2. He still loves to wear costumes. The good news is that he has learned to put them on himself! He still needs help turning them inside out sometimes, but other than that he's now independent with changing costumes umpteen times a day.
3. I have stopped suggesting to him when he should go to the bathroom. He still needs some reminders from time to time that I am not going to help wipe him.
4. He's continued to make great progress with eating. The list of foods that he enjoys continues to grow slowly but surely. The two vegetables he will eat very easily are carrots and green beans. A few days ago I asked him if he wanted pierogies or macaroni and cheese with his hot dog. He surprised me by asking for green beans instead. I don't think there are many kids who would rather have green beans than macaroni and cheese or pierogies. If a meal takes a really long time, it's usually because he and Nadia are yapping too much. Although I'm not keen on meals taking an hour or longer, it is a nice problem that the reason is because my kids are enjoying talking to each other too much. He also has made progress with drinking more water. Although he still says he doesn't like to eat things that are cold (ex. won't eat a popsicle), he will eat soft ice cream (ex. at Knoebels).
5. He has made strides with his cutting (scissor), coloring, and handwriting skills.6. He LOVES all superheroes, even though he hasn't watched very much of it on tv yet. We have watched all the episodes from Spiderman and His Amazing Friends (from 1981) on Netflix at least once.
7. He doesn't take a nap every day, but he takes at least one a week (sometimes in the stroller or booster seat in the van). I have temporarily given up on having "quiet time" for Ian and Nadia. Usually they play outside or in the basement while Oliver naps.
8. He continues to make progress with playing board games. He now plays games like Trouble, Sorry, Monopoly, Uno, etc. Headbandz is a bit tricky for him because he usually tells everyone what their card is. Oops!
9. He really enjoys the Slugs and Bugs"Under Where" CD. He laughs so much during the lightning bug song.
10. Almost every morning he has toast with grape jelly and a glass of skim milk for breakfast. His favorite lunch these days has been a vanilla yogurt, peanut butter crackers, and half a banana.
11. He is independent with getting dressed for the day as well as putting his pajamas on at night. He usually does a great job of choosing things that go well together. He actually does a better job at this than Nadia does at the age of almost six.
12. He and Nadia play together for hours every day. Some day I'm sure he'll also spend a lot of time playing with Oliver, but that day hasn't come yet.
No comments:
Post a Comment