It’s been awhile since I've given an update on the older
boys and now that Wyatt’s 2½ he has changed quite a bit. He’s gone from our laid back go with the flow
little guy to mister independent. He
definitely wants to do everything himself which makes things a little difficult
when its stuff that he can’t really do yet like buckle himself in his car
seat. He is such a sweet and funny
little guy but he has definitely entered that terrible two stage and tries our
patience every day. We are working on
trying to use our words more when he gets frustrated vs. hitting/biting and
Ryan and I are working on not yelling as much too when we get frustrated to try
and be better role models.
He’s still an incredibly messy eater. It doesn't really matter what you give him he
gets it all over his face, hands, clothes, table, chair, floor you name
it. Although Ryan tells me that he was
still spilling things on himself into his teenage years so maybe it’s a useless
cause to think that someday we won’t have such a mess to clean up.
Wyatt loves books and playing with Gavin. Although they have their moments where they
fight over a toy or don’t get along overall they play together pretty well and
Wyatt can definitely hold out his own if they do get into a tussle. Some of their favorite things to play are
pretending to be spies, hide and seek and playing battle with the superheroes/dinosaurs. Wyatt has also really gotten into puzzles and
is getting better about putting together the bigger board puzzles and has
started showing more interest in watching shows on tv. He will actually sit still and watch a show
now and some of his favorites are Super Why, Go Diego Go and anything about
animals.
One big change for Wyatt recently has been his big boy
bed. We've had it set up for about a
month now and he’s been sleeping in it for a few weeks but it’s definitely made
the bedtime routine more difficult. He
likes to get out of his bed so right now we basically have to stay in his room
until he falls asleep or he pops right out and runs downstairs. The other downfall is that within the last
several weeks he’s decided to wake up consistently between 5 and 5:30 every morning
and he just gets right out of his bed and comes into our room ready to go for
the day. We are not a big fan of this
early morning routine but there’s no talking him into sleeping longer. Hopefully this doesn't last forever as it’s
no fun for us especially during the weekends.
Even though he tries our patience every day we love this
little guy so much. He is super goofy
and is always making us laugh. Even his
teachers tell us what a goof ball he is sometimes. He’s working on learning his letters and it’s
amazing how grown up he seems. Everyone
always thinks he’s already three because of how much he talks and what he says. Our next adventure with Wyatt will be potty
training. He’s wearing pull-ups and has
done a pretty good job of using the potty at school but isn't super consistent
at home. We just need to find a good
weekend to go cold turkey and I think we’ll be there but finding that time with
a newborn is a little hard at the moment.
