Ben and Becca are really enjoying the pool so far this summer, both our neighborhood pool and Grandma Nita's pool. Ben is using Kelly's little blue donut intertube every time, which allows him to paddle around anywhere in the pool and Becca is using Henry's old orange wrap around floatie, which works great for her and allows her to kick around with me holding her. I do keep a hand close to her though, just in case she turns herself over on it.
At our pool, Ben went down the big looping slide last weekend, several times. He watched a few kids go down and then decided he wanted to go. He walked up by himself and either Scott or I were waiting in the pool to catch him. His only caution was asking if one of us was down there to catch him before he went down. He loved it, and would say he wanted to do it again once he got to my arms. Becca was ready to follow him to go downt he slide too, but Scott told her she was too little. During the week, we went to the pool in the late afternoon with Lara, where Ben wasn't interested in going down the slide anymore...or when he was he got scared at the top and decided to go back down the stairs. I'd allowed Becca to come up the stairs with us, and even though Ben had changed his mind, Becca was ready to slide down. I put her in the slide and gave her a nudge, and she slid down into Lara's arms. Lara said she landed smiling and laughing. She went down the slide 3-4 times, each time with her floatie still on.
I've Ben and Becca to the farm a couple of times during the week...just Ben the first time to take him to see Cal and Jordan's baseball game on a Thursday night, and then both of them the next week on a Friday. Ben really enjoyed playing it he pool with Kelly and Cal and Jordan, of course in his donut. Ben and Kelly enjoyed playing with the water guns that came with the big intertubes that Scott bought for the pool. Cal and Jordan created a fort with the two intertubes and together sprayed at Ben and Kelly, and they enjoyed shooting water back at them! Ben and Kelly enjoyed playing at the farm too. We've started a recent "tradition" of taking over ripe bananas (partly b/c I'm having trouble getting Ben and Becca to eat them fast enough) for them to throw the pigs, which they enjoy. They also still like throwing them clumps of grass that Scott or I pull for them. Ben enjoyed Cal and Jordan's baseball game. He really liked Kelly's kid-sized folding chair and sat in that for a while while Kelly was playing elsewhere, and he sat in my lap for a while. After the game, he was excited to run the bases (which he also likes to do after Henry and Allie's games), even though it was 10:00 or after at night. Needless to say, he fell asleep quickly on the ride back to Grandma Nita's.
We've also gotten into a habit of allowing Ben & Becca to have ice cream after dinner, as long as they eat most of their dinner. They really enjoy eating it on the front porch, and often times switching back and forth, usually at Ben's suggestion. I'm not sure that it's a good habit, but it has worked at encouraging Ben to eat most of his vegetables, which continues to be a challenge. Broccoli is the only vegetable I can get him to eat almost regularly, and red peppers are close second, but nothing else interests him. Becca is eating better, enjoying grilled squash that Nita has given us from her garden. One night, she was even taking the squash off of my plate and eating it herself! As I was making a sandwich and strawberries for lunch yesterday, Ben said, "I want broccoli and peppers!", which I expected he was only saying because he knew he wasn't getting that, but perhaps I should've made some for him to see what happened. He has said similar things before...like on the way home he'll say he wants broccoli for dinner...but once dinner is served he is less interested. Once he even said he wanted to order green beans at McDonalds...convenient since it's not on the menu! I haven't been able to get either of them to eat green beans in forever!
Monday, June 25, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
May 28, 2012
This weekend is Memorial Day weekend, which meant the pool opened on Saturday morning. Ben was so excited to go to the pool, especially with Daddy reminding him all week that the pool opened on Saturday. As soon as he awoke, he started asking about going to the pool, and asking if the firetruck was outside yet, knowing that he'd follow the firetruck from the corner at our house to the pool. Ben decided he and Becca would wear their fireman hats to the pool, and they pretended to put out a fire while waiting for me to get my bathing suit on. Ben claims he rescued a bunny during his firefighting. Once we met the firetruck, Daddy pulled both of them in the blue wagon that Papa Harvey and Grandma Marla gave them for Ben's 2nd birthday. Once we got to the pool, Ben was too shy (or scared) to get inside the fire truck. He may have also been too anxious to get to the pool, and wow did he love the pool. He told me though as he jumped off the side that he didn't want to get his face under water, that he wanted to do "little boy" jumps instead of "big boy" jumps. He said big boys put their heads under the water, and he is a still a little boy. Also, the slide is for big boys, not little boys. Maybe Ben will be a "big boy" later in the summer and make it down the slide.
