Timothy Today

 On December 8th,  Timothy turned two years and seven months old.

When he is finished eating or doesn’t want anymore he gets up from his little green chair and table, carefully walks over to the counter to put his plate of left overs just like I taught him. He does it without being told or asked or reminded. That good practice makes my heart glad!

Today marks the third day that Timothy has consecutively peed in his potty.

I leave him without pull ups during the morning and afternoon. He has a few false alarms where he says the pee pee is coming, the pee pee is coming and runs to the potty. Today he managed to pull down his underpants all by himself and just sit there. I heard him calling the pee pee–

“Come on pee pee come out” and I just laughed quietly.

He pulled up his underwear, grabbed the purple eraser (he randomly becomes attached to certain toys and other objects) and told me that nothing came out. We sighed and hugged then off he went to play.

Each false alarm is alarming but so worth it to help him practice.

I am amazed as to much much he understands, repeats and pretends. His imagination is developing and includes lots of pretend plays.

Lately, Timothy likes to pretend that he is a waiter or perhaps a food truck owner and chef.

With block in hand as his notepad, he asks, “do you want fries with your order?”

If I say no I want broccoli or sweet potato fries, he promptly tells me that he doesnt have that.

Or he may put some small toys on a book or his friskby and serve me some cake.

We use my Grenada souvenir deck of cards to play sometimes. We match colors, shapes and numbers. Of course he does it in his own way but he always gets the colors correct. We celebrate with loud cheers and high fives when he matches the cards correctly. It has become one of his favorite games to play with me and his dad.

Another one of his toddler habits is talking to himself. Timothy has dialogues- with himself. He even changes the tone of his voice at times. I have wondered if perhaps I should be concerned but I decided to let it be.