Oh...Boy!

Cooper and Miles are on fire these days, growing and developing at a rate that I think is sometimes hard to keep up with! For months I have been a little concerned, because Cooper wasn't talking at the rate the other kids around us were. That...has changed! He is now using 3-5 word sentences and really exploding in vocabulary! I would say that 99% of the time it is great, but there is still that 1% that I forget he is repeating things, especially while driving! "Oh, come on!" is a phrase that I don't want to hear out of his mouth again, so I guess I will try to drive a little happier with him.

Miles is so eager to walk that he is pushing anything he can pull up on around and kind of falling from one object to another to make smooth transitions. I would say in a few weeks he will be a machine! He already crawls all the way upstairs by himself (with my hovering above him!), and kind of mutters a few words. I LOVE this phase. I would have to say, it is my favorite so far for little Miles.

I guess it is true that 'it will happen when it happens'. I can't stand advice like that - because I am a results driven person, but it is true with kids. They are such unique characters. What happens with Cooper has been so different than what Miles is serving up!

Updated photos will be posted soon...

Nutritionally Deficient?!

Lately if Miles (9 months) goes silent while playing he is usually busy doing one of two things: digging potting soil out of one of our house plants and eating it, or playing with the water in the toilet! Yeah, you read that correctly...he crawls up to a toilet and pulls up to stick his hands in the water and play, and sometimes will even bring a toy over to dunk in! I am just tired of pulling soil out of both klentched fists and his mouth and wiping toilet water off of the wall, floor and his body!

Not only don't I want him doing either of these totally disgusting things, but I don't know whether he is just curious or that he is not getting something nutritionally out of it! I remember one time the vet told my mom that our dog was eating weird things to get some nutrients that she wasn't getting in her regular food. Can the same be true for babies?

Either way, I guess I have to get rid of houseplants for a while and make sure that keeping the toilet seat down is part of Cooper's potty routine from now on! I just fear if I take these activities away - what will be next?!?