Becca was a bit hesitant or disinterested at first in the pool, but it was just a matter of minutes that she really got into it, and was having a great time. She enjoyed playing with a small bucket, and sitting on the step with Daddy. She also enjoyed
Ben often pretends to be rescuing animals or even inanimate objects, modeling after one of his favorite shows, Go Diego Go, who goes on an animal rescue during each episode.
Becca was a bit hesitant or disinterested at first in the pool, but it was just a matter of minutes that she really got into it, and was having a great time. She enjoyed playing with a small bucket, and sitting on the step with Daddy. She also enjoyed
Ben often pretends to be rescuing animals or even inanimate objects, modeling after one of his favorite shows, Go Diego Go, who goes on an animal rescue during each episode.
June 13, 2012
Becca discovered markers, and loves to sit at the small table and open a marker, place a few dots of color in her coloring book, put the cap back on the marker and then repeat with a new marker. One morning she saw the bin of markers and pile of coloring books on the counter and started asking for them by grunting and pointing at them. She was not satisfied until I pulled them down for her to play with. Becca still isn't talking, except for saying Mama, Da-Da, and night night on command.
Ben talks to Becca as if she can understand and respond. He asks her questions and relays her answer to us by interpreting her head nod. He will tell us "Becca said she doesn't want any".
Becca observes everything and tries to do what the big kids are doing. Yesterday morning she insisted on sitting in the back seat in between the two car seats, because that is what she saw her cousing Kelly doing at the farm on Sunday. She was so pleased once she climbed into the spot by herself.
Yesterday, Ben's teacher allowed him to pick out a dum-dum lollipop after school. When we got to Becca's classroom to get her, she wanted to try the lollipop. Ben eagerly shared his lollipop with her but Becca was reluctant to give it back. By the time we got to the van, they had switched the lollipop back and forth and few times. Becca had it in her mouth and wasn't giving it back when Ben announced to her..."Becca, sharing is caring". I asked him where he learned that from and he said "Ms Sasha".
On Saturday, Ben went to his first movie. We went to see Madasgascar 3 with Lara. Ben did well overall, but did complain a bit about being scared by the dark and by the tiger, who wasn't nice like the rest of the animals in the movie. I was able to convince him that he was okay. Becca did well for the most part too, but got interested in leaving our ailse and walking the stairs, so I took her outside to the lobby. Apparently once Ben realized I'd gone, he wanted to leave too, so Lara brought him out about 20 minutes before the end of the movie.
After their movie, they both played in the backyard at the small playset that Ben is very proud he can climb the wall and into it by himself. Becca can climb the short ladder into it herself too, and slide down the slide by herself. Both really enjoyed playing at the sandbox, building a river by dumping buckets of water filled with the hose, with Lara manning the hose. They both got soaked, with Ben doing his usual stripping down to nothing and me grabbing his swim trunks so he wasn't totally indecent in the backyard! Becca go soaked because she inadvertently dumped more water on herself than what made it into the sandbox.
Later Lara and I took the kids to Target where Ben pulled his normal "I need to show you something", which was how he wanted to get me to walk down the toy ailse with him. I told him he wasn't getting any toys, but he did ask if he could buy a Scooby/Bat Man movie which I said yes too, and a Scooby t-shirt which he begged for. While in the check-out line, Ben saw the clerk at the next aisle wearing a bright purple turban. He said, "Look Mommy, a genie!". And it was true, the man looked like what Ben would believe was a genie!
After Target we went to pick up Daddy at the bourbon festival. The kids slept all the way there, not having a nap yet. But they were ready to go again once we got home, heading back to the sandbox to continue building their river and get wet again! Yes, Ben stipped out of his clothes again requiring me to run get his swimtrunks!
On Sunday, we all went to the farm, where Ben had a great time playing in pool with Kelly and the rest of his cousins (except Chase who was at a golf tournament). Ben wore one of Kelly's small donut intertubes, and used it all afternoon to swim everywhere in the pool and enjoyed racing Kelly, sometimes to get a ball and other times to just go from one end to the other.
Ben talks to Becca as if she can understand and respond. He asks her questions and relays her answer to us by interpreting her head nod. He will tell us "Becca said she doesn't want any".
