December Questions!

[king26]

I haven't done questions in a few months because I've been insanely busy but I want to hear about our little ones.

Birthday:

Size diaper:

Size clothes:

Size shoes:

What words does toddler say?

Favorite foods?

Least favorite foods?

Is toddler totally finished with bottles?

How is nighttime sleep?  How long does toddler sleep?

What time is toddlers bedtime?

How are naps?   How many naps and for how long?

Favorite toys:

Favorite books:

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc?   If so, which ones?

Does your child use a binky?

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc?

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork?

Milestones or new things toddler is doing?

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas?

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?

What are you dreading this holiday season?

Where are you celebrating the holiday?

Any developmental concerns?

Any questions?

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress?

What TV shows are you watching?

Have you read any good books lately?

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve?

[king26]

Dec 18, 2018 19:37:03 GMT -6 king26 said:

I haven't done questions in a few months because I've been insanely busy but I want to hear about our little ones.

Birthday:  August 25

Size diaper:  Still Size 3....we will be forever size 3

Size clothes:  12 months.  Occasionally 12-18 months

Size shoes: size 4

What words does toddler say?  mama, dada, baba, more, Elmo (he says em), hey

Favorite foods?  noodles, chicken nuggets, tofu, and yogurt melts

Least favorite foods?  green beans, broccoli,

Is toddler totally finished with bottles?  Nope.  Still doing a nighttime bottle but we've gotten rid of any bottles during the day and just do sippy cups.

How is nighttime sleep?  How long does toddler sleep?  It's better.   He sleeps 10 hours, sometimes 10.5 which is really good for him.  He still wakes up once to eat but goes right back to sleep after he gets some milk.  We were having several nights a week of STTN but that hasn't been since Thanksgiving.

What time is toddlers bedtime? Between 7:30-8:00

How are naps?   How many naps and for how long?  Naps have been pretty good since we've moved back his 1 nap.   He takes 1 a day.  He goes down anytime between 12:30-2.  He sleeps for 1.5 to 2.5 hours.

Favorite toys:  His musical train, his puzzle, MegaBloks, his VTech Dumptruck.

Favorite books:  Baby Talk, Little Blue Truck Halloween, Chica Chica Boom Boom, Happy Birthday Book

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc?   If so, which ones?  He is able to watch 10 minutes of videos on the iPad per day....if he's having a really bad day then we let him watch 15 minutes but that is my max.   He also only watches in 5 minute intervals.  He watches Vids4Kids on YouTube.

Does your child use a binky?  Yes.  Always while sleeping.  We are getting it away more during the day.  I try to make sure he doesn't have it much at home and the doctor says he's fine to sleep with it until 2 but we still give it in car and when we are out.

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc?  Yes he sleeps with Apple Park Farm Buddy Super Go-T.  He takes that thing everywhere.  I bought him another one, Kozy Koala, for Christmas so we can hopefully rotate them.  He also has the seahorse that lights up and plays music but that always stays in the crib.

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork?  He trys.  He picks up food with his fingers, puts it on the spoon, then feeds himself.  He tries stabbing with a fork but itsn't very good.

Milestones or new things toddler is doing?  I guess he's running now and he mostly just walks.  He rarely crawls.  He likes to build with his blocks and can stack 4 blocks and can finally put some of his MegaBlok pieces together.  He does a lot of pretend play.  Like he brushes his hair, brushes my hair, takes toilet paper and "cleans" the walls, he now does this thing where he grabs his wrist with his opposite hand and holds it.  I had no clue what that was until I saw DH do it....he's checking his Apple Watch and J mimics him.  Too funny.

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas?  We took him to a Christmas tree lighting and to breakfast with the elves.  We went to the model traain display this weekend and that was fun. 

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas?  Seeing him open presents.  He loves tearing the paper.

What are you dreading this holiday season?  The stress.  I'm already stressed out.. 

Where are you celebrating the holiday?  At my brother's house.

Any developmental concerns?  I worry about his speech sometimes but he does babble a lot and seems to understand a lot.

Any questions?  How do you get your kids to eat vegetables?   I struggle with this the most.

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress?  Nothing and it's stressing me out LOL.   Prior to December I was trying to read in bed for 15 minutes every night and just have a little me time after J goes to bed each night.  I'm hoping to start that again after Christmas.

What TV shows are you watching?  Holiday Baking Championship, Difficult People on hulu, Family Feud (because it's on at night and mindless), reruns of Big Bang Theory.

Have you read any good books lately?  I'm listening to an In Death book on CD in my car.  It's my favorite series and it's a nice 15 minute drive to and from work every day listening to it.

