Oct 16
Two and a Half Years (30 months!)
Posted by Lori | Posted in kid tv, milestone, potty training, Terrible Twos, The Potty Train, toddler | Posted on 16-10-2011
Saturday Porter officially turned two and a half years old. Aaron and I had the following exchange while out to dinner that night.
Me: Can you believe that he is two and a half already?! We’re halfway to three!
Aaron: We’re half way to five!
Me: jaw hits floor
And scene.
What Porter is Wearing:
- Finally graduated to size 5 diapers!
- Finally has officially outgrown the remaining pairs of 18 month size pants!
- A few 24 month and 2T shirts are getting a little small, but it really depends on the brand.
What Porter is Eating:
- He actually ate cantaloupe this month!
- Still completely uninterested in typical toddler favorites like pizza and macaroni and cheese.
- Still loves his tacos and guacamole.
What Porter is Saying:
- “I can’t.” This is a favorite these days. He says it when he thinks he can’t do something or he doesn’t want to do something.
- “No thank you.” This is the cutest. He even says it when he is upset with us because we are making him do something he doesn’t want to do–like taking a bath. Through tears he will say, “No bath, no thank you!”
- “You’re welcome!” He loves to say this now.
- He loves saying “Yes, sir!” and “Yes, ma’am!” He frequently confuses the two.
- He says “come with us?” when he wants you to come with him or wants to take a toy with him when we are leaving the house.
- “Follow me!” whenever he wants us to follow him into his room.
What Porter Likes These Days:
- My Big Boy Potty book
- Trains.
What Porter Doesn’t Like These Days:
- Yo Gabba Gabba. It was a hit last month, this month he wants nothing to do with it.
- Wearing a jacket.
What Porter is Doing:
- When he plays trains, he makes them converse with each other. There is a lot of drama. The other day, Percy left his mail cars behind–oh there was hell to pay!
- Still loves to sing! He is now combining songs or changing the words to songs.
- Porter remembers. Over the summer we went to Big Lots for some reason. We went back for the first time in a long time last weekend and he remembered that this was the place with the blue plastic Thomas Adirondack chair. We pulled into the parking lot and he said, “Thomas chair here!’
- Now he gladly uses his straw cups without much fuss, but he will ask for a sippy cup first.
- He can count and identify numbers up to 20.
- He knows that certain words begin with certain letters. For example, he knows that O is for Octopus.
- Porter can identify the word “zoo.”
- Every time Porter sees me in one of our wedding photos he says, “Mommy a princess!”
Biggest Change From Last Month To This Month?
- As of today, Porter is interested in the potty!!!!! More about this in the next post!
I am so excited to read that P doesn’t like mac and cheese. I seriously thought Boo was the only toddler on the planet that didn’t like it!!
I’ve been reading your blog since before he was born, I can’t believe it’s been so long!
They grow up WAYYYYYYY too quick. But at the same time, I can’t help but look forward to the next thing…like adorable photos in dad’s boots
What a great photo. I love hearing the “Porterisms”.