Becca observes everything and tries to do what the big kids are doing. Yesterday morning she insisted on sitting in the back seat in between the two car seats, because that is what she saw her cousing Kelly doing at the farm on Sunday. She was so pleased once she climbed into the spot by herself.
Yesterday, Ben's teacher allowed him to pick out a dum-dum lollipop after school. When we got to Becca's classroom to get her, she wanted to try the lollipop. Ben eagerly shared his lollipop with her but Becca was reluctant to give it back. By the time we got to the van, they had switched the lollipop back and forth and few times. Becca had it in her mouth and wasn't giving it back when Ben announced to her..."Becca, sharing is caring". I asked him where he learned that from and he said "Ms Sasha".
On Saturday, Ben went to his first movie. We went to see Madasgascar 3 with Lara. Ben did well overall, but did complain a bit about being scared by the dark and by the tiger, who wasn't nice like the rest of the animals in the movie. I was able to convince him that he was okay. Becca did well for the most part too, but got interested in leaving our ailse and walking the stairs, so I took her outside to the lobby. Apparently once Ben realized I'd gone, he wanted to leave too, so Lara brought him out about 20 minutes before the end of the movie.
After their movie, they both played in the backyard at the small playset that Ben is very proud he can climb the wall and into it by himself. Becca can climb the short ladder into it herself too, and slide down the slide by herself. Both really enjoyed playing at the sandbox, building a river by dumping buckets of water filled with the hose, with Lara manning the hose. They both got soaked, with Ben doing his usual stripping down to nothing and me grabbing his swim trunks so he wasn't totally indecent in the backyard! Becca go soaked because she inadvertently dumped more water on herself than what made it into the sandbox.
Later Lara and I took the kids to Target where Ben pulled his normal "I need to show you something", which was how he wanted to get me to walk down the toy ailse with him. I told him he wasn't getting any toys, but he did ask if he could buy a Scooby/Bat Man movie which I said yes too, and a Scooby t-shirt which he begged for. While in the check-out line, Ben saw the clerk at the next aisle wearing a bright purple turban. He said, "Look Mommy, a genie!". And it was true, the man looked like what Ben would believe was a genie!
After Target we went to pick up Daddy at the bourbon festival. The kids slept all the way there, not having a nap yet. But they were ready to go again once we got home, heading back to the sandbox to continue building their river and get wet again! Yes, Ben stipped out of his clothes again requiring me to run get his swimtrunks!
On Sunday, we all went to the farm, where Ben had a great time playing in pool with Kelly and the rest of his cousins (except Chase who was at a golf tournament). Ben wore one of Kelly's small donut intertubes, and used it all afternoon to swim everywhere in the pool and enjoyed racing Kelly, sometimes to get a ball and other times to just go from one end to the other.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
March 2011 - Ben and his trucks
Ben is really enjoying his trucks, both the small ones and the larger dump trucks. He also loves the tow truck that he got for Christmas. I "hook" his green tractor up to the tow truck for him and we act like it is being towed. It stays attached as long as the tow truck moves forward in a straight line. Ben also likes to haul his smaller toys in his dump truck and his animals too.
He still likes to have his animals at the table or highchair with him. He's expressed more interest in sitting at the table instead of his highchair. He asks to sit at the head of the table by saying "Daddy's", indicating he wants to sit in Daddy's seat.
He still likes to have his animals at the table or highchair with him. He's expressed more interest in sitting at the table instead of his highchair. He asks to sit at the head of the table by saying "Daddy's", indicating he wants to sit in Daddy's seat.
March 2011 - Ben says "I love you"
Ben started saying "love you" today. It's March 16, 2011. Granted, he is probably just repeating what we say to him since he has really started doing that alot, but it is still so cute to hear him say it. Tonight, after Daddy asked him to say it, he said "love you baby" to Rebecca.
Another phrase Ben repeated today was "I'm sorry". I said it to him when I thought he was hurt and he repeated it, making it sound like he was apologizing for hurting himself. It was so cute.
Another phrase Ben repeated today was "I'm sorry". I said it to him when I thought he was hurt and he repeated it, making it sound like he was apologizing for hurting himself. It was so cute.
