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March 31, 2003
Company's Coming
My grandmother and 12 year old cousin were in town this weekend to visit with William. He absolutely loves having other people around. After working two days in a row (not something that happens often) I was glad to have other people around too to help watch and entertain William. IT is soo funny to watch William's excitement when we have company in the house. He has the same routine everytime. Depending on who's there, he will either act shyly until he feels more comfortable, or in this case, he immediately grabbed my grandmothers hand and took her into his bedroom to show her his train set. (He was even able to show her where to turn it on). THen he proceeds to another area of the house to show off his other toys. Then he'll march over to the MP3 player and turn on the music so they can both dance.
Tired after babysitting 30 hormone raging preteens, I sat back sort of guiltily on the couch and took it all in, while my nan and cousin took turns playing with William.
Where's mommy/daddy going?
On Thursday when I picked William up from the sitters, she told me how she was commenting on how she taught William where Vanessa ( her daughter ) was going in the mornings. She asks him, "Where's Vanessa (going)?" ANd he'll reply, "cool" (school). SO I figured I might as well tell him that is where mommy goes too (to teach of course) and he will respond to that as well with , "cool". THen I tried to tell him that daddy goes to work, but he still responds with, "cool". In fact whenever anyone leaves the house now he believes that they are gone to school!
IT seems as though William is also trying to put two words together in a sentence lately. He has said all gone for a long time, but I think that he probably thought that it was in fact one word. But on saturday we were going for a walk on the nature trail, and as we were getting out of the car there was another car pulling out of the parking lot. William very slowly said bye.......(and then a minute later) car. Later that evening, he was in the kitchen drinking some water from his cup and deciding then to go downstairs he put his cup on the floor and said, "bye juice" although this time it was much closer together. My mother says soon enough 'll be telling him to take a little break from talking and asking questions etc. SHe thinks he'll probably be talking fully by the time he is two but I can't seem to believe that it will happen soo fast!
Stroller Wars
If there is one thing that I can say for sure that I do on a regular basis is take William for walks in his very well used stroller (and sometimes backpack carrier). Even throughout the winter we were able to get out at least 2 - 3 times a week. During one of those cold days, however, I was passing the time reading excerpts from "What to Expect the Toddler Years", in particular a questions where someone had questions about what to do when your toddler just will not stay in the stroller ( but want to get out and push instead). I laughed to myseld thinking, that will never be William, he enjoys the ride waaay to much. Well, I guess the joke was really on me. The last two times that my husband and I have tried to take William for a walk have been disastrous. About halfway through the walk he cries to get out. THe first time we let him, but soon realized the dangers in this as it was 4:30 in the afternoon, people were just getting home from work (which meant a lot more traffic than usual on our quiet walking route) and the snow was still covering the sidewalks, meaning we had to walk in the street. Will tried to put William back in the stroller, but he just put up too much of a fight anf he ended up carrying him instead. The second time, we were almost home and there was no traffic (and most of the sidewalks were exposed) but William had his own ideas as to which direction he wanted to go in, so Will ended up carrying him home again, this time he was kicking and screaming though. (Tres embarassing). One good experience we had though, was this weekend on the nature trail. About halfway through our walk, Will let William out (his own idea) so he could play in the snow while he looked out over the pond and enjoyed the view. Then With Samantha taking one hand and Will the other, William walked along a quarter of the way home! I was impressed with his ability to sort of keep the pace (not slowly us down too too much)and his eagerness to walk along with us. After a while though he did get interested in things off the beaten path, and we decided it was time to return him to his place in the backpack. He was very reluctant and difficult to put in, but he calmed down after Will did a few running spurts which gave William a fun and bouncy ride. Is this what I have forward to this summer, when I am looking forward to getting in shape by taking long walks to various places with William quietly enjoying his stroller ride, or are those just mere fantasies?
I would love to hear of your stroller tales. What happened when you baby became a toddler? Was it a war to get them to stay in the stroller? What were your solutions? I need to know!
Dawn
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