Its so amazing how much Hayden knows and can do at this point. His vocabulary is pretty much unlimited, he learns tons of new words every day. He knows most of his colors and gets them right 75% of the time (I think most of the time, he’s being silly when he gets them wrong). He also knows a lot of shapes (circle, square, diamond, triangle, star, heart). We’re still working on letters and numbers, he always insists on counting by 3’s, its so weird lol. He never wants to start with “1,” always with “3″ and says “3, 6, 9, 12.” We never taught him that, its just how he counts lol. And whenever he sees a word or letters on something he says “L-M-N-O-P”. He still pronounces his name “Had-nah,” and says a few other things incorrectly, but for the most part, its fairly easy to understand him. He’s also very polite, most of the time. He always says “Bless You” when he hears someone sneeze and frequently says “Please” and “Thank you.” He’s got his moments, of course, when he’s incredibly “terrible two,” but its not too bad (I say that now, b/c today is a good day, but ask me again on a bad day!)
As far as naps and sleep, that’s still a battle. This past week, I’ve pretty much just let the naps go. I’m tired of fighting with him for 2 hours to take a nap, so that when he finally sleeps, he wakes up late and then stays up late. Its almost better for Wade and I to let him skip it and just get him to bed early. He gets a little out of hand toward the end of the day, but I think its been worth it, so far. He does definitely still need that nap, but for now, I’m not pushing it. He also sleeps with us every night, with no end in sight. Wade and I enjoy it, to a certain extent, but there are bad nights when he’s itchy and really restless, and none of us get sleep. Its really nice to wake up to his sweetness, though, b/c he loves to hug and snuggle in the morning.
He finally figured out how to open doors about 2 months ago, so we’ve had to put chains on the outside doors. He’s “escaped” a couple of times and has gone outside by himself, but we caught him before he got down the driveway, so the chains were necessary.
His favorite TV show right now is Wow Wow Wubzy, he also likes Little Bill and most of the other shows on Noggin. For movies, he almost always chooses Lilo and Stitch, he also likes the show that comes on Disney. He got his first “Build a Bear” a few weeks ago, a dog that he weirdly named “Duke.” His favorite activity is his cut and paste book and he still loves his Little People. He is always asking us to “pway with me!” and to “Go Hadnah’s woom!”
