Benjamin is doing well with day care. Less days with tears at drop off and more and more jabbering at home. Always new words coming from his mouth including our recent new one..."yuck." I do believe he enjoys being there with the other children playing, painting, coloring, reading, singing, dancing, and of course snacking. Um hello who wouldn't enjoy this schedule?!?! I also believe we have the best of both worlds in that he gets to have these great experiences away from home while Fred and I continue with our adult responsibilities (you know earning a paycheck and keeping the house/yard from falling apart) and then we get to spend the afternoons together. It is hard sometimes to work the afternoons he's home with Fred and wishing I could be down stairs with them...nice thing is I can enjoy him on a quick break.
Sleep has become a bit more fragmented this last month. To begin with day light savings time just throws a 2.5 year old for a loop...lasting days even a week. Benjamin has been in his own bed by himself for about the last 2 months, but he seems to be needing us a bit more the last few weeks. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason or trigger that I can tell, he just wants us with him. Some nights he doesn't want to fall asleep without us in there and then other nights he's up crying off and on. We continue to keep him in his bed and go to him for comfort as needed, sometimes staying in bed with him for the remainder of the night...just easier when we all need our sleep and and he just needs the security.
Now for a HUGE photo dump of our third month as a family....
And the little guy chooses salad over pudding!!!!!
