We had the mother of all meltdowns this morning. Cade hates to be woken up before he's ready. If it's necessary, you have to tickle him and such to get him to wake up and then you usually have to wait until he's ready to get out of bed. This morning, I didn't have that much time. So the tickle time was cute short and I just got him up. He was not happy about that. He screamed and flailed while I got him dressed. He screamed and flailed while I carried him down the hall. He didn't want me to brush his teeth. I had to hold him down so I could brush teeth. This was not an easy thing to do. He's getting bigger and strong everyday.
When I was done, I put him down on the floor. He stood in the kitchen giving me a really mean look and just screamed at me. I don't know what he was actually saying...it was just screams. But I can only imagine what he was wanting to tell me. :) I started tell him that I didn't want to get up this morning either and that I didn't like it any better than he did. He seemed to stop and listen. I don't know if he was understanding what I was saying but he acted like he did.
Once we got in the car, the tantrum was over. By the time we got to Yurie's he forgot he was mad at me. I'm afraid to say that he probably gets that trait from me....the not liking to be woken up before I'm ready and not being very pleasant to those around me for a few minutes until I get adjusted to the morning.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
He made it to 20!
Cade counted to 20 over the weekend. I will admit...all the teen numers sound the same but that's okay because really they do sound the same! :)
He's also getting more of the alphabet song down. We went to the high school scrimmage Saturday night. I'm sure we'll end up at lots of games. And while I hate messing with Cade's bedtime schedule, I think he kind of gets a kick out of being at the games. The problem is though, the games don't start until 7pm and Cade is usually in bed between 7:30pm to 8pm. While we were at the game, Cade got very sleepy. He was sitting on my lap with his night night. When he gets sleepy, we often will hear him in his bed singing or counting. Well, this time he chose singing the alphabet song. So I was quietly singing to him in his ear. And he was not so quietly singing. I didn't realize how loud he was getting until I look up and several heads had turned around to see who was "singing". It was pretty funny.
Have I mentioned how incredibly cute I think he is?
He's also getting more of the alphabet song down. We went to the high school scrimmage Saturday night. I'm sure we'll end up at lots of games. And while I hate messing with Cade's bedtime schedule, I think he kind of gets a kick out of being at the games. The problem is though, the games don't start until 7pm and Cade is usually in bed between 7:30pm to 8pm. While we were at the game, Cade got very sleepy. He was sitting on my lap with his night night. When he gets sleepy, we often will hear him in his bed singing or counting. Well, this time he chose singing the alphabet song. So I was quietly singing to him in his ear. And he was not so quietly singing. I didn't realize how loud he was getting until I look up and several heads had turned around to see who was "singing". It was pretty funny.
Have I mentioned how incredibly cute I think he is?
Monday, August 11, 2008
Alphabet Song
I have been singing the alphabet song to Cade since he was first born. He has been chiming in on the letters that he knows and likes (P and W). Yesterday, I was changing his diaper and he started singing "A B C D E". He got those out clear as could be. Then he would mumble through the LMNO and say P just as clear as could be. I have a small genius on my hands!!! :)
Over the weekend, when it was naptime, he would grab his night, night and tell me he was ready for a nap. When I laid him down, though, he wasn't quite ready to go to sleep. He will lay back there and talk to himself and sing. This weekend I would hear him counting. He can count to 10 very clearly and we've even heard him count as high as 15. I don't know what age kids are suppose to do this. But I'm amazed everyday about what he can do.
Another milestone this weekend was eating with a spoon. I've not really given him a spoon with his baby food because frankly I didn't want to have the extra mess. But yesterday I decided I would let him try. He did a really good job. I would have to get his spoon turned around every so often but otherwise he did a great job getting food on the spoon and then in his mouth. He made a little mess but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. I guess this means I won't have to live close to him when he goes to college and spoon feed him his meals! :)
The baby is not so much a baby anymore....
I also discovered this weekend that Cade listens to DADA much better than he listens to me. I can threaten with a spanking and even have to give the spanking and he still will do whatever it is I told him not to do. Mike just has to say "Cade, no!" once and he will stop whatever he was doing. He'll stick his bottom lip out sometimes but he still stops. I guess I need to read somemore of my discipline book because clearly I'm doing something wrong!
We've also been trying to keep him from whining. I know, I know...all kids whine. But we don't care much for it and don't want it to be the avenue in which Cade thinks he can get his way. I'm afraid that will be an ongoing battle. He whines a lot to get his way. I've noticed the whining works with Nana (Linda) and Papa (Bill). Maybe he thinks it will work with us too.
Over the weekend, when it was naptime, he would grab his night, night and tell me he was ready for a nap. When I laid him down, though, he wasn't quite ready to go to sleep. He will lay back there and talk to himself and sing. This weekend I would hear him counting. He can count to 10 very clearly and we've even heard him count as high as 15. I don't know what age kids are suppose to do this. But I'm amazed everyday about what he can do.
Another milestone this weekend was eating with a spoon. I've not really given him a spoon with his baby food because frankly I didn't want to have the extra mess. But yesterday I decided I would let him try. He did a really good job. I would have to get his spoon turned around every so often but otherwise he did a great job getting food on the spoon and then in his mouth. He made a little mess but it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. I guess this means I won't have to live close to him when he goes to college and spoon feed him his meals! :)
The baby is not so much a baby anymore....
I also discovered this weekend that Cade listens to DADA much better than he listens to me. I can threaten with a spanking and even have to give the spanking and he still will do whatever it is I told him not to do. Mike just has to say "Cade, no!" once and he will stop whatever he was doing. He'll stick his bottom lip out sometimes but he still stops. I guess I need to read somemore of my discipline book because clearly I'm doing something wrong!
We've also been trying to keep him from whining. I know, I know...all kids whine. But we don't care much for it and don't want it to be the avenue in which Cade thinks he can get his way. I'm afraid that will be an ongoing battle. He whines a lot to get his way. I've noticed the whining works with Nana (Linda) and Papa (Bill). Maybe he thinks it will work with us too.
Monday, August 4, 2008
18 month pictures
Here are the pictures I had taken at the Picture People store. He did such a good job and looks like such a big boy! I'm not sure why they are so small. Except that they some from their website and my guess is they don't want you to be able to print pictures yourself without purchasing them first.
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