Calvin is now two years old and is such a goofy, loving, little boy who tries so hard to be older than he is. He's got a fiercely independent/determined side and will do things on his own timeline leaving us not able to fully savor the our last "baby" moments. My first clue of this should have been when he decided to completely be done nursing without me making any real attempt to wean him. He was down to three times a day and then we were just done. It's also appearing that we've changed our last diapers without really realizing it. Last Monday he just decided to put on underwear and he hasn't looked back. Like any potty training child, there have been lots of accidents, but he has no desire to go back to diapers and has been having quite a bit of success. It looks like there will be no big to do about getting rid of diapers and they will just be gone. He's also fully ditched the high chair and joins us at the table in a booster seat now. Now don't get me wrong, he is still holding on tightly to some parts of his "babyhood." Did I mention our two year old still sleeps with three, yes three pacifiers? He likes one for his mouth and one for each hand. Any suggestion from us that those should go away is met with tears.
Calvin started speech about six weeks ago and wow has his vocabulary improved. He's willing to try so many words now and is using more and more each day. His teacher is so nice and patient and Calvin just adores Sue. In fact, if we ask if Sue is his teacher he says "no." If we ask if Sue is his friend, he says "yeah."
Calvin may just be turning two, but that doesn't stop him from keeping up with the big kids. He's convinced he's learning to ride a bike as soon as the weather gets nice enough...and I don't doubt that he will be riding around on a bike by the end of summer. He loves to tag along with his big brother and join in with the big kids at Outdoor Campus classes and library story time.
Calvin has been going to Sing N Sprout most of this year and has always liked it, but he's really participating so well now and knows a lot of the songs. He's developing some rhythm and really seems to have a great time with the classes.
Calvin is still in a crib (and will be for the foreseeable future), but he is loving every minute of sharing a room with his brother. He was a little disappointed when he figured out he wasn't sharing a bed, but once he got over that disappointment, he thinks it's pretty cool to be in a room together.
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