Play-Learn-Grow-Repeat

From Wednesday Mom – Janelle:
I can assure you this is probably the most random blog post you’ll read today or maybe even this week. Our younger son, Tate, has a weird aversion to wearing clothing with buttons on it. It started a while ago when he would turn down pants with buttons on the side or a polo shirt with three buttons on the front. I didn’t think much of it, because his strong willed personality tends to take over when something doesn’t go his way. I know kids go through phases with everything in life. For example, Tate’s older brother disliked wearing jeans, but quickly got over it when they kept his legs warm during winter months.

Over time, it’s become quite the struggle to watch Tate get dressed in the morning. Most “nicer” clothes have buttons on them. There is no chance of avoiding outbursts when dressing Tate in a button-down shirt. I get so frustrated on school picture day, church, and other times I want to dress him up. Our morning routine is now an additional fifteen minutes because we have to negotiate his outfit. It seems a little ridiculous to me.

Over the holidays, we had some play dates with Tate’s friends. I brought up the issue with another mom and she mentioned that she was going through the same battle with her son. What is it with buttons? I think Tate rejects buttons because they are challenging for him to handle. I help button his shirt buttons, but he likes his pants that close with a snap, so much easier for him to do on his own.

Whatever the button issue is, I hope Tate quickly learns that a lot of clothing has buttons on it, and that’s just the way it is. In fact, next year, Tate is required to wear school uniforms and he’ll be wearing buttons everyday. I searched Amazon for a book on buttons and found one about “Pete the Cat and his four groovy buttons.” We’ve been reading that book over and over hoping Tate understands how “cool” buttons are. Can you tell I’m getting desperate?   Again, I’m hoping this is a quick phase and it passes rather quickly.

Hello,

Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that Monday Mom, Neetika, was missing last week. We wanted to let you know that she is well, but four-month-old Hudson is hospitalized with an infection. Neetika is with him, and that’s precisely where we want her to be.

If you’re a mom, you know how stressful these events can be, so we hope you will keep Hudson, Neetika, and their family in your thoughts over the next few days. Neetika’s postings will return when her life gets back to normal.

Our thanks in advance for your support.

From Friday Mom – Erin:
Happy New Year! 2014 brought a number of changes to our household: a new house, a new job for my husband, a promotion for me, and countless firsts for Rory. January 2015 promises to continue that excitement as we anxiously await the arrival of our baby girl.

We spent our New Year’s Eve like many parents of young children and turned in well before the ball dropped in hopes of getting in a good night’s sleep, even if Rory woke up too early (which he did. . .).

We spent our New Year’s day getting things in order for the new baby– setting up a changing station in our first floor laundry room, adjusting the settings on the infant car seat, and doing extra laundry.  I am getting more and more uncomfortable as my belly grows bigger and bigger. While I know it may be another couple of weeks before baby girl arrives, we are in full nesting mode around here.

We think Rory can sense the impending change. That, combined with his turning two soon, has made for some interesting acting out. I’m hopeful that we will all survive this first month of 2015 and emerge on the other side relatively unscathed.