Well, the terrible tiresome twos arrived in full swing at our house last week. I hate to call them 'terrible' because he really isn't terrible and I feel it's a right of passage for every kid (right??) and I just feel so lucky and blessed to have a healthy 2 year old that can be ornery. So, I have nicknamed them the 'tiresome 2's' instead because that is how we feel...tired. Nothing that a glass of wine and some Halloween candy can't fix though ;). It arrived in a few different forms...telling mom and dad 'no' quite often, hitting mom and dad (thankfully no one else), throwing toys for no reason, a strong attempt at talking back (is that possible at this age?), and not wanting to go to bed. So, there has been lots of timeouts and many a toys taken away. Currently his basket of balls is on the top shelf of my closet because he thought it was funny to throw them at the tv...awesome. The worst part of all this, he is not threatened by Adam or I one bit!
We have made some progress since last week, the biggest is Coop is staying in bed and going to sleep right away instead of screaming for mom and dad. So, we are staying strong and being consistent and trying to remember that when he's 16, we will wish for those 'tiresome 2's' back again!
Here he is one of the first nights with the gate up, clearly not happy!
***We had Cooper's 2 year check-up. He weighs 28 lbs, putting him in the 28 or 38%ile (i can't remember :)). He's 36 1/2 inches tall, in the 85%ile.
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