Family Fuller

Colin usually wakes up around 7 or 7:30 (except when daddy wakes him up “accidentally” before he goes to work :). We come downstairs, Colin insists that the radio be turned on by making the “more” sign (which to him now means “want” and is used non-stop all day - which I guess is better than crying) and saying “ball” - which I guess means the volume dial on the stereo because it looks a little like a ball. So he listens to NPR and reads a book while I make breakfast. I proceed to try to force feed him some fruit, he fights me and then eats a big bowl of oatmeal. Next course is either bagel, waffle or cheerios and if I am lucky strawberries.

After breakfast we move to the living room. Colin will give me about 5 minutes of peace, playing with his toys then it is into things he should not be playing with, e.g. the TV, Christmas tree lights, electrical outlets, the stairs, etc. So we play with toys for about an hour, we might watch a bit of Sesame Street, he taunts Sevi for awhile through the gate. Meanwhile constantly making the want sign - he wants whatever I might be drinking, wants the TV, wants the dog, wants me to get a book out, wants to go upstairs. I give in on the going upstairs, so he climbs up - goes to the office to look for da-da (who is as work). Crawls into the bathroom, opens the garbage, climbs up on the stool, tries to eat the soap. I pick him up and move him to his room where he dumps all the toys out, opens the dresser drawers, walks around holding on to things that are not stable, pulls the clock off the table, etc. Finally he calms down a bit and asks to read “ocks” - which is Dr. Seusses “Fox in Socks” - so I read it for the first time of probably 3 or 4 times during the day. I put him in his crib and he cries a bit/plays and if I am lucky falls asleep.

Generally his naps are about hour to and hour and a half and right now we are transitioning to one nap a day. So lets say he gets up at 11:30. Then it is lunch time - and we start over again

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