Dawson has been on my last nerve lately with the typical 3 year old fits and apparently he's found his defiance and kicked it up a notch. Saying "no" to mommy, daddy, grandma, grandpa, auntie.. whoever is directing him, really, has become a new challenge. It used to be kind of innocent, like a matter of fact "no I don't want to do that, mom, no thank you" and now it's more like a "screw you I'm NOT doing that." I think part of it is my fault, because I really can't implement our discipline strategy right now because I can't carry him to time out, and if he refuses, I'm just kind of stuck. I feel like he's getting away with murder when Joe is not home because he's the only one that can physically do what needs to be done. The fits have increased dramatically too, again. I don't know if this is just part of him realizing I am preoccupied at times (physically)and he's taking advantage and it's the normal regression when you add a new sibling, or if it's just a phase he's going through. If it's a regression, I hate to see what will happen when Halle is actually here. We will all survive it, I'm sure, but it gives me some anxiety.
- Dawson is 3 years, 4 months now. That just doesn't seem real. I decided I really need to be documenting his "favorites" and stats more often. After he turned 2, I started slacking on this.
- His favorite color is green.
- He loves anything construction and can tell you all kinds of things about it.. He knows more about machines than I do! He's also very into factories.
- Still no interest in anything artistic, which breaks my heart a little! He loves to cook though.
- He loves "soda" (1/3 of a juice box mixed with sparkling water) and Grandma K's jelly on just about anything. He loves chicken and pork. Corn is still his favorite vegetable, although he seems to have lost interest in it on the cob.
- He doesn't like brushing his teeth at all. Still loves to take a bath though. In fact, anything to do with water is great, although he doesn't like the sun AT ALL.
- He loves going to Grandma K's and Grandpa D's and picking berries and things from the garden, and playing in the sand.
- His favorite places are OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) and any sushi place that has a "conveyor belt".
- He's practicing his independence, but is still partial to having someone else dress him. (Why do it yourself when Mom or Grandma K will?!)
- He loves batman anything.. He has batman crocs, batman underwear, and batman action figures.
- I haven't weighed him super recently but he was hovering around 40 pounds and 42 inches tall.
He's getting to be such a big boy.. I don't know where the time has gone.
