Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tempers, Tantrums, and Tricks

TRICKS
Emmy's new trick is that she can finally drink out of a straw and a sippy cup!!! I am pretty much ready to throw a huge party to celebrate because it seriously makes me so happy. We've been giving her fluids through medicine syringes and from the bottom of straws but now she can finally drink on her own. Yipee! That also means I can finally ween her off of breastfeeding. Another yipee!

Zane's new trick is that he makes up stories all the time about what happened to him, and is actually starting to totally stretch the truth, like really stretch it. When we used to ask him what happened when Emerson started crying, he would just tell us the exact truth - even if it was that he pushed her on purpose. Now when we ask him, he makes something up or says it was an accident. He's figuring it out!

Another trick is running out of our sight in public places - not one of my favorites. The other day at the zoo, inside the Tropical Forest exhibit, he ran completely away from us when we weren't paying attention. Zack and I went in opposite directions and came back without him. We of course freaked out and a few minutes later he came running back and said, "I was just looking at the bats." But then he also made up a crazy story about what had happened.

TEMPERS and TANTRUMS
We have realized that Emmy is a biter!!! Zane never bit anyone, not even in anger, but Emerson has bitten Zane, me and lot's of other things when she's gotten mad. The bad thing is that now Zane is copying her and actually bit her back the other day. Oh, the challenges of parenting!

Zane's been getting more impatient with Emmy being too rough on him or taking his toys, etc. and has really been acting on it. It bums me out even though I know it's just a phase.

When Emerson throws a tantrum, she just throws herself straight onto her belly, face down toward the ground and cries. It's pretty funny.

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