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve?  i'm not sure yet.  I totally just did a blog post on celebrating with toddler's yet I don't know what we are doing yet.  Probably just getting some champagne, having some appetizers, and chilling at home.

[jt2378]

Thanks for doing this! king26 Its nice to check in about our toddlers

Birthday: 8/14

Size diaper: Still in 3's too! I thought we were moving to 4's but then we stuck with 3's. Chica is petite, I think D1 was in 5's by this point.

Size clothes: 12-18 months typically, some 18/24 month

Size shoes: 5

What words does toddler say? Hi, bye, D1's name, milk, ball, mama and dada sporadically

Favorite foods? Still a really good eater. Chicken, scrambled eggs, cheese, yogurt, any fruit, broccoli

Least favorite foods? chick peas, lol. I can't think of much else off the top right now.

Is toddler totally finished with bottles? Yes, surprisingly was an easy transition.

How is nighttime sleep? How long does toddler sleep? :dares to say out loud: STTN consistently for the last couple of months. Hoping it continues! She sleeps about 10-10.5 hours a night, sometimes longer.

What time is toddlers bedtime? 8:00

How are naps? How many naps and for how long? Some days shorter than others. 1 nap a day anywhere from 1 - 2 hours

Favorite toys: Play kitchen accessories, baby dolls, things that play music.

Favorite books: Pat the bunny, any board books with flaps that open

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc? If so, which ones? Sometimes she looks at Mickey or something if D1 has it on but doesn't seem all that interested yet.

Does your child use a binky? No, neither of my kids did which is a blessing and a curse I think.

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc? Yes, a stuffed dog. Sometimes if she wakes, I see her grab and hug it which is cute.

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork? Eh a little with a spoon if I load it and hand it to her. I need to start trying more with fork and stuff but ugh to the mess.

Milestones or new things toddler is doing? Climbing everything in sight. She is so quick and stealth! Its frightening sometimes. She tries to put her shoes on, lol. She walks around with one of sis's boots too. Haha. Sometimes when you pick her up, she starts patting your back like a hug. Too cute!

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas? We did the Santa visit and she did fine. She mostly looked like a deer in headlights but didn't cry.

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? I'm looking forward to seeing her around all the cousins and what she makes of all the commotion and presents. Also seeing my two girls together Christmas morning excited and playing and unwrapping everything.

What are you dreading this holiday season? We will have a late Christmas eve so not sure how she will do with that but meh, its only 1 night. I'm worried about having to watch her like a hawk though that night at MH"s grandmother's house which won't be baby proofed. She is into EVERYTHING.

Where are you celebrating the holiday? Christmas eve at MH's grandmother's house and Christmas day at home with my family coming over.

Any developmental concerns? Speech although it seems to have picked up a little so now I'm back on the fence about calling to discuss it per the pedi's recommendation.

Any questions? Anyone's kiddos still so damn clingy? She wants to be carried around the house still all the time and its killing my back and frigin exhausting. I love you too kid but Christ, simmer down. Not looking forward to the next leap starting in like 8 days.

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress? De-stress? What is that?? NOT MUCH. I need to make some changes in the New Year for ME.

What TV shows are you watching? Nothing, I need to get into a new Netflix series or something.

Have you read any good books lately? I literally haven't finished a book since my first was born in 2014. That is so horrible because I used to love to read! I need to pick it back up again.

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve? Unsure right now. Probably get takeout or something with my in-laws then just hang with hubby at home.

[jt2378]

As far as veggies king26, I would say just keep trying and offering a variety. Hopefully something sticks. Since your a cook, can you make things and sneak veggies in? Will he do anything like a smoothie where you could sneak spinach in there?

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jt2378, A is sooooo clingy still. He’s going thru that leap right now as well, so it’s even worse. I usually can not even go to the bathroom without him coming in and whining for me.

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Birthday: 8-5

Size diaper: We cloth, but last was pampers size 4

Size clothes: 18-24

Size shoes: Not sure

What words does toddler say? Mama, dada, ball, yeah, no, wow

Favorite foods? Pasta, popcorn, most veggies, sweet potato fries, black beans, most meat

Least favorite foods? I don’t think he has a least favorite yet.

Is toddler totally finished with bottles? Never really took them, we are still nursing.

How is nighttime sleep? STTN, 11 hours

What time is toddlers bedtime? 6:30 and up between 6-7

How are naps? Awful. Cat naps and always on me.

Favorite toys: Anything that makes sound, instruments, mega blocs and wooden blocks. Any of our dogs toys.

Favorite books: Very Hungry Caterpillar, Colors, Good Night Moon

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc? If so, which ones? Yes. Some days it’s more and most days not at all. He loves Daniel Tiger, Beat Bugs, Little Baby Bum

Does your child use a binky? No. never took to one.

