Lyla has been 2 for a little over one week and I can see major changes already. Some good and some challenging:
- The thing that I love the most is her ability to communicate. She is learning new words daily and it so exciting. the day of her bday she was leaving and she looked at everybody and said: bye guys! I did not even know she knew how to say that. She speaks mainly in Portuguese but her English vocabulary is catching up.
- She has a new found love for baby dolls. She could not care less for them until the day of her bday she got a baby with a stroller. Now she is crazy about her babies, all the accessories. She talks with them, puts them to sleep, feeds them, dress them up. there are days that my living room looks like a nursery.
- She is as independent and independent can be... this is a good thing but can be a very bad thing. Because she wants to do alone more than she is capable of... I let her do it, most of the times she lets me help, but someday both of end up frustrated . like today in the morning, she wants to pour the milk for her cereal. Without my help it is impossible for her to do it, she cried big fat tears, i let her... we went up with milk all over her high chair, herself and the floor .... and I am already late for work.
- With frustration comes the tantrums.......oh the tantrums. Do I need to say more?
- She is still a good eater, much pickier than before, but still eats very well
- Sleep has become an issue again. Daddy puts her to sleep, cuddles, she sleeps with him. Why would she want to sleep in her crib when she is at my house??? do you blame her??? all my hard work went down the drain. Because of that, we are going to get toddler beds. I will cry when the crib is gone, I will definitely cry. But we need consistency and I want the peace of a good night time routine like we use to have. Overall she is not a good sleeper, she is restless and wakes up at least one time upset.
- She still loves her binky. Now she only has it to sleep. She spends all day long at the daycare without but at night she has to have it... I will let her for a little longer.
- Is it me or toddlers are a little OCD? Things have to be done the same way , she is refusing to use the spring clothes , keeps pointing to her heavy coat.... If I give her juice in the cup that she normally drinks water from, all hell breaks loose. It is sometimes funny
- Have I mentioned the tantrums??
- She is very loving and now shows me all the time how much she lover her mommy... and my heart melts every time.
- She is loving the good weather and if she had her way she would stay outside all the time. I am enjoying taking her to the playground. Her motor skills are so much better than last year.
- Daycare is going well, as the days progressed drop off became a little more difficult (shouldn't it be the other way around?) . Today was rough but i called a few minutes later and she was already playing . I am very surprise that she is taking good naps there, with no binky. She has asked for her old baby sitter a few times. But overall I am pleased with the new place
Tomorrow we have her 2 year well appointment.
So far the 2's have been more wonderful than terrible. We will learn and adapt and for sure have a lot of fun
how about you guys? how are the 2's going for you?
8 comments:
Wait until next year, when you can have actual conversations with her! It's such fun to hear the workings of their minds.
When I had trouble with drop-offs at daycare, it was due to change. She will probably peak soon, and then be more calm. It helped my daughter to "push me out the door." To act like she was in control of my leaving. Similarly, in the tasks she wants to do, but are beyond her skills, maybe you can make them easier and more suited to a 2 year old. Like the milk for her cereal - pour a small amount of milk into a smaller container and let her pour. She might still make a mess, but the mess will be smaller.
Oh, the sleeping! How frustrating that Daddy cannot do things the same way you do - but that's just the way it goes. I hope you find a workable solution.
She is a beautiful girl!
Toddlers are definitely a bit OCD or at least mine is. We're not quite at 2 yet but the tantrums are hitting.
Willow does the same thing with the coat--insists on it!! Yes, OCD is definitely what I would call it.
She is also very much into her dolls and imitating EVERYTHING.
She is just starting the Tantrums--so I will get back to you on that one! ;-)
Lyla and Willow would have one heck of a time together--and we would probably tear our hair out!! ;-) (But I would bring alcohol!)
Yes, yes, and yes. O plays at shy at school now - he just moved to the older toddler room. He'll refuse to let go of my hand and says "mommy mommy MOMMY!" all whinging-like. I think it's the transition.
And we do let him pour milk, but I position myself so that I have a hand on it and he *THINKS* he's doing it himself. Seems to be working for now.
And omg the Toddler OCD... yes, yes, YES.
xxx
Two is so fun and so frustrating at the same time! We are going through most of the same things as you. Tantrums, independence mixed with some clingy times, trying to break the paci habit. The only real difference is the obsession with trucks instead of dolls since I have a boy. And, boy are they creatures of habit-I took M to get new shoes this weekend and he threw a fit over trying on shoes until we tried on the exact same pair of sneakers as his old ones. So I left the store with 2 pairs-one totally new style he refuses to wear and a new size in his old style. So silly!
Starting to see some of the changes you mentioned. Ah, the glorious phases! I will let you know what I think of the twos when we've had enough experience for me to form an opinion... so far so good.
Bea
Yes, toddlers are OCD and yes, the tantrums SUCK!
I don't miss that phase at all! LOL
But it is fun watching them get more independent and speanking a lot!
Sleeping, tantrums, vocabulary - we're in the middle of all of it. I call it toddler PMS, though.
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