Sawyer: 2 Years!

Sleeping:
- Naps are becoming less of a normal thing for Sawyer. Thankfully, he will stay in his bed for a good hour and a half or two hours before he starts fussing to get out. After that time, I usually let him get up, but even if he outgrows his nap (which I don't really think is the case right now...more of a stage we're going through), we are still going to have him go to his room for "quiet" time each day for at least an hour.
- If he skips his nap, he goes to bed at 7:30. Otherwise his bedtime is 8:30 and he usually wakes up between 7 and 7:30 each morning.
- The other day he was not napping and all I heard from his room was "Mama, mama, mama, Deedee (Sawyer) out." It was hilarious.

Eating:
- He doesn't eat nearly as much as he used to...it's not that he's picky, he just doesn't want to eat! Most days he eats really well at either lunch or dinner. He's still not a fan of breakfast and would be perfectly content to just drink a cup of milk, but I usually make him eat some fruit or yogurt.
- I would say his favorite food is lima beans...Lance says hot dogs!
- He doesn't really like sweets...he'd take a cheese stick over a cookie or ice cream any day!
- He tells me if he wants something to eat or drink throughout the day.

Talking:
- HUGE area of growth this past month! He's putting words together to make simple sentences and his words are becoming much more clear.
- New sentences I've heard him say: "Claire push Sawyer," "Fresh Beat Band off," "Sawyer more milk," "Where is it?," "I not push Aidan," "Sawyer eat," "Dada night night bed," "Sawyer more orange ice cream," "Dada church."
- A few days ago he was playing cars on his car rug and he was pointing to the houses telling me whose house it was..."Mama house, Aidan house, Papa house, Adam house, etc."
- My mom called to wish him a happy birthday and he talked up a storm. He even answered the phone, saying, "Hi Mush!"

Social Skills:
- I THINK we're pretty much past separation anxiety. I can tell that he's sometimes being brave and holding back tears, but for the most part he'll just go sit in a nursery worker's lap and he's good! When we go to church he always wants to go see Hollie (the worker he disliked for so long!)
- He does NOT like to share. This has been an area that has required LOTS of discipline lately...especially because if Aidan gets too close he likes to push him away.
- I think he's going to be an introvert, like me. He enjoys playing by himself and doesn't like to be the center of attention.

Playing/Learning:
- We've seen lots and lots of pretend play. He likes to feed his Gabbas his sippy cup or snack. He likes to set the table. He copies a lot of the things he sees on tv...one episode of Fresh Beat Band has a marching band and if he finds anything shaped like a marching baton he'll carry it around saying, "march, march."
- We continue to work on colors/numbers/letters...he gets better at them everyday!

Discipline:
- Sawyer is definitely testing the waters...and we REALLY try to be consistent with discipline.
- Things we discipline a lot for lately: closing doors, taking toys, pushing, not coming the first time we call him, throwing fits when he doesn't get his way....
- I've started sitting him in time out in a chair in his room when he throws fits and won't calm down. He HATES it!
- He's very good at saying "sorry" if he does something to Aidan or disobeys me.

Spiritual Growth:
- When I ask Sawyer who we pray to he will tell me God.
- I've been having him repeat my prayer at meal time just to get him used to praying.
- He still loves his Hide Em in Your Heart cd and dvd...I need to get Volume 2!