She has been going through a "not eating" stage for a while now...probably almost a year. It has gotten worse though. She wants nothing but milk. At the doctors office she had to have blood taken and some of her nutrient levels came back low so I decided enough was enough. I took milk away except at nap time and bed time and sometimes if she eats well she gets it. She can have diluted juice or water. Its hard to explain the importance of things to kids at this age so I tried to compare her body to something she knows a lot about....an Ipad! I told her that just like the ipad runs out of batteries and needs to be charged so does her body. She needs to feed her belly to charge it. She understood! And I tell her no milk until she eats...so that is definitely a motivator...or I hold ice cream over her head :) She now looks at her belly when shes eating and says...yep, its almost charged! haha
She talks so so so much and remembers everything I tell her. She can sing itsy bitsy spider, abcs, twinkle twinkle little star, patty cake, and of course, you are my sunshine! She can count to 13 without problems but then goes back to 7, 8 lol. Some of the things she says and remembers just blows my mind. Sometimes I feel like I am talking to 6 or 7 year old..not a 2 year old! She also tells me now all the time that she loves me...melts my heart!
She is going through a very shy stage too. She will not talk to strangers..which is good...but she will not talk to family sometimes too! It takes her quite a while to really open up and talk or play. Her best buddy, Abby, is able to get her to open up the fastest. She loves to play with Abby and they like the same things so it works out well. If she is uncomfortable though she wants to climb all over me and sit on my lap and whine.
