Grow, baby, grow
Categories: Toddlers
Today, Wito turns 19 months old, and we are celebrating with a wicked physical and mental growth spurt. Today's evidence (in chronological order):1. Wakes up one full hour early. Literally SHOUTS the alphabet from his crib, A through Z, not missing a beat. I bury my head under the pillow.
2. When no one has entered his lair, he begins to verbally assault random objects around the room, "OH NO, WHITE BALLOON!" , "NOOOOO, PURPLE CAT!", "WANT RED PEN!" I sit up, rubbing my eyes and cursing his early morning neural circuitry .
3. The minute my husband picks him up out of the crib, he yells, "DOWN!", runs into the kitchen, his little feet pounding the wood floors, requesting "BILK!" (milk) and "O's!" (Cheerios). Shovels 1,230 Cheerios into his mouth, while yelling "MMMMM!" Guzzles 8 ounces of milk. Wants a banana. A waffle too. Wants 2,000 more Cheerios. I hover by, waiting to break out my Heimlich skills at any moment.
4. After the kitchen debacle, while dressing him for the day, I notice his pants are 1/2-inch shorter than last week. What in the hell, people?
5. As I pick him up from changing table, his legs start spinning, much like Scooby Doo, in preparation to burn some serious pavement. He continues to run laps around the house while I type my daily ParentDish posts.
6. Finishing up, I look at the clock and it's 7:09am. 7:09 AM, PEOPLE. It's going to be a long day.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Marcia 3-04-2008 @ 2:46PM
Haha! Around here, it's Nilk. My daughter is 17 months old. She knows from I to Z in order then scrambles up the beginning haha. She does that random shouting to point out objects too. Out of the blue it's "Care Bears!" "Noodles!" "Ball!" "Bath! Towel! Water! Bubbles! Battroom!" "Puzzle!"
Haha total randomness is so adorable!
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sb 3-04-2008 @ 2:57PM
Dude I think we are raising the same kid. Same diet preferences (cheerios and milk, yogurt, sweet potatoes) same huge size, same crazy random shouting. Every time I read a post about Wito the similarity freaks me out.
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bethany 3-04-2008 @ 3:05PM
I just love your posts, so hilariously descriptive. I can almost hear Wito ripping through the house in his happy toddler state. Is it weird that I have no kids, yet still read this site? Anywho...yay for healthy happy growing boys.
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Sabrina 3-04-2008 @ 4:30PM
We have those days too, and I enjoy them so much! I miss it right now, poor DS is flu-ish. Can't wait until we get back to "Bup!" (cup) Down!, Up!, Kirkle!(Circle) and all the random yelling and pointing and joie de vivre. I love it.
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am'ti b 3-04-2008 @ 5:16PM
someone has the dna of a certain energy filled parent.....
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Lacy 3-04-2008 @ 5:22PM
OMG, he's darling.
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isisaquaria 3-04-2008 @ 6:53PM
We had MOO Juice for milk but now it is gone ): And I loved the ABC' which included "Elmo had to pee" for LMNOP--again it is gone. So many new things have come in that I rarely miss them, but I will always remember them
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ame s 3-04-2008 @ 9:37PM
The same 2 children I must pry out of bed at 7 on a school day will get up at 730 on a non-school day. They are 8 and 10.
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BeachMama 3-08-2008 @ 8:33PM
Those early mornings are a killer. Until you accept them and discover what you can accomplish before 7am, it will shock you eventually.
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