May 26, 2012
The spring has been flying by this year, as usual. Ben is keeping me hopping in laundry, he may have changed his clothes 4 times after getting home from school yesterday! I picked them up a little early yesterday, being the Friday before the holiday weekend. I just missed seeing both Ben and Becca playing outside. Ben and his class were coming in from the playground as I was coming down the hall. He was so excited to see me and came running toward me. He was the most red-faced and sweatiest I'd probably ever seen him. It was obvious he'd been playing very hard on the playground. His teacher, Ms Sasha, confirmed that he and his best friend William had been running around like wild men! Right afterward, Becca and her class came walking in from the playground. As usual, she shrieked when she saw me, and came running toward Ben and me. Ben gave her a big hug once she got to us. Becca gets so excited when she sees me in the afternoons, almost sounding as if she's crying on her way toward me to get a big hug.
But more about Ben's changing his clothes. If he notices his extra outfit in his cubby at school, he wants to change into it right there in his classroom. I can convince him to wait until we get to the van. If he does make it home in his original outfit, then he wants to change as soon as he gets home. He enjoys picking clothes out of the dryer or out of the unfolded pile in the family room. A few times he has put his underwear, shirt, and shorts on all by himself! But usually he asks for help, especially getting his shirt off and on. He follows my original instruction, announcing it out loud each time...."tag in the back". Often, he likes to complete the outfit with shoes, always asking "is this the right foot". His excuses for changing his clothes include..."these are dirty", "these are we", and "I'm sweaty". Sometimes it's true, sometimes not.
In the bath Thursday night, both Ben and Becca had the bath crayons out with Becca making marks on the tub and Ben wiping them off with the washcloth. I complimented Ben on being a good cleaner. He said "I'm the maid!". He's got a great sense of humor.
We took the kids to the Flying Squirrels game last Thursday, with Lacie's family and Nita and Papa Joe. Ben had a great time, especially with Kelly. I don't think he watched much of the game, but enjoyed the entertainment between innings and seeing pictures of Nutzy around the stadium. Unfortunately, Nutzy didn't make an appearance in our section. A couple of weeks ago, we went to Family Day at Allie and Henry's Tuckahoe Little League, where Ben saw Nutzy and got him to sign a ball for him. Ben was too shy (and scared) to give Nutzy a hug. The next time we went to see Allie play, Ben asked if Nutzy would be at the ballpark. Ben's oly 3 but seems to remember everything! The next week that we went to Allie's game, Ben asked to take his bat and ball. He enjoyed trying to hit the woofle ball with his bat in the open area beyond the ball field. He surprised me by hitting several pitches. He would've done even better if I were a better tosser!
Becca is still sleeping very well. She may be in the middle of playing at bedtime. I can pick her up, grab her lovies, and take her upstairs and she doesn't fuss a bit. She has been lying right down in her crib and going right to sleep. She still loves having all of her lovies in the bed with her, and taking them with her when she awakes in the morning. The only time she awakes and fusses is when Ben is fussing and screaming about not wanting to go to bed himself.
Becca is very happy toddler, enjoying playing with her toys and following Ben trying to get into whatever he's in sometimes. Ben and she usually play pretty well together. Of course, Ben protests if she takes the toys he's playing with.
Ben is doing typical toddler like testing and whining. I just read 123 Magic to learn its approach for discipline. It involves little talk, but counting bad behavior and a time out in his room when I get to a count of 3. We've just implemented the approach last weekend, and Ben has been to his room a couple of times. He hates it, and tries to get out of his room, so I've figured out I have to stand outside his room to keep him from running out. I think it will be a goo approach to keep him from whining and to improve his listening.
Becca is doing great in the toddler class. A parent told me yesterday that she is always so happy and smiling when she's there picking up her child. Becca had been very clingy and upset when I drop her off in the morning, but has done much better the last several mornings, sitting down and playing with puzzles or being held by Mrs Dawn.
Becca got new shoes Thursday evening after school. Of course, Ben had to pick out new shoes too, and settled on green crocs. He has consistenly stated that green is his favorite color! He was very exited to wear his crocs to school Friday (after also wearing them to bed thurs night), saying he wanted to show them to Ms Sasha and Mrs Katrina.
But more about Ben's changing his clothes. If he notices his extra outfit in his cubby at school, he wants to change into it right there in his classroom. I can convince him to wait until we get to the van. If he does make it home in his original outfit, then he wants to change as soon as he gets home. He enjoys picking clothes out of the dryer or out of the unfolded pile in the family room. A few times he has put his underwear, shirt, and shorts on all by himself! But usually he asks for help, especially getting his shirt off and on. He follows my original instruction, announcing it out loud each time...."tag in the back". Often, he likes to complete the outfit with shoes, always asking "is this the right foot". His excuses for changing his clothes include..."these are dirty", "these are we", and "I'm sweaty". Sometimes it's true, sometimes not.
