the latest on Tyler... He is a freaking poop factory! What is going on with my child??? I can't afford that many diapers either!! I really want to wait until after the hoopla of Christmas to even think about trying to potty train.... He's eating LESS fast food too!! In other news he's FINALLY developing a love of books. It may not ever be a love like mine but he doesn't view them as only blocks to stack and climb on and fall off of. He now looks at books on his own, especially if I'm reading something and he MUST have at least one (usually 3) bedtime stories. The Library has come in really handy for this! I've been trying to read mostly Chritmas books and he seems to like them. He now talks about "baby Jesus" which I'm sure he's confusing with the baby in mommy's tummy that he kisses...he also loves "santa" and "snowman" and "Christmas tree lights" (which is now pronounced "bi-bis-a-gee-i-eets") At least once a day he is adament about wanting something and I can't for the life of me figure out what he's saying. This tends to cause great dramatic trauma. :) This usually ends with distracting him with one of the many things that always calm him down- either playing with Thomas or watching something on TV. He's been doing this fake tantrum thing which gets him a one way ticket to time out where he continues until he either calms down himself or agrees to the alternate activity we offer. At least twice a day he trips over his own feet or falls off of a chair or the couch and acts like he's dying. If I pick him up he'll hold onto me and fake cry hysterically. He scrunches up his face and just goes "ahhhh" or "oooohhhh" and cries for mommy, daddy, tops (grandpa Pops), or mamatops (grandma). He likes to peek and check to make sure you are concerned and if you laugh at him he giggles and then gets louder and sometimes produces tears. I try to just tell him to get up and brush it off before the crying starts and then we are ok. One of his favorite words is cookie. My response of "no" when he asks for cookies and juice at 7:30 a.m. also causes tears. Ahh... he's caught onto the ways of a two year old. The question is do I have the energy to deal with this stuff the way I should? They say the patterns of defiance in toddlerhood revist in the teen years. I guess he'll be whiny teen like I was. My mom will be thrilled.