At almost two, Jack has changed from our little "Baby Jack" to a little tot. He is talking so much now...and sometimes it seems like he never stops saying something. He surprised me the other day when, while nursing he looked up at me and said clear as can be, "No Mommy. Flip me to the other side." That was such a long and complex sentence (using words life "flip" and the pronoun "me") that I was amazed when he said it. He hasn't said it since, or anything quite as amazing...so I am starting to wonder if I imaged it.
He has become especially clingy with me and will not let poor Daddy do anything when Mommy is home (though he is fine with Daddy while I am at work). It has gotten to be quite extreme (screaming if Daddy tries to dress him, put on his coat or shoes, pick him up, etc.) and it hurts Daddy's feelings I am sure though he doesn't show it. Poor Paul.
We left Jack with Barb, his Godmother, on Saturday while we had our PetPromise Board Meeting (Mom has a very bad back -- she may have a ruptured disk--so she couldn't watch him...so this was his first time being left alone with anyone other than her.) He did great and had a ball. We were gone for about 5 hours and he kept them busy the whole time. (He didn't use the potty the whole time we were gone, but did as soon as we told him to do so....he had been holding it the whole time...presumably because he was having so much fun.) He talked all weekend about "Bob's" house. Barb and Mary commented on how verbal he was and how he liked to say "Oh, No!!" and "Yay!!!" a lot. He is a very friendly, and outgoing little guy.
He now says that he is "almost two" when asked about his age. He can name all fo the cats in our house (and dogs too). He can count to 11 (if you don't force him to really think to hard about it...and usually he needs some guidance around 8 or so). He is learning the ABC song...and really likes the "lmnop" part as well as the "Next time won't you sing with me" part.
When he does something wrong (spills a glass of something) he comes over to an adult and says "Oh, Jack" while pointing to the mess. Last night, after he spilled the Chihuahua's water (he knows he isn't supposed to play in the dogs' water) he came to me and said "spill water" and was spanking his little bottom while he was saying it. He is so smart...I can hardly believe it.
I talked to him about where he came from (Mommy's tummy) and his newest kick is to get up under my nightgown, etc. to be back inside "Mommy's Tummy." He loves to cuddle like that and I talk to him about what we did when he was a baby and what happened on the day he was born....how Daddy went over to watch them wash him up, how Nan held him, etc. He is enthralled with these accounts and wants to be "in Mommy's tummy" all of the time now.
Last night I sat down with the book "Charlotte's Web"...and started reading. I knew it was way too old for him and without pictures didn't think it would hold his interest for long, but he sat quietly listening for the whole first chapter (7 pages). I am not sure how much he comprehended, but I think that is pretty amazing for a two-year old. I will try again tonight..as that may have been a fluke.
He still loves to take baths...and was very adamant about picking out the Thomas the Tank Engine theme for his birthday. (I tried to guide him to a less commercial theme...but that is what he wanted...so Thomas it is!) The party is scheduled for his actual birthday (I will take the day before off so that we can spend some special time together as a small family to celebrate his 2nd Birthday).
I love him so much and am having a real hard time coming to terms with weaning him. I know that it needs to be done soon if we want to try to have a sibling for him within a reasonable time...but I just love that it is something special that we share (especially since I can't be with him all day while I work) and I think he is very dependent on that comfort and think that it is going to be very traumatic on him when we wean. I am not sure what to do or how to do it...and it is a constant cloud hanging over my head.
Anyway, I love my little baby more and more every day....I don't know what I would do without him.
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