Ian Year 2 Battle Report

Ian turns 2 on Tuesday! He currently is about 34" tall and weighs about 25 pounds, which is 3 pounds more than Maia at the same age.

Ian can be very tempestuous -- either super happy or super upset that his opinions aren't being followed. Things likely to make him happy: catchphrases from truck books, songs about poop (© 2023 by Brian Uri!), Amber the cat, pouches. Things likely to trigger a tantrum: coming inside when outside, going outside when inside, end of dessert, and lack of pouches.

Ian is an avid reader, especially Elephant and Piggie books and any book with vehicles in it. His favourite activity is to bring books to you for reading consectively until there his a huge stack of just-read books next to your chair. He also likes doing whatever Maia is doing, and he's getting better about "playing within the rules" rather than accidentally messing up her imagination games. Every night ends with a hug in Maia's bed.

Just this past week, his afternoon naps have lengthened, and each wake up period is buffered with quiet time in the crib for books or trucks. We still try to get him in bed by 7 PM because he starts getting cranky right around 5:30 dinner time. He loves fruits and dessert and hates drinking water out of any of the 100 sippy cups we've tried on him.

He can count to 10 consistently, but then skips up to 18 (he always ends on 18). He knows colors and shapes and the difference between his left and right feet. He likes watching 2 episodes of Bluey before bedtime with Maia, but we haven't done that in awhile because of tantrums when we don't watch a 3rd one.

We had the grandparents over for his birthday party on Saturday and he loved it, especially singing Happy Birthday, blowing out candles, and driving new vehicles around. He's a super-cool boy!