Toddlerdom: my experience thus far pt. 2.

Here are just some of the challenges I've encountered with my now 2-year-old.

• The tantrums. Thankfully mild at this point, but he still throws every now and again. Mostly if you take something away from him that he's playing with {for instance, his daddy's wallet}. Really if we're patient and ask him for it politely - wouldn't ya know - he'll hand it over freely. But let's be real, most of the time we're like:

• The picky eating. This kid, smh. He's mad for bananas since he was 6 months old and now, we're lucky if he'll finish half a banana. Although, I did chop one up today and he ate it all so who knows, maybe he's into 'em again?! Also, it seems unless it's vegan mac & "cheese", veggie dogs, PB&J, or fries he won't eat it. The kid refuses to put anything green in his mouth and yet when we get the report back from his daycare he's eating salad there! WTF, now how does that work?

• Bottle weaning. This isn't so much with him as it is with everyone else telling us to in subtle and not so subtle ways to ease him off the bottle. It's so fucking annoying. He has maybe 2-3 bottles a day and the rest of the time he's drinking from cups. I'm really not that concerned about it. He's barely 2. And yeah, I want him to be fully weaned off the bottle, but we got time. I just want to tell folks to back the fuck up. It's not like I'm feeding him chocolate cake for breakfast or giving him chocolate chip cookies for snacks. The kid is fine and soon enough he'll break his meth (j/k!) bottle habit.  

• Potty training. Technically we haven't started yet, but I just know this is gonna be a challenge. He's sat on the toilet at home and at daycare, but hasn't figured out how to pee in it quite yet. We're looking forward to the day he's potty trained, but the training bit is something I'm not looking forward to.   

Really the challenges so far haven't been too bad. I have more issues with my cat who currently won't stop meowing at me. At least I can lock him up without any guilt. ;)

Dang, that post per week is harder than I thought.

Turns out that 2 hours I have while he naps ain't always 2 hours. Plus, I eat during that time and sometimes I dabble in cleaning the house or battle that elusive beast called laundry (or Handry when it's Han's clothes). Anyhoots, not sure anyone but me is reading this here blog but it'll be a good reminder when I reflect back.

Currently the kid is napping. I'm home from work until my mother-in-law gets home to watch him so I can go into to work today. The kid has Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. #fml. Let's hope we can avoid the finger/toenail falling off stage.

I think he's waking up now, so I'll end it here. With any luck I'll have that Toddlerdom Challenges post up on Monday. Fingers crossed.

Toddlerdom and my experience thus far pt. 1.

So having a toddler is awesome and challenging. Hey, much like having a baby but with a whole new set of issues and developmental goals. Han still sleeps like a champ, which thank the gods because having a kid is tough ass shit and mama needs her sleep. So here is a list of awesome and challenging things that Danny and I have had to deal with raising a toddler.

First off, the awesome:

• Keeping himself entertained. Yes, go play while I finish Ready Player One.

• Feeding himself. Here's your Mac & "Cheese" (were raising him vegan - yeah, yeah relax. He's getting PLENTY of protein.) while Mommy and Daddy have a conversation. 

• Talking. Oh man, I love it. He says so much now, like: Mama, Daddy, more, all done, fish, night night, hello, goodbye, where go, D2 (for R2D2), hot, come on, and there's more but it escapes me at the mo'.

• Taking our finger and leading us to what he wants. Whether that's in the kitchen, going to his room, or wanting to go outside.

• The hugging and the kissing. He gives some powerful hugs and I absolutely love it. Sometimes he'll go crazy with a kissing fit! He'll just sit there and kiss me a million times in a row. I love me some Han kisses and hugs.

• The dancing. Whenever he hears music his shoulders start swaying and his little booty wiggles. He also recognizes songs too, which is adorable listening to him try and sing-along while dancing. 

• The personality. It's so fun getting a peek into what to expect with this kid's personality. He's such a goof.  

I'll do the challenges next week as the kid is awake now and makes concentrating hard on my part. Plus he like tapping on the keyboard when I use my laptop.

So, about ten months later.

I got a new job and it keeps me extremely busy, so this here blog-o fell by the wayside. Which, I figure is the case for a lot of wannabe bloggers out there like me. That's right, self-professed "wannabe blogger" here.

I love my new job. In fact, it was my goal to land at this position: Teen Services Librarian. Let me tell ya, being a Teens Services Librarian and a mother of toddler is some exhausting (albeit rewarding) stuff.

That being said, new goals: write at least one post per week. Obviously while the kid naps. And on my day off. So, Mondays at around the noonish hour I will pull out the old laptop and type away. Because at the end of the day this here mouthpiece via social media was all about documenting my kid and my trials and tribulations as a new ma. And that hasn't changed even if he's about to turn two(!).