Gavin had a great weekend. Sunday he spent the afternoon alone with Daddy while Mommy and Aunt Renee went to visit an old friend. Gavin and Daddy went for a walk all the way over to Grandma Donna’s house. They had dinner over there, then the storms came so Grandma Donna had to drive them home.

Monday Gavin had a doctor’s appointment for his 15 month well-baby check-up. We also had the doctor look at his eczema. It’s really bad on his wrists and he wakes at night scratching them … so the doctor prescribed some prescription strength hydrocortizone, we’ll see if that helps. He weighed in at 25 pounds.. just as he did at his 12 month check up. Looks like his finally catching up to his weight cause he was one chubby man, after all he was 21 pounds at 6 months! He measured 30 inches tall. He’s in the 75 percentile in height and 65-70 percentile for weight.

We finally got another tooth that cut through! YEAH!!! He’s been miserable and I’m assuming that was the cause of his crabbiness   and restlessness lately. He’s had the same 6 teeth since December, it’s about time some more come through.. I think he’s going to cut a few more here in the next week or so because he wakes up tugging and chewing on his fingers.. poor little guy.  Hopefully he’ll have some molars come through so he can eat more finger foods.

Just hung around at home today. We had a huge storm roll through at about 2:30 this afternoon, high winds and large hail. Gavin was taking his nap and the hail hitting the awning and windows woke him up and scared him. I didn’t mind him waking up though… we sat on the couch and watched the storm together. He kept me from feeling alone during the storm. The skies got very dark and green but it passed quickly and then Gavin was full of energy and ready to play.

He was being so silly today. He got a kick out of putting on the little sunglasses I bought him and then walking around the house with them on… he was so proud of himself.   Then he’d take the glasses and put them on top of his head.

Last night he drove his dad and I crazy. We had missed his bedtime window and he ended up overtired and too wired to sleep. He finally went down around midnight. He was so fussy up until then, we knew it was because he was tired, but he just wouldn’t go down for sleep. Daddy and I took turns trying to sooth him and get him to sleep, we were singing to him, reading to him, I tried nursing him, nothing helped.. he was like a zombie, till finally he was crying and I laid him in the bed and he zonked out… he was sniffing in his sleep for about an hour.

Tonight he went down at a decent hour, he was so sleepy since his nap was cut short from the storm. Hopefully tomorrow’s weather will be better and we can get outside.

Lots of parades going on in the neighborhood.  It’s "Fix Up/Pick Up/Clean Up" season around the area. Many local schools are putting on little parades through the neighborhood. All the kids make signs and hats all to promote a clean and beautiful neighborhood. Gavin has seen 3 so far in the last couple weeks. He just loves it. He points and claps. The one he saw this morning, his cousin Matthew was in the parade and Gavin wanted to march right next to him. They really had a fun time.

Welcome to "Motherese."  Defined as this: It’s baby talk, also known as "motherese," and every culture around the world has its version of it. It feels only natural for adults to modify their language when speaking to babies and young children. We shorten words, use repetition, vary and exaggerate pitch, thus making our speech simpler and more sing-song. We may sound silly to others, but it’s music to our babies’ ears.

Tap into the world of a toddler one glorious moment at a time.  A mere glimpse of my life, trials and tribulations with a two year old… what a fun ride I can already tell it will be.