Over the past couple of days, Joey has started to be super sensitive about everything. Actually, the more I think about it, he doesn't whine anymore. He used to whine ALL. THE. TIME. as he was approaching three, which is apparently something toddlers do throughout their third year. But lately, nothing! Basically, what I'm saying is, he's a genius and he's hitting all the milestones in record time. jkjk.
Anyway - yes! Super sensitive all of the time! Not whining about things he used to, but instead, bursting into tears over them and being legitimately heart broken. For instance, I wipe his nose, he cries a million tears and wants me to put the boggies back in his nostrils. I put his socks on, waterworks while I fix the slightly turned down edge. He cries over me not taking the toilet paper off of the roll right, not pointing to the tiny thing on the back of the book we just read. Everything, it feels like! And, I mean, the kid is truly heartbroken. It's so sad, but also so hilarious, and SO MUCH EASIER to deal with than the whining that used to accompany all of these things. Instead of being annoyed at him and saying "Okay! Okay! Just give me a second! That's enough whining!" I comfort him, hugging him for a few minutes until he calms down, and then gently, sensitively, fix the tiny thing that needs fixing. (I even pretend to put the boogies back in his nose) Aw, thinking about all this just makes me want to hug him.
Stuart thinks he's having one of those 'wonder weeks' this week. SO, from the time your baby is born, every few weeks they have a developmental milestone in their brain that causes physical distress for them as their brain forms new pathways. When Joey was tiny, every time he started having trouble sleeping, or was crying a lot and super clingy, I would check and see if he was having one of these 'wonder weeks' and sure enough, he was ALWAYS at one of the weeks that was posted on the 'Wonder Weeks' website. I'm wondering if that's what's going on now. I looked it up, but there's nothing beyond 17 months on the website.
I'm almost sure he's going through a big developmental change, because lately he's been trying extra hard, unprompted, to count to twenty, identify all the shapes around him, sound out words, and make up games. He's forever asking me, "What letters make up the word ____." and we work together to figure it out. I haven't even trying to teach him and he's trying so hard to read! OH! And we have this book that we just started reading called "I'm a Big Brother" and I changed the boys name in it from Luke to Joey so it would feel more personal, and Joey said at the end of the book, "Where does it say Joey? I didn't see J-O-E-Y." There's no fooling him anymore! It's so cool and exciting that he's trying to do this! And he just turned three a month and a half ago! AHHH so cool to see him growing and changing.
Anyway - yes! Super sensitive all of the time! Not whining about things he used to, but instead, bursting into tears over them and being legitimately heart broken. For instance, I wipe his nose, he cries a million tears and wants me to put the boggies back in his nostrils. I put his socks on, waterworks while I fix the slightly turned down edge. He cries over me not taking the toilet paper off of the roll right, not pointing to the tiny thing on the back of the book we just read. Everything, it feels like! And, I mean, the kid is truly heartbroken. It's so sad, but also so hilarious, and SO MUCH EASIER to deal with than the whining that used to accompany all of these things. Instead of being annoyed at him and saying "Okay! Okay! Just give me a second! That's enough whining!" I comfort him, hugging him for a few minutes until he calms down, and then gently, sensitively, fix the tiny thing that needs fixing. (I even pretend to put the boogies back in his nose) Aw, thinking about all this just makes me want to hug him.
Stuart thinks he's having one of those 'wonder weeks' this week. SO, from the time your baby is born, every few weeks they have a developmental milestone in their brain that causes physical distress for them as their brain forms new pathways. When Joey was tiny, every time he started having trouble sleeping, or was crying a lot and super clingy, I would check and see if he was having one of these 'wonder weeks' and sure enough, he was ALWAYS at one of the weeks that was posted on the 'Wonder Weeks' website. I'm wondering if that's what's going on now. I looked it up, but there's nothing beyond 17 months on the website.
I'm almost sure he's going through a big developmental change, because lately he's been trying extra hard, unprompted, to count to twenty, identify all the shapes around him, sound out words, and make up games. He's forever asking me, "What letters make up the word ____." and we work together to figure it out. I haven't even trying to teach him and he's trying so hard to read! OH! And we have this book that we just started reading called "I'm a Big Brother" and I changed the boys name in it from Luke to Joey so it would feel more personal, and Joey said at the end of the book, "Where does it say Joey? I didn't see J-O-E-Y." There's no fooling him anymore! It's so cool and exciting that he's trying to do this! And he just turned three a month and a half ago! AHHH so cool to see him growing and changing.
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