Physical Development
Ryan jumped two sizes this year, and is fitting well into his size 7 clothes, even if some of the pants slide down a bit on his tiny little waist since he has no butt to hold them up. He is wearing size 13 shoes and boots. He no longer wears pull ups at all (woot woot!) and stays dry all night, with a handful of exceptions over the past 6 months. He is still my little runt, weighing in at a whopping 48lbs (92nd percentile) and is 44.5inches tall (88th percentile).
Sleep Habits
I might find a snuggling Ryan in my bed a couple times a month these days, but for the most part, he's an excellent sleeper! He gave up naps this year pretty much completely, and can still hang until 8pm, which feels like a whole new level of life for us. He's usually the second one down for the night, which puts him sleeping from usually around 8pm-6:20am, for around 10-10.5 hours of sleep a night. He decided he was going to be one of the big boys by only wearing pants to bed, and no longer the jammie tops, and it's so adorable. Speech Development
Ryan is a little chatterbox still, and doesn't appear to have any sort of delays, thankfully! He could easily talk your ear off, and he is so, so, so expressive, which is fun! He is losing all of his little Ryan-isms from his "baby" days, which is good, but hard for this Mama. The one he hung on for the longest was using "my" in place of "I". Like "My tired, Mommy" or "My like it". He's such a big kid now! Eating
Ryan has started to become a lot less picky about his food, and he's eating more regular meals now, hallelujah! His favorite food is probably pizza right now, but he also really loves mac and cheese and hot dogs. He's not a big breakfast guy (at least not for me, anyway), but usually if he does, it's later in the morning, and then he doesn't eat lunch well. I'm trying to learn to let them lead the way as far as timing is concerned. I'm beginning to learn as an ADULT that if I would just eat when I was hungry instead of when it is the set time, I'd probably not have these extra 40lbs hanging on lol
Toddler Behaviors and Discipline
Ryan has grown tremendously as far as behaviors are concerned. While a year ago, we were having regular issues with hitting and throwing things and throwing tantrums, I'm seeing this a LOT less lately. He and Kinsley are so, so cute together, and they are definitely BFFs. They're so close to the same level developmentally that it's crazy. He typically is a lot better at trying to find ways to barter his way to get what he wants, but there are times where he still just takes something from one of his siblings and starts WW3. He participated in the SEED program this past year, and that has been SO good for him to help with managing his body and learning more about emotions and how to express them effectively. He'll be finished with that this summer, which is bittersweet, but I know he'll adapt awesome to Kindergarten this fall.Likes
- Scooby Doo, Ryan's Toy Review, Team Umizoomi, Peppa Pig
- Mama's hair and those two fingers
- Our bedtime routine - he loves being read to.
- Hot dogs and mac and cheese
- Sunday School and AWANA
- Going to Daycare!! This has been such a blessing in the midst of this chaotic year, as a year ago, he HATED going, and it was a fight every morning.
- Eating entire sticks of butter when left unattended - oy! Also, helping Mommy cook or bake.
- Snuggles with his Kins Jo
- Playing games and visiting Daddy
Dislikes
- Not being able to ride his bike in the street.
- The days we don't have enough snuggle time.
- When things aren't fair.
- Being interrupted
- When tablet time is over
- Not getting to see Daddy as much
