Alex started to have some pooping issues again this past month. We have watched his struggles for so long that we now believe he simply is “scared” to poop and if he has the ability to stop the process then he will figure out a way not to poop. So we transitioned Alex to a whole milk/coconut milk/almond milk combination and it seems to be helping his digestive problems a bit. We also increased his dosage of Miralax to 1 tablespoon per day. All of this has helped a great deal. There is just no way now for the little man to halt the process! But at the same time there is zero discomfort associated with pooping so he doesn’t try to stop it anyhow. I would love to get Alex off of the Miralax but it just doesn’t seem possible anytime soon. I’m not going to put him through a mind game.
The boys love bath time at the moment. They now get to play with bath crayons in the tub and they get so excited when it is time to go upstairs. Jakob is also no longer content with just sitting in the tub. He literally “swims” back and forth in the bathtub like a little fish. And this often causes some screams to come from Alex who literally remains sitting in the same position the entire time we are in the tub. At least Alex has stopped screaming though! We have had to tape off the lever to flush the toilet in the bathroom though because the boys would not stop flushing the toilet. I was about to make them get jobs so they can pay the water bill. We don’t use that toilet anyway so it was not big deal.
The bedtime routine is getting a bit more active these days. I guess that’s what happens when you have little boys in the house. The days of sitting still to read a story have fallen by the wayside. But even though I have wiggle worms these days they still do great at bedtime. We just now spend some “quiet” time reading together on the floor. This usually involves more turning the pages instead of actually reading the books. The boys then put their books away before the “bedtime monster” comes out to put them in their cribs. This involves me chasing them around the bedroom in a fit of giggles as I tickle them over and over again. But eventually the “bedtime monster” catches them and tosses them in the crib. I then read a final story before the boys snuggle up amongst their 100 stuffed animals that now occupy their cribs. I mean literally last night Alex fell asleep on top of a pile of animals. Boys!
We have put the boys back in their highchairs at meal times. The boys had become all but obsessed with the chairs and bench and it was getting to be impossible to get them to sit in their booster seats without screaming to sit on the bench with us. So back into the highchairs they have gone. And things seem to be better at the moment.
There was a point this month when Alex became our adventurous eater. It happened over night. I has continued this month, with the exception of when the boys were sick, and now Alex will try anything without hesitation. Some foods this month that Alex seems to really like are edamame, spaghetti, oranges, breakfast burritos, veggie sticks, smoothies, popcorn, dried apricots, fudge cookies, eggs, sausage, grilled cheese, potatoes, dry cereal, bananas, blackberries, and chicken nuggets. And Jakob has actually become a bit more picky of an eater. The boy can still pound down the food but he is a lot more picky about what he will eat. I think he will forever be our meat and potatoes guy! Jakob can smell a vegetable from 100 miles away. But give the man some sausage and milk and he could sit for hours.
The boys have moved onto a new favorite television show this month. Caillou. It’s actually not too bad. I think it is a Canadian show. And there are some really weird aspects to it. The father is ALWAYS exercising and I don’t think either Mom or Dad have a job. And Caillou wears the same shirt over and over again. And the kids are really not supervised that much for being the ages of 2 and 4. But I guess it’s television. What are you going to do? The boys do watch about an hour of television each day. There is no way around it. They usually watch about 30 minutes after afternoon nap because they always wake-up in a grumpy mood. And then we watch about 30 minutes before bed each night. And really that’s because I have worked all day and I am just worn out. And I like to snuggle with my boys on the couch. I love to listen to them laugh as they watch the television show.
The boys are still obsessed with reading. They seem to be getting better about not destroying books but randomly a kid will walk up to me with a wayward page in their hand. No idea. They don’t really have the attention span to listen to us read an entire story but they love to point out pictures in the books. Their ability to point to objects in a book is crazy good now! And it seems to have happened over night. I sometimes ask them to point to an object I don’t think they know and then I am amazed when they get it right. They just listen to us all the time. That’s not true. They listen to us when they want to listen to us.
The boys still have zero fear. I never really realized how much of my day would revolve around stopping the boys from trying to kill themselves. I’m still not sure how we have not ended up in the emergency room. They climb on anything and everything. It does not matter how big or how small. Alex can now actually us the “lip” of the drawers in the kitchen to scale to the top of the kitchen counters. I swear we have Spiderman on our hands. But even though their climbing skills are spectacular their balance skills are those of a toddler. So we often have bumps and bruises when a “good” idea goes wrong. Just last night Jakob fell of the arm of the living room couch onto our now hardwood floors. No worries. He cried for all of 10 seconds before he realized he was missing out on the toy that Alex had just discovered in the play room.
So what don’t I want to forget about the boys this month?
Jakob
* Jakob is always babbling about one thing or another. It is non-stop talking!
* Jakob loves to help us clean-up. And sometimes this means making a mess so he can grab a towel and clean-up.
* Jakob gets excited about every little thing! And it’s an excitement that radiates from his feet to the top of his head.
* Jakob loves to dance. And this involves twirling himself around in circles like a ballerina.
* Jakob loves art projects. He will color with crayons, markers, or chalk any time of the day. I think he does art projects just so he can clean-up.
* Jakob now has a different “word” for Grandma and Grandpa Heitzman. And points them out in all the pictures around the house.
* Jakob will run up and just want a spontaneous hug. He will get his hug and then run away really fast.
I love listening to Jakob try to say, “Bye Caillou.” Actually Jakob says “Bye” to everything and everyone.
Alex
* If you ask Alex, “What sound does a lion make?”, he will put his “claws” up and try to roar like a lion.
* Alex will always smile if you try to take a picture.
* Alex is obsessed with being the one to turn on and off light switches whenever we leave a room.
* Alex loves to watch the dogs eat dinner. And he sits and waits until they are done so he can put their bowls back.
* Alex has to have a minimum of 20 stuffed animals in his crib at night.
* Alex loves to get his teeth brushed.
* Alex can go down the slid and land on his feet. Just like Jakob. But Alex requires a high five at the end of the trip!
* I am fairly certain Alex is going to be left-handed.
Mary
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