In the bath Thursday night, both Ben and Becca had the bath crayons out with Becca making marks on the tub and Ben wiping them off with the washcloth. I complimented Ben on being a good cleaner. He said "I'm the maid!". He's got a great sense of humor.
We took the kids to the Flying Squirrels game last Thursday, with Lacie's family and Nita and Papa Joe. Ben had a great time, especially with Kelly. I don't think he watched much of the game, but enjoyed the entertainment between innings and seeing pictures of Nutzy around the stadium. Unfortunately, Nutzy didn't make an appearance in our section. A couple of weeks ago, we went to Family Day at Allie and Henry's Tuckahoe Little League, where Ben saw Nutzy and got him to sign a ball for him. Ben was too shy (and scared) to give Nutzy a hug. The next time we went to see Allie play, Ben asked if Nutzy would be at the ballpark. Ben's oly 3 but seems to remember everything! The next week that we went to Allie's game, Ben asked to take his bat and ball. He enjoyed trying to hit the woofle ball with his bat in the open area beyond the ball field. He surprised me by hitting several pitches. He would've done even better if I were a better tosser!
Becca is still sleeping very well. She may be in the middle of playing at bedtime. I can pick her up, grab her lovies, and take her upstairs and she doesn't fuss a bit. She has been lying right down in her crib and going right to sleep. She still loves having all of her lovies in the bed with her, and taking them with her when she awakes in the morning. The only time she awakes and fusses is when Ben is fussing and screaming about not wanting to go to bed himself.
Becca is very happy toddler, enjoying playing with her toys and following Ben trying to get into whatever he's in sometimes. Ben and she usually play pretty well together. Of course, Ben protests if she takes the toys he's playing with.
Ben is doing typical toddler like testing and whining. I just read 123 Magic to learn its approach for discipline. It involves little talk, but counting bad behavior and a time out in his room when I get to a count of 3. We've just implemented the approach last weekend, and Ben has been to his room a couple of times. He hates it, and tries to get out of his room, so I've figured out I have to stand outside his room to keep him from running out. I think it will be a goo approach to keep him from whining and to improve his listening.
Becca is doing great in the toddler class. A parent told me yesterday that she is always so happy and smiling when she's there picking up her child. Becca had been very clingy and upset when I drop her off in the morning, but has done much better the last several mornings, sitting down and playing with puzzles or being held by Mrs Dawn.
Becca got new shoes Thursday evening after school. Of course, Ben had to pick out new shoes too, and settled on green crocs. He has consistenly stated that green is his favorite color! He was very exited to wear his crocs to school Friday (after also wearing them to bed thurs night), saying he wanted to show them to Ms Sasha and Mrs Katrina.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Ben & Rebecca April 2012
Rebecca has just moved up to the toddler class, from Infant B and her teachers say she is doing great. She isn't shy in the least bit, they say, and she plays with all of the older children in her new class. She is getting to be such a big girl. This afternoon, she wanted to walk as we were walking out of the school, instead of having Mommy carry her. When eating her dinner, she often insists on using the fork or spoon herself, usually accepting some help from Mommy's guiding hand. She isn't really talking yet, but can say a few words on command like night-night, ball, and Mommy. She is still sleeping fairly well, although sometimes cries for a few minutes when I put her down at night, I think because she knows that Ben is still up and she thinks she's missing something. Recently, she's become attached not only to Froggie, but to all of the other "lovies" she was given as an infant, including elephant, puppy, bunny, and 2 soft babies. She also likes the light up seahorse that plays music. When I get her out of her crib in the morning, she insists on taking all of her lovies downstairs with her.
Becca is good at playing, enjoying the kitchen, the shape sorter, her play food, and anything that Ben is playing with. Ben is enjoying puzzles alot lately, including the alphabet puzzles and all others. He's not quite ready for Shutes and Ladders, but does ok with Candyland...as long as he's drawing the character cards.
