Miles Updates

Miles is becoming more and more of a boy, shedding every last glimmer of baby.  I loved him as a baby, and I will admit that I often miss those days. He’s growing up soooo fast, but every new stage that he enters quickly becomes my new favorite!  He’s a fantastic little man!

His Hair

Today, I gave in and cut his hair again. After an 8 week attempt to try and let it grow out a little more in hopes that it would eventually lay down – I gave in.  [Miles’ coif – 1, Miles’ mom – 0]

Here are the after shots: Don’t worry ladies, I left it a little longer on top! It’s still faux-hawk-able!

His highchair

Miles sits at a quarter size table with quarter size chairs next to his quarter size friends.  It about time that we follow the same trend at home.  The bonus side of having a 4 in 1 highchair is that you can make it do whatever you want.  Our dining table wasn’t as accommodating.  Luckily, the versatility of the chair left us with an option. Part of the highchair is now strapped to a dining chair, less the tray.  One dilemma solved – leaving us with the issue of where to store the spare parts!  I cannot wait for a bigger place!

Other stories – sorry, these are without pictures!

Miles cycles through little obsessions.  At the moment, he points out every bird and tells us what they say “tweet, tweet”!  He also loves any chance he can get to chase them.  The pigeons are super lazy and will run awhile before flying away from my curious little toddler!

Miles also loves to point at and say “bus.”  We pass several of them coming home for work/school everyday as we cruise through White Plains. Miles has a similar behavior surrounding the “choo-choo” trains.

Books – We read lots of them!  He has learned the nightly routine of bath, teeth, book(s), and then bedtime….  He has learned that batting his eyes and grabbing another book, and then another book, and then another book will delay bedtime a little bit longer.  Sneaky little guy!

Word triggers – Miles loves his new vocabulary.  When we read about, talk about, or see things/objects/animals that he knows and can associate to something he has (ie. toy, book, cup, sound) Miles must stop what he’s doing to find that “thing” and show us that he knows what’s going on.  For example, if we talk about Elmo or put in an Elmo movie, Miles has to dig out his Elmo laptop.  If we read a certain book and get to the Letter J for Juice – Miles suddenly needs a drink from a sippy cup. When we talk about birds, Miles needs to stop our conversation to tell us what birds say. If someone is playing a guitar on TV, Miles will dig out his guitar and play along. I’m sure you get the idea…

Miles is loving his new room at daycare.  All of the teachers, even those not watching over toddlers, go out of their way to assure me that Miles is a GREAT eater and that he LOVES to dance.  He thoroughly enjoys busting out his crazy, sugar-rushed, happy feet dance moves!  However, on top of being a carseat dancer, Miles now tries to sing along.  He will shout drawn out ooooooo’s and ooooooowah’s from the backseat on occasion.

Miles has learned the order of mom’s and dad’s who pick up their kids from his daycare room.  If I’m running a few minutes late, Miles knows it!  He’s usually worn out by 5pm from all of the activity in his new room, so his crankiness is tough to mask. Although, in my defense, I don’t even get greeted with a hug anymore.  When I arrive, he’ll see me, start to run towards me, stop mid-sprint, pivot, and run to the mini-fridge instead. He wants to grab his cup for the ride home, grab his coat, and run to the exits so that he can get a cracker.  He’s becoming a stickler for schedules….

Miles is trying to be conversational.  He can say – in his own slurred way – phrases that we say to him fairly often.  These phrases include, but are not limited to : uh-oh, “doo-a-doo?” (translated-what did I do?), Oh no!, Yes! (including the fist pump), Yummy Mmm Mmm, and No-no, Per!! (Per is Cooper).

We read through blogs of our friends together. Miles likes to point our the other babies (usually toddlers) and copy whatever they are doing.  A few examples of this are standing on a chair like his friend Amelia, mimicking Baby Levi’s facial expressions, and laying on a stuffed animal like little Edyn.  It’s adorable – yes – but I fear we are going to have our hands full!

I’m know that I’m forgetting something… so if more stories pop-up, I’ll try hard to be a little more timely in posting!

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