Davis Family Update

Reasoning with a 1 year old

I know, I know. You think it can't be done. My earlier post about pre-dinner battles proves that out. But sometimes...sometimes...it really works! Case in point...bedtime. Lately our darling daughter has been very uninterested in going to bed even if we move her bedtime back a half hour or so. The result: one of us needed to sit in her room for AN HOUR (or more) and wait until she fell asleep and then very careful leave without causing the child to suddenly pop up with a look of terror on her face. Free evening time gone. Not good.

On to the scene steps Grandma. She has a new approach. Reason with her. Hmmm...ok.

"Peanut, if you get in your crib, I will read you a book. OK?"
"Yeah."

Whoa. OK, let's try some more.

"Peanut, if you lay down Mommy will sing you Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, ok?"

Down she goes. Amazing!

"Peanut, Mommy will sing you one more song then it is time for night-night. I will leave the door open and the hall light on. OK?"

Silence. I walk out slowly. No crying. I leave the room. NO crying. This is truly a wonderful thing.

In this corner....

...weighing in at a mere 25ish pounds and foaming at the mouth, it's Tiny Tot Davis. And in this corner, refusing to mention her weight to the internet and reaching for the wine bottle, it's Mommy Davis. Ding ding...

Tiny Tot moves into the ring pointing fiercely at the snack drawer. Mommy moves toward her. She's grabbing Tiny Tot and attempting to put her in the high chair for dinner. Oh! And Tiny Tot fights back, arching her back and letting out an animalistic wail. Point goes to Tiny Tot. Mommy releases Tiny Tot back to the mat. But Tiny Tot comes back for more. She grabs hold off Mommy's leg and gets a firm grip. Settle in...this could be a long one folks.

<15 minutes later>

Tiny Tot is exhausted. She has laid down on the floor and is crying insistently. Mommy is also exhausted and in the next room slumped on the couch. But wait...Daddy Davis enters the ring. Mommy Davis breathes a sigh of relief. She tags her partner and walks away from the match. Daddy Davis grabs Tiny Tot and brings her away from the kitchen and into the tub.

Whew! What a spectacle ladies and gentlemen!

Tune in next time for more tag team wrestling immediately following daycare.

Where Did Our Little Baby Go?

Sophia is graduating! In two more weeks, our once toothless, drooling, crying child is moving on to the 18-24 month old room. She started out in the room unable to walk and having just mastered a sippy cup. She now walks, runs, takes her shoes off and puts them back on (over and over and over again) and has approximately 20 words in her arsenal. Here is what Sophia is saying these days:

1. Yeah!
2. No!
3. More!
4. Mommy (This seems to be a popular one these days)
5. Daddy
6. Doggy
7. Waffle (Wafoo)
8. Elmo
9. Blue (Boo)
10. Knee
11. Juice (Dooce)
12. Milk (Meh)
13. Banana (Nana)
14. Please (Peez)
15. Thank You (Datoo)
16. Shoe
17. Spoon
18. Moo
19. Hurray!
20. Sara (Ra-ra)
21. Bubble (Buhboo)
22. Uh-oh
23. Book (Buh)
24. Whee!

That is all that comes to mind at the moment. As you can see, no mastery over the hard constants sounds yet like K, T, C, G but it is fascinating to hear her repeat a new word back to us almost on a daily basis now.

Sophia is also now able to blow and will be in training for the next 5 months so she will be in superior condition for her two-candled birthday cake.

It has been a wonderful 6 months for Sophia in the 12-18 month room and she and I will both miss her teachers. Luckily they will still only be a classroom away and the two classes socialize with each other daily.

Onward and upward to coloring, new words, and POTTY TRAINING. Look for lots of interesting posts on that topic!

Microsoft Rocks

For those techies out there, I am now using Word 2007 Beta 2 to create and post this blog entry. Very nice indeed. No need to log into the Typepad website each time AND I now have a way to save all my blog posts for posterity!