so soon and we can end this misery. Why is teething so horrible? It looks as though only the bottom teeth are coming through, but hopefully the top will pop through too and he'll just be back to himself without the paci. Poor guy!
Updated list:
- know that mommy and daddy have other names and says, "Daddy's name Daniel, Mommy's name Alicia". It's so cute!!
- likes to state everyone's gender and is right 90% of the time. "Daddy boy, Mommy girl, Julian boy, baby in mommy's tummy boy"...etc.
- likes to play "hockey" with his golf club, but really doesn't know what that mean he just calls it that.
- Knows songs all the way through and will sing them:
- Twinkle Twinkle
- Mary had a Little Lamb
- frere jacques (I had to google the spelling...I don't know French!)
- Jesus Loves Me (this one caught us off guard because I only sang it one day a month or go and then he's singing it)
- He didn't sing them all the way through, but he loved the Christmas songs: Frosty the Snowman, Rudolf, Mary did you know (he'd sing "when you kiss little baby, kiss face God"...I'd melt!), and of course, Little Drummer Boy.
- Memorized books and will read them to me. His two favorite are Hop on Pop and Dr. Seuss' The Foot Book. He also loves many others, but it would take me forever to write them all.
- Loves music and anything (and everything) is a drum.
- He will parrot anything I ask him to say and it's so cute. One kid who was a preteen asked him to say ridiculously long words and it was quite amusing.
Well, happy 21 months!!! I wish Dan was here, but we're surrounded by lots of loving friends who have been spoiling us with outings, meals, company, phone calls, etc.!
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