I really think it is the 1/2 years that are hard. 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3 1/2 etc....
Currently Noah is still having his sleeping issues, although they have gotten a bit better. They are still not what they used to be. I have been trying a couple of things as I think that there is a slight possibility that his reflux has or had flared back up. I had read that during teething times it can. I think he has been working on those 2 year molars for a while and that spurred the sleep issues which are just hard to break at this point. I have been giving him Maalox twice a day, right before naps and bed. I don't know if it is helping, but he doesn't wake as often at night. He still fights naps. I have to leave his door open and a lot of times he makes me put my hand on the door, but I leave my body where he can't see me. Then I close the door to the door jam after I know he is asleep. He has been sleeping 1 hour exactly everyday. I know he is still tired, but he just can't get past that right now. At bedtime, he cries for a minute and then passes out. If he wakes at night, it is usually a short cry and then goes back to sleep. He is sleeping about 10.5-11 hours at night.
He is talking so much more now. That is probably the biggest frustration we both have. He wants to communicate but sometimes he gets too frustrated too fast to work it out. He is using 2-3 word sentences.
He loves to read books too. At nap time and bed time, we all read 2-3 books in Ava's room. So he is able to sit through Ava's longer books.
He is very attached to his daddy. He likes his daddy to get him up in the morning, otherwise he is grump-tastic!
Ava's sleep is good. She gets herself up to go to the bathroom on her own at night, which is such a relief for us. No more night wake ups for us!
She is still changing her clothes a million times a day. She does it after I turn off the lights for nap time and is getting in big trouble for that. She loooooves her pj's. She wants to change into them all the time and also put different ones on. (A good Christmas gift idea!!) I have to do laundry so much because she goes through her pj's so fast and wears them outside in the sandbox.
She loves to tell stories after she listens to a story that Mike and I just told, but it is always about Bobo.
Her and Noah love to play outside. I told her that she can't go out until the clock hand points to the ceiling (7am) because it is just to cold and still dark. As soon as it is 7, her and Noah go outside and ride their bikes and sing as loud as they can. Sorry neighbors. There is some arguing too, which leads to screaming, which then leads to me bringing them inside for a minutes time out. Ahh, the life.
Ava still has school on Tuesday and Thursday. She loves to go. She loves Chapel and Spanish and all the art projects that she gets to work on. (Another great Christmas gift idea: Art stuff) Her teachers continue to comment that she likes to play by herself and that they encourage her to play with the other kids. They have even paired her up with another girl at playtime so that she can engage with them. That's my Ava.
They both usually nap between 12:30 and 1 every day.
We usually do arts and crafts after nap time.
We have been enjoying the nice evening weather and taking walks after dinner.
We end the day with baths and playtime and then it is lights out at 7pm here. Sometimes a little early if they are cranky!!
That's our day and what the kids are like at their 1/2 years!!
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