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc? There’s 2 lovies and a book in the corner to play with when he wakes up.

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork? Yes, he’s gotten very good at stabbing the food and bringing it to his mouth. Same with the spoon. He was feeding himself soup yesterday!

Milestones? Walking finally

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas? Hopefully enjoying opening presents.

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? Good food and drinks.

What are you dreading this holiday season? Nothing.

Where are you celebrating the holiday? Christmas Eve will be at my MIL and we are having Christmas Day at our house with my FIL

Any developmental concerns? No, just like him to use words more often.

Any questions? No

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress? I joined the gym last month. It’s been amazing. He’s still not sure about the daycare. But MH watches him when he can so I can go.

What TV shows are you watching? Greys Anatomy and crappy reality tv

Have you read any good books lately? Currently making my way through Harry Potter.

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve? No, MH works so I’ll have a little champagne and he in bed by 9pm. lol

[bsouls]

Birthday: 8/14

Size diaper: 6

Size clothes: 18 months

Size shoes: I don’t know. We are not really using shoes.

What words does toddler say? dada, Tabitha, Nana, yeah, Let It Go, duck.. I think she says “touch” when she wants to touch things.

Signs: help, more, water, milk, medicine, all done, please - sometimes needs prompting to use them, but will also use wrong signs trying to communicate

Favorite foods? Strawberries, banana, waffles, pancakes, meatballs, sweet potatoes

Least favorite foods? pasta

Is toddler totally finished with bottles? Yes, threw them out in August

How is nighttime sleep? I’d say sleeps through the night. Occasional wake up, but I don’t go in.

What time is toddlers bedtime? between 6-7, average would be 6:30pm

How are naps? two naps. First nap is usually 2.5-3 hours after wake up for 2 hours, then second nap is around 1pm, but depends how long she’s been up and how long first nap was.

Favorite toys: All the toys. Balloons, books.. for a week she’s really been into the stacking cups and figuring them out.

Favorite books: She doesn’t have one

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc? If so, which ones? She doesn’t really pay attention to shows, but likes the theme song to Daniel Tiger. I’ve started playing ABC songs on YouTube, since I thought maybe she was trying to name letters in her Elmo case.

Does your child use a binky? only when sleeping.

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc? Yes and she asks for a book

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork? We haven’t even tried.

Milestones? She’s trying to figure out how to jump

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas? Giving her the little music player that I know she’ll love.

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? having it be over?

What are you dreading this holiday season? Baking. I just don’t feel like it. And, I hate cleaning up after.

Where are you celebrating the holiday? Here, I think. We haven’t really decided anything.

Any developmental concerns? No

Any questions? Nope

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress? Eating...

What TV shows are you watching? I binged watched Travelers and The Last Kingdom on Netflix this month.

Have you read any good books lately? No

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve? No

[kristyw]

Birthday: Aug 27

Size diaper: 3

Size clothes: mostly 18 months

Size shoes: 4, but 3 still fits

What words does toddler say? Mama, dada go, uh-oh, buhbye, this, that, yeah. Sometimes no. And a hissing sound for cat

Favorite foods? Cheese, cheeseburger, tuna, crackers, yogurt, strawberries, apples, chili

Least favorite foods? Most vegetables

Is toddler totally finished with bottles? Yes but she never took them

How is nighttime sleep? How long does toddler sleep? Good finally. Usually about 10 hours

What time is toddlers bedtime? 7-7:30

How are naps? How many naps and for how long? Usually a 2-2.5 hour nap. Sometimes a car nap in the morning

Favorite toys: playdoh, slide, ride on elephant, random spoons/bowls/Tupperware

Favorite books: elmo books, where is baby's belly button

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc? If so, which ones? An episode of Sesame Street while I shower

Does your child use a binky? Yes

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc? Yes. She has a stuffed golden retriever from ikea and a blanket

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork? Yes. She's better with a fork but can't get the food on either independently.

Milestones or new things toddler is doing? Temper tantrums are getting intense. She also hates getting into the car now. On a positive note, she attempts to say more words now

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas? We've done a lot of our Christmas traditions already. Driving around looking at lights, seeing Santa, and making cookies

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? Seeing the two of them open presents. Christmas was always so magical as a kid so I hope it's the same for them.

What are you dreading this holiday season? Too much sugar, routine changes, and not enough napping/sleep

Where are you celebrating the holiday? Saturday at my parent's, Monday for us (I work Christmas day), 29th H's extended family, 30 with H's family.

