Update...

Here's a little update on our little tyke as we're pretty much into the thick of things with a 4 year old who has a busy schedule!

He's already had 4 birthday parties in the past 2 months with two more in the next month! Plus, there is gymnastics, requested playdates and then there will be swim class before we know it!

His sleeping and bedtime has definitely gotten better, despite the fact that he still naps every day at school. We've stopped pushing the "lights out" each night and we wait for him to tell us when he's ready for lights out which was reduced the fighting/arguing. We still have some arguing over brushing teeth but we have to have patience that it's just because that's when he starts to hit his wall for the day. The past week, despite a few potty incidents, he had a great bedtime & sleeping routine. He slept in his bed all night each day and slept to around 6am every day. That's a big thing!

We're also having less fighting in the morning when we're trying to leave the house. I'm trying to turn everything into a game to keep him engaged in wanting to do things. And while the fighting is getting better, the listening is not. We have to ask him SEVERAL times to do anything. And while I know he hears what we ask, he simply doesn't want to and we have to keep asking. Most times when he starts to stretch or say that he has to tell you something, you know he is stalling because he's admitted a few times he has nothing to tell. The latest practice is to ask him to do something and we will ask him two more times and if we have to ask him one more time then we'll tell him we'll start to count to three and if we have to count then he'll get a timeout for not listening.

Alexander has also been behaving better at school however some pushing among the boys. Also, apparently Alexander, Connor and few other boys may also pick on another friend by having him chase them and then they run from him and not let him play with him. They also push another little friend because he's smaller. We've had to have serious conversations with him to let him know that it is never okay to pick on another person at school even if you don't like them. If you don't like them, you stay away from them. If they pick on you then he should tell them 'no thank you' and tell a teacher and that he should never let anyone pick on him. Miss Cassie has started to break the class up into Groups (mainly to break up the boys) and it is working well for Alexander. So hopefully this pushing is just a phase that he'll grow out of soon....

Overall, Alexander is your typical happy go lucky little 4 year old who just loves to play and gets excited over the cutest little things.

Monthly Update...

Here we are at yet another month... and there is really nothing new to report.

I think the only major happening was that two more teeth broke (bottom front) through the skin which cause for sleepless nights, a fever or two, and a few irritable people.

School is going very well - Ms Sarah said he's still the best dressed kid at school. Aidan, Connor & Grace are his friends but he definitely has something going with William because he talks about him often at home (VlmVlm is how he says William).

Vocab is improving to where the phrases from last month are really starting to be mini-sentences.

He's able to climb up on the chair & couch without much fuss and thankfully hasn't really tried to climb out of his crib.

He did get his cast off and that went so smoothly. Almost too smooth! He still talks about it saying that his 'cast off doo doo" which means "My cast was taken off by a vacuum".

He certainly has his favorites that we seem to be on the lookout for all the time: backhoe, engine, bebies (which are the horses down the street), bus, truck

He loves finger painting, seems to be the latest thing. But it's very quick - blink & you miss it!

Mid-week Update

It's been fairly quiet and low-key around here. Even with the 4 month milestone & going to the zoo that's been the biggest thing going on.

We've been dealing with his cold, which is now almost 5 weeks long - seriously, do colds last that long?? I've called the doctor now three times about it and I don't even have to say "Alexander's Mom" anymore, just saying "It's Melissa" they know who I am. Which is a good thing in a way.
On the cold front, the past two days it does appear to be getting better. He's less congested at night and no longer has the nightly coughing episode. There also seems to be less snot around. Yay for less snot.

Other than that he's just been going to school, taking baths, playing in his exersaucer, going for walks, and this week he's started grabbing for his feet and finding his voice.

It's been so cool to watch & hear him "talk". He will just babble on and on. And there are moments when his expression will change when he realizes it's him making all the noise and he will get louder.

Miss Linda said that he's starting to interract with the other babies. They put the babies in a circle and he will "talk" to them. She also said that when the other babies babble, that Alexander will alertly pay attention and wait for them to finish. Then he will babble on as if it's his turn.

Two days a week, Alexander is the only boy baby in the room so he gets to flirt with 3-4 little girl babies...and I guess he does just that. I should have known he'd be a flirt. Regardless of who's there when we go to pick him up, they all say that he's such a happy baby and only cries when he's hungry, gets bored, or doesn't want something.

And since it's quiet this week as we prepare for his Christening next weekend, here are some observations I've noticed:


-He rubs his head while eating


-He puts his hand(s) over his eyes while eating as if to say "Don't bother me right now"

-He'll hold my finger or hair while eating and then try to put my hair in front of his face

-He's not strong enough to hold himself up when sitting but he is really good at keeping himself up when I have him stand on my legs

-He's found his feet and have started to grab for them often

-He loves to slurp on his hands & fingers...sometimes he tries to get the whole hand in there and ends up gagging

-He's really good at rolling over (tummy to back) and can go either left or right. Still can't roll from back to tummy yet.


-The other day started to inch his way up a blanket

-Can take his binky out of his moth and if he's holding it with both hands can get it back in his mouth

Likes/Dislikes
-His favorite toy really seems to be my hair dryer. He will watch me blow dry my hair and follows the sound the hair dryer makes

-He LOVES watching me put lotion on my arms and rubbing it in. He will sit there, smile and laugh. The longer you do it, the harder he laughs. It's the cutest thing to watch. Weird, but cute.


-He's starting to grab a hold of my hair and put it in front of his face