I think Charlie is starting to get a little leery when we approach him these days! All within a month, he has had new glasses, no nuk, and a big boy bed! I think he's waiting for what is next.
First, the glasses. When we were in KC in November, my friend Erin noticed that Charlie was sometimes crossing his eyes. When she mentioned it, of course then I noticed it constantly so we couldn't figure out if it was always there or if it had just started that weekend. It got progressively worse that week so we took him to the doctor who referred him to an eye doctor. We saw the eye doctor right after Thanksgiving and she said not only does his eye cross but he has an astigmatism! Poor kid. He definitely picked up his Mommy's bad eyesight. We ordered glasses and picked them up mid December. The first few days were ROUGH. They went like this...wake up, we put C's glasses on, he takes them off, we put them on, he takes them off. Times 10,000. But after a few days he started to get used to them and now he doesn't even notice that they are on. For Halloween next year he will either be Harry Potter or the old man from Up (picture bow tie and cardigan, a walker, and a ton of balloons). I can't wait.
For Christmas we got Charlie his own chair which we knew he would like but had no idea that he would LOVE it. He hasn't sat on the couch since we got it. He drags it around the living room depending on where he'd like to sit and God help you if you would like to sit in it as well. I may do it just to irritate him - I must be that kind of Mom. Also Stella learned her lesson quick when he yelled at her "STELLA OUT" and then pointed at her bed and said "STELLA GO." Yes, he talks very loudly (wonder where he gets that) and he bosses the dogs around constantly. I will get a video soon.
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| 1 minute after seeing the chair that Santa brought. |
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| Santa forgot the footstool. No worries, good thing we took this step stool from Great Granny Franny's. |
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| Ahhh...much better. |
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| He really does love that footstool. |
We think Charlie could sense that we wanted to get rid of his nuk soon. He went from only needing it at bedtime to needing it ALL the time. It's sort of our dirty little secret. Like closet smokers who never let you take a picture with them and a cigarette. Charlie was a closer nuk lover. But we would always take the nuk out for most pictures. When we couldn't even get him in the car without it, we decided we needed to take drastic measures. A few weeks ago, I put him down without it and while he whined just a little, he went right to sleep. Could it be this easy?? It actually was. He asked for it a few times over the next few days but we never gave it to him and we're going on 2 1/2 weeks nuk free! I still haven't thrown them away but I will soon. Big boy step #1!
Onto big boy step #2...a big boy bed. We bought Charlie furniture a few weeks ago and decided to put it up in his new room just so we could start talking about it and he could see it but had no plans to move him until March. Last weekend I was out of town helping my parents and Brian said C went in his room and wanted to nap in his new bed. So he did. And he's been in there ever since. It's crazy - these big things that we keep dreading, he's knocking it out of the ballpark!
Onto big boy step #3...potty training. If I could put in tires squealing sound here I would. We bought a potty just to see how things would go. They're not going. He hates the potty and only likes it to use a step stool to brush his teeth (one of his favorite hobbies.) I sit him on it every night before his bath. He sits there for about 5 minutes starting at me. We get up, get in the tub and he immediately pees. Like he's holding it in just for the tub. Oh well, we'll table this one until he's ready!!
Last but not least (Brian might call this burying the lead)....Charlie is really going to be a big boy...as in BIG BROTHER! We are thrilled to announce that Baby Kippley #2 is on his/her way as of 7/7/2012 (but we all know that I'm shooting for around 6/22. We aren't finding out the sex this time...which will kill me but we're excited for the big surprise at the end!!
