Random toddlerisms

I think that for a "modern" kid, E's ratio of toys with batteries to toys without batteries is lower than average but since he has SO many toys there is still a great number of battery powered noise makers in the bunch. Thus, E knows about batteries.

After lunch today, E hopped down and ran over to his music player and pressed the play button. Nothing happened.

He turned his earnest little face to me and said plaintively "batteries?".

I showed him how to turn the power on. Again. Music!

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E and I went to Toys R Us today looking to get him some sandals. He was having a great time running amok and playing with the shoe sizer when I gave up looking for shoes and told him we were going. He went directly into tantrum mode. I told him, of all the stores in the area, this one was the one most accustomed to temper tantrums and thus his efforts would go unnoticed. He looked at me thoughtfully and smiled his way out of the store.

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For nearly 21 months, E's first activity of the morning was a good long snuggle, sometimes with milk, sometimes while reading books, but always, always, on someone's lap in our yellow rocking chair (if we were at home).

These times, they are a-changing.

It started in NH. E didn't want to sit on someone's lap anymore; he'd sit beside someone to have his morning milk. Then he needed his own cushion on the couch.

Now that we're home, he needs the whole yellow chair to himself while he downs his first cup of milk. Once he's ready, I can sit with him to read but any attempt to do more than hand him his cup before he's ready is met with howls of protest. My heart would be totally broken except this means I get to have a cup of coffee without worrying about scalding the child.