Ben is continuing to get bigger too. He still loves his Becca, and calls her his best friend....even though William is still his favorite playmate at school. Ben has started a peculiar interest in his clothes. First the warm March meant that he was wearing shorts and short sleeves to school, but then insisted on that same wardrobe on cold days. Earlier this week, it wasn't until he got to school and I pointed out all of the other children were in pants and socks did he allow me to put them on him. Recently, he's insisted on changing clothes as soon as he gets home, putting on a clean shirt, shorts, and even clean underwear. He also has insisted on wearing shoes, sometimes even in the bed! He also doesn't like wearing pajamas to bed, but instead wears the evening's clean outfit to bed. He had been then wearing that outfit the next day to school, but recently has insisted on another clean outfit the next morning. Sometimes, the first thing he says when he wakes up good is that he wants to "get dressed".
Ben is doing very well with his poddy training, having practically no accidents. When he goes poopy in the downstairs bathroom in the evening, he likes to yell to Daddy saying, "I need the iPad". Daddy started that trend by allowing him to watch netflix shows on the iPad in the bathroom, and now it's a must have.
For breakfast, Ben and Rebecca are both good eaters. Rebecca will eat just about anything, and doesn't seem to ever get full. She eats oatmeal great and also enjoys scrambled eggs and fruit, bagels, pancakes, waffles, and french toast. Ben loves bagels and Daddy has gotten him hooked on chocolate chip pancakes! He knows to turn them over to see if there are chips in them. Ben also likes to eat cereal, sometimes with milk and sometimes dry. He especially likes Lucky Charms, eating the marshmallows before anything else. He complains if his bowl has too little, saying he wants "alot of them".
Rebecca eats just about anything for dinner, much less picky than Ben is. Ben claims he is going to "eat all my dinner", but struggles to follow through. Last week at school he told me he liked green beans, even though he rarely eats them. He said he liked carrots too, saying they helped him grow big and strong. He followed up with "I don't like peas though". I asked him why, to which he responded "they make me sick!".
Ben is still sucking his thumb, and Daddy is concerned about it. At Ben's 3 year check up, his doctor suggested we use apple bitter, or start with just praising him when he's not sucking his thumb. She pointed out though that there doesn't appear to be any impact to his teeth or bite.
Becca is good at playing, enjoying the kitchen, the shape sorter, her play food, and anything that Ben is playing with. Ben is enjoying puzzles alot lately, including the alphabet puzzles and all others. He's not quite ready for Shutes and Ladders, but does ok with Candyland...as long as he's drawing the character cards.
Ben is continuing to get bigger too. He still loves his Becca, and calls her his best friend....even though William is still his favorite playmate at school. Ben has started a peculiar interest in his clothes. First the warm March meant that he was wearing shorts and short sleeves to school, but then insisted on that same wardrobe on cold days. Earlier this week, it wasn't until he got to school and I pointed out all of the other children were in pants and socks did he allow me to put them on him. Recently, he's insisted on changing clothes as soon as he gets home, putting on a clean shirt, shorts, and even clean underwear. He also has insisted on wearing shoes, sometimes even in the bed! He also doesn't like wearing pajamas to bed, but instead wears the evening's clean outfit to bed. He had been then wearing that outfit the next day to school, but recently has insisted on another clean outfit the next morning. Sometimes, the first thing he says when he wakes up good is that he wants to "get dressed".
Ben is doing very well with his poddy training, having practically no accidents. When he goes poopy in the downstairs bathroom in the evening, he likes to yell to Daddy saying, "I need the iPad". Daddy started that trend by allowing him to watch netflix shows on the iPad in the bathroom, and now it's a must have.
For breakfast, Ben and Rebecca are both good eaters. Rebecca will eat just about anything, and doesn't seem to ever get full. She eats oatmeal great and also enjoys scrambled eggs and fruit, bagels, pancakes, waffles, and french toast. Ben loves bagels and Daddy has gotten him hooked on chocolate chip pancakes! He knows to turn them over to see if there are chips in them. Ben also likes to eat cereal, sometimes with milk and sometimes dry. He especially likes Lucky Charms, eating the marshmallows before anything else. He complains if his bowl has too little, saying he wants "alot of them".
Rebecca eats just about anything for dinner, much less picky than Ben is. Ben claims he is going to "eat all my dinner", but struggles to follow through. Last week at school he told me he liked green beans, even though he rarely eats them. He said he liked carrots too, saying they helped him grow big and strong. He followed up with "I don't like peas though". I asked him why, to which he responded "they make me sick!".
Ben is still sucking his thumb, and Daddy is concerned about it. At Ben's 3 year check up, his doctor suggested we use apple bitter, or start with just praising him when he's not sucking his thumb. She pointed out though that there doesn't appear to be any impact to his teeth or bite.
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