Any developmental concerns? Not right now

Any questions? Nope

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress? Whatever I'm doing isn't working. 🤷‍♀️

What TV shows are you watching? ER again

Have you read any good books lately? Only kid books, unfortunately

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve? No. We never have. Maybe stay up late enough to watch the ball drop, but I doubt it

[thinkchocolate05]

Birthday: 08/16

Size diaper: 5 but he keeps leaking so we may switch soon

Size clothes: 18-24

Size shoes: 5

What words does toddler say? Mama, Hi, "I did it", "See" (for brother Simon)

Favorite foods? Cheese, ice cream, Graham cracker, cucumber slices, sausage bits, pizza, mango, orange, mini pepperoni

Least favorite foods? Peaches

Is toddler totally finished with bottles? Yes

How is nighttime sleep? How long does toddler sleep? He sleeps 9 or ten hours but won't go down drowsy but awake anymore and screeches

What time is toddlers bedtime? 7:30-8

How are naps? How many naps and for how long? At daycare 2 30-40 min. At home 2 1.5 hrs

Favorite toys: brothers cars and trucks, anything with switches, bounce house, laptop brother watches shows on

Favorite books: Karen Katz lift the flap books or any of his brothers books. He pulls them all from the shelf and then flips through them for 15 minutes

Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc? If so, which ones? Not really, but daycare does. He loves the wiggles.

Does your child use a binky? Yes

Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc? The one attached to his binky

Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork? No. He just plays with them

Milestones or new things toddler is doing? He can switch lights and power strips on and off. I sorted laundry for 20 minutes last night while he flipped the light on and off

What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas? Seeing him get excited about toys

What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? Same as above. And the four year old is really excited which is fun to watch

What are you dreading this holiday season? Still worried dh will get the stomach bug the rest of us had. Not on Christmas!!! Please!!

Where are you celebrating the holiday? At home and then Christmas afternoon unwillingly at my in laws apartment.

Any developmental concerns? He doesn't talk much, but his brother didn't either at this age, and then started more shortly after 18 months. Now his brother never shuts up, so that gives me hope.

Any questions? Not at the moment.

MOM QUESTIONS:

What are you doing these days to de-stress? Cleaning?

What TV shows are you watching? Great British baking show if I have time

Have you read any good books lately? Kids book, but ds1 just got into the magic School bus and I remembered how much I loved them as a kid. It's so fun to read them to him

Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve?
Probably not

[pennylane]

Birthday: Sept 4
Size diaper: 5
Size clothes: 12-18 & 18 months
Size shoes: 5
What words does toddler say? Mama, Dada, Batman, More, Boo, eat, baby, uh oh and she shhhs our dog
Favorite foods? Meat, cucumbers, berries, French fries, cookies (my mom gave her one and now she begs if she sees anyone with a cookie...)
Least favorite foods? Milk (she refuses to drink it)
Is toddler totally finished with bottles? Yes, but we rarely used bottles
How is nighttime sleep? How long does toddler sleep? She just started STTN this week. About 10-11 hrs
What time is toddlers bedtime? 7:30/8
How are naps? How many naps and for how long? 1 nap I have to fight for, that might last an hour.
Favorite toys: LEGO Duplos, baby & Stroller, a little toddler ABC laptop
Favorite books: ugh, she just eats them
Do you let your child watch TV/videos/etc? She sees it bc DS watches some. I’ve also gave her Big Block SingSong on my phone so she’ll hold still enough for diaper changes.
Does your child use a binky? No
Does your child sleep with a toy/stuffed animal/etc? Just a small blanket.
Can your child feed themselves with a spoon/fork? Nooo
Milestones or new things toddler is doing? Trying to jump, tantruming
What are you most looking forward to doing with your child this Christmas? Excited for them to play with their cousin (partial custody situation so we don’t see her too often) and taking them to a cool art garden in lights.
What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? Having DH off work for 2 weeks.. gosh I need the break.
What are you dreading this holiday season? My FILs a-hole sexist comments 😡
Where are you celebrating the holiday? Christmas Eve and morning at home, going to BILs for Christmas dinner
Any developmental concerns? No

MOM QUESTIONS:
What are you doing these days to de-stress? Not enough. I had been running but my broken toe needs to heal before I go back to that.
What TV shows are you watching? None really
Have you read any good books lately? Ive been working my way through all the free Kindle First books I downloaded this year..
Are you doing anything for New Year's Eve? I don’t know. Might take the kids to Noon Years Eve at the library.

[yellowcat]

For some reason I can't see the questions when I paste them so I have done my best to remember the main ones:

Bday 7/27

Diaper size 5
Clothes 12-18 months and some 9 month pants because he has short legs!

Words not many, he says car and go all day. He is obsessed with cars. He has a word for milk and says maybe ten other things randomly including the 🐈 name but nothing else. He is super chatty but all babbling.