Sneaky Mommy

It is no surprise that Jackson being 22months old and the delight he is that we struggle at meal times. The number of foods that I can get him to willingly eat I can count on my two hands so I have taken to the sneaky approach.

This kid is quite observant so I have limited options on where I can sneak different foods in. I've tried cutting up veggies as small as I can cut them and sneak them in to eggs but he finds them and won't even touch it. BUT I have discovered that sneaking different veggies in to meatballs then covering the spot where they poke out with ketchup seems to be a success! I know I know, one day he will have to see that he is eating these veggies but my hope is that by the time he sees them that he'll be out of this difficult stage and it won't be such a struggle to just get him to simply TRY it!

So for now I will continue being sneaky mommy :)

he LOVES them!

finger lickin good

rarrrrr

 

Tonight the sneaky veggie of choice was Zucchini

Helper Boy

I have noticed that Jackson's reach has grown quite a lot lately! He can now reach up onto the counters and I'm slowly running out of room of how far back I can push stuff out of reach. While this seems bothersome the majority of the time I have recently found a magnificent use for his little mischievous toddler fingers!

Since about 16 months Jackson has enjoyed "helping" lift piles of laundry up to me while I load it in the washer however NOW with his inspector gadget reach he himself can put the clothes in the washer!
With his willingness to help me with this task I am going to run with it...tonight he one by one loaded the entire pile of laundry into the washer and said "ready!" when he was done :)

I LOVE moments like this~

Oops one to many

Success!!

Peace & Quiet

Lately Jackson has taken to screaming at the top of his lungs to get our attention & pretty much everyone else's attention that happens to be around. We have been staying at home more as these outburts tend to happen when we are out and about. Jackson is a VERY active child, as most toddler boys are, so being cooped up in the house has been a little challenging.

Today I whipped out the play-doh he got for Christmas and man oh man I haven't seen that child that quiet in a LONG time! 

So sweet & quiet

Look at the deep concentration :)

what a goober

happy boy

It's such a beautiful thing to sit back and watch the wheels turn in your baby's head as he explores different colors, textures, objects and lets his imagination go wild.

Thank you Play-Doh manufacturers for creating such a fun activity that kept my child still and quiet for 30 minutes!

Another one bites the dust

Today started out pretty good, a little rocky but hey what day isn't with a toddler in the house right?

First off, Jackson started swim classes a few weeks ago and while the first week went off without a hitch (which was very un-Jackson like behavior) the second week was not quite as smooth. He was a bit apprehensive the first week with the kids and different atmosphere but during the second week he decided to throw the tantrum to beat all tantrums! This was a level 5 - gale force winds hurricane that sweeped through the rec center and continued on to the home front where damaging twisters tore through the house until the skies cleared 30 minutes later. So...naturally I woke up a bit un-easy today knowing that we'd have to show our faces to the people that looked at us with disapproving looks and would definitely not be my new bff's! Jackson once again surprised us and minus a few moments of toddler behavior ( wanting a toy and not wanting to participate) was extremely well behaved.

Because today was Jesse's day off and I like to suggest activities that I've been wanting to do but need an extra set of hands to help me with our spirited child I suggested we go down to the outlets. Jesse and I dispersed and performed the getting ready to leave routine ( I pack the bag & Jesse goes to the bathroom then gets Jackson's shoes on).

Unfortunately Jackson decided to take this time when his parents were busy to find his little Ikea chair, push it over to the wall, climb on top of it, stand up and fall straight into the wall. As we picked up our screaming child we noticed that blood was coming from somewhere and of course he had taken a big chunk out of his lip and bruised up his gums :(

A little doopy

It looks bad...but he seems fine

Still happy as a clam!

So while the day started off super awesome with a very successful swim class there is no telling when your child is going to decide to smack into a wall :)

Patience

Most days I wake up excited to see my little munchkins face and ready to face a new and trying (as the days have been lately) day.

I wake up knowing that my day will consist of make a meal, have the meal refused, screaming, whining, having my body abused and taken to the very edge of my sanity yet, I do this without question everyday.


Lately however i have grown tired of  the constant being climbed all over ALL day long, having my shirt pulled down in public and being bitten, scratched and poked at. This raising a human being business is HARD!

My new mission.....to become a more patient mother.