Some Small Milestones

Ryan has been chatting up a storm for quite awhile now. Ever since he started talking he called me mama. Although I thought it was really cute, I wondered if he would ever call me mommy. It also has been quite confusing because we refer to Ryan's Grandma as mama, so he's not quite sure what to call her when we mama (me) and mama(grandma)are together. Last week though, he started calling me mommy! I know for many people this is not a huge deal, but for me this was big. I walked into his room and he said,"Hi Mommy!" and has been calling me mommy ever since. It is the sweetest thing. Ryan is also VERY good at saying no. If I ask, "Ryan do you want some peas?" If he doesn't he says, "No," If he want peas he will answer, "Peas," Today, as we were driving, I asked, "Ryan, do you want to go see airplanes?" To my surprise, he said, "Yes." I had to turn around and look at him to make sure he was alone in the backseat and that the yes came from his mouth. Tonight he did it again. I asked him if he wanted water, to which he replied,"Yes."

Ryan, like most kids his age, enjoys walking around in just a diaper. His new thing is, when I take off his pjs to put him in clothes, he has started to exclaim, "I'm naked!" He now does this before bath time and at diaper changing time too. It must be my reaction that makes him say this over and over again. There is nothing cuter than a toddler shouting, "I'm naked," so of course, I laugh.

Some other important milestones are Ryan can count to 10 with help, he has only counted to 10 by himself one time. He also can name all of his body parts. Of course when I am rocking him to sleep at night he wants to poke and point out all of mommy's body parts instead of going to sleep. I think I have been poked in the eye every night for the past few weeks.

And, lastly we have not really let Ryan watch any kid shows as I was afraid that he would turn into some tv obsessed toddler. Well, after spending some time with his cousin and realizing how cool kid tv is, I have to confess, I have a tv watching toddler. When the tv is off he grabs the remote, points to the tv and yells, "T!" This is usually followed up by him saying,"Caillou!" He will say Caillou until you turn on the tv and let him listen to the Caillou theme song. Then he will sit in a tv trance and watch for a good 10 minutes. Then he gets bored and will play with his toys, but yes, I have given in to my tv toddler!