5th Birthday
Today Jadon turns 5!! Strangely enough, it feels like this is the first celebration. Joshua even noticed that. It feels like the first time we’ve celebrated his birthday.
This is the first one that he seems to be aware that’s it’s his birthday too. When I got him out of bed I told him it was his birthday and he immediately wanted to go to Costco and get his cake. He loves the tuxedo cake from there. He said:
“Birthday cake…Costco.”
So I got dressed and took him to Costco. 🥰
Every time he says “birthday cake” I put candles on it and sing to him before giving him a slice. He’s had 3 slices so far.
I can tell he knows it’s a special day. He laughs when we sing to him.
He doesn’t play with toys really. He’s still more of a “things” kid. I just grabbed a toy from the Santa pile. I didn’t get him a lot of toys for Christmas (waste of money.) He’ll just focus on a few things anyway so I’m getting development tools as gifts. Today he got the Leap Frog toy and a crawl tunnel.
Joshua is enjoying them as well.
With this birthday he is refusing to wear a diaper! Yay! We’re getting closer to being DIAPER free house!! He is 95% potty trained. He just won’t poop in the toilet. Now that he says: “no diaper” I’m just waiting to see what he’ll do when he needs to 💩 I already know he gets crazy and runs around the house when he needs to. (Remember when he was little-er he would spin around under his blankets when he needed to poop?) I think he is trying to avoid the urge by running around. (He’s doing it now and it’s that time of day when I’d normally put a diaper on him)
I’ll just wait and see what happens. He doesn’t want to wear a pull up to bed either. He has stayed dry for 3 night now! Yaayayay! I’m so ready for this change. Babe! We’ve been buying diapers for 23 years!!
Jadon won’t tell me he needs to go pee, he’ll mar it obvious and all I need to do is tell him to go. He will, all by himself but most the time he waits till I tell him.
We’re making progress though! This is huge! I just can’t get him to stop playing in the toilet!!! 😡
Daily, he is making a mess in our bathroom. He throws stuff in the toilet and tries to flush if I leave the doors unlocked.
He isn’t initiating conversations or sentences yet. He’ll say one word requests like “water, or apple, or music”
He will repeat phrases and sentences if we ask him to. He will not answer a question unless we end with “yes or no”
For example: “Jadon, do you want to take a bath? Yes or no?”
I model for him how to greet me in the morning by saying
“Say good morning mom” or
Say thank you mom. I love you.
He can say anything but he just doesn’t talk!
He likes routine. He makes patterns out of his day. I don’t insist things are done in a specific order each day but if he catches on that we are doing something we’ve done before, he wants to do it the same way again. Bedtime routine, bath time, etc. Unfortunately he picks up bad patterns also. Like throwing things in the toilet, in the pool, or toys down the stairs. Once he’s done it, he needs to do it again. Our pool cover has an interesting collection of “things”. I’ll the a picture tomorrow and place it here. 🫣
Joshua loves the Polar Express and I noticed Jadon was intently watching it. He must be understanding more because he watches movies differently.
I need to be careful what he watches because he really internalizes it. (Hence the grinch mess!)
He now asks to listen to the music when he is swinging downstairs. He loves the song hot chocolate and the theme song. He’s always loved music.
After watching the movie he ran around with playing cards pretending they were tickets. He’s acting out parts of the movie in his own world. He never tries to engage anyone in his games. Joshua was the same way. He has a hay day in his own head 😆
I feel like his eating is a little better. Right now he prefers Nutella sandwiches, oranges, and protein bars. I know he likes broccoli but I don’t make it. I need to do better on that! He loves snacking on cucumbers and red peppers.