Growing Up This Week

~ Max understood "if you do this then I will do that". He woke up at three in the morning asking for a bottle. This is unusual and normally I would have worked him back into bed without giving him one. But I said to him, "Come and give me a hug and then I will get you a bottle." He came running down the hall and threw his arms around me. How could I not give him a bottle after that???

~ He has accepted the "new" puppydog. A few nights ago as he was going to bed we switched out the puppydogs. His old one is so worn and smelly and no matter how often I wash it it starts smelling again in no time because he chews and sucks on the ears. I showed him how soft the new puppydog was and he has accepted it as his. (And for some reason he is not sucking on the ears like he did with the other one.)

~ He has started to actually build things with his big lego blocks.

~ He has learned to tell me when he is poopy and needs a change. (He used to tell me he needed a change whenever he had gas. He still does this occasionally but mostly he just giggles and says WO!...Boys!)

~ He is brushing his teeth with me in the morning. He would watch me brush and play with the little tooth brush I have for him. It started when he wanted to taste the toothpaste. So I put some of his toothpaste (edible) on his toothbrush and he mostly eats it but he does make the motion of brushing. It is a cute little part of our morning routine.