Our Resilient Toddler

Tobias has been much more like the happy toddler he was before all of the changes that came with moving. For a long while there Tobias seemed to be a real cranky child. We were hearing the "no" word a lot and there were many many temper tantrums. As the upstairs started to come together, my happy baby seemed to return a little each day.

My lovely mother helped explain that there were probably two causes for his mood change. First mommy was stressed with all the work that needed to be done and he was taking my lead. As they say "When mamma's not happy; ain't nobody happy." The second was with everything put in its place there was no longer anything for him to get into trouble for getting into; the reason he started really using the word "no." It probably also helped that before going to pick Toby up from daycare we made sure that we would bring up a toy or two that he use to play with at the old apartment. It was always great seeing him enter the house, because he would notice all of the little things that mom and I did, and he was SO excited about everything.

At the end of last week Toby's big boy bed was finally put together and he has fallen in love with it! Mostly I think he likes the fact that he doesn't have to wait for mom or dad to come to him, he can come to us at 5 in the morning. In the almost week he has been sleeping in the bed he has only woke up crying once, and didn't hesitate to climb out of bed and find us in our room for a little snuggle.

Toby is also growing anxious for the arrival of his little brother or sister. Everyday he runs into our bedroom and straight to the bassinet saying "baybe baybe" we have to explain that baby isn't here yet. He still loves to kiss the belly and has recently started to lay his head on the belly as if to listen for the baby. When asked if the baby is a boy or girl, he consistently says "gir," he also will tell you he doesn't want the baby out of mommy's belly.

The last month he would scream and bawl when I dropped him off at daycare. Recently I've been able to drop him off with just a couple of whimpers. I think he's finally getting use to the children and new care provider. He's always gotten along with the kids, but now that the big kids aren't leaving for school everyday he likes that there are more kids to play. This makes me feel better when I drop him off, as I no longer worry about why he gets so upset.

I can't believe my little baby is 18 months old (1 1/2 years)! What is worse is his doctor says he acts more like a 2 year old. My baby is growing up too fast! I wish he would slow down, but he doesn't want to. He's always asking "Whas tis?" and repeating the word you say until it sounds very close to what you said. It scares me how much he can communicate in words and how much he understands.

Well this post has became longer than I was wanting to make it. It's just hard to not brag about Toby. I'd post pictures, but again I don't have the camera to take the pictures from. I'll post more soon.