don’t keep a baby book for Wyatt, so the best way I can document his milestones is through my blog. This is a short update today but definitely milestones that I want to document.
Wyatt is 19 months now and he’s an extraordinary little boy. I know that every Mom thinks their kid is perfect, but I know mine really is. Ok, you can stop rolling your eyes. Having a toddler is a huge challenge to daily life. It’s nearly impossible to get anything done and they can get into these whiney moods that make your skin crawl. But, there’s just something about a Mother’s love that no matter what they do or how they act, you truly believe that they are absolutely perfect. Or, at least, you should. I know that I do. I sometimes just stare at Wyatt and am in disbelief that I helped make something so perfect. I couldn’t have imagined something more beautiful, inside and out.
I honestly cannot wait to meet and hold a new baby, but I’m pretty thrilled with the stage that Wyatt is in. He makes me laugh so hard and no one has ever touched my heart like he does. The other night we were putting Wyatt to bed and after Wyatt crawled in to bed, he took his plush cookie monster, laid him on his pillow, covered him up with a blanket and said “night-night cookie”. Even at 19 months, he has a warm heart and has a nurturing personality.
Wyatt started to really recognize “belongings”. He will point to my cup and say “Mama’s cup” or point to Glen’s guitars and say “Daddy’s guitars”. Even though he recognizes these things he still doesn’t understand boundaries and will still put his fist in my cup or strum Glen’s guitars. He also refers to himself as “WyWy” a nickname that kind of developed over the past year. He will point to his shoes and say “Wywy’s shoes”. He also really loved to mimic and help. If we put dishes in the dishwasher, we let him put his dish into the dishwasher because he enjoys it. When I’m scrubbing the floors, I give him a paper towel and he scrubs the floor beside me. He likes to help us put our shoes, even if we have just taken them off. We try to involve him in everything we do so he feels included and a sense of independence. Every morning we brush our teeth and hair together. And even though he just sucks on his tooth brush until I help him, and brushes his hair with the back side of the brush, he still enjoys being included. We love to include Wyatt, but we don’t like to push him into growing up too fast. We haven’t even introduced “the potty” to Wyatt and we try not to have high expectations for him. After all, he’s not even two and he’s still my “baby”. So far, we’ve kind of played the “when he’s ready, he will tell us” way of introducing things (advice that my brother Mike gave us). We didn’t push him into using utensils but when he started to show interest in it, we gave him a fork. He didn’t start using a fork regularly until a little later than other kids his age and we are ok with that.
Wyatt got two new teeth last week and apparently teething doesn’t get any easier when they are toddlers. I feel like most Moms are with me when I say that I wish I could take the pain for him. It’s really difficult to see your child suffer, knowing that there’s not much you can do to ease their pain.
Wyatt still has days when he’s clingy and shy but other days he’s independent and talkative. Sometimes I really believe that he’s a shy kid who has a hard to adjusting to new people and surroundings but other times he blows that theory out of the water by being outgoing and talkative. And speaking of talkative, he’s starting to use two to four words together and even though he’s not quite clear, his communication is improving and many times we can understand his needs. He says things like “Wywy’s shoes on?” or communicates to us by showing us what he wants. Be brings us a new diaper when his is soiled and walks up to his chair when he is ready to eat. For the first time ever, I don’t feel completely lost because he’s able to communicate what his needs and wants are more clearly.
Have a great Easter weekend, everyone!
