This week Lily has started to report to me when Lukasz is doing something she figures is worth telling me. Like when he crawls over to her and grabs her. She comes running to me and says "Lukasz hit me!" I tell her he did it by accident and just wants to play with her. Then I tell Lukasz "Don't hit Lily." I know he didn't really hit her, but I figure if she feels like he hit her, then showing some immediate discipline to him is the right thing to do. Maybe it'll help her understand when she gets the same discipline.
Today she came to the kitchen as I was cleaning up and said "He got the pen". I knew right away that she meant her Magna Doodle toy pen (the magnetic kind), so I told Lukasz "ta ta", took it from him and then found him something else to play with. I'm trying to teach Lily to gently take things from him that are too small (like that pen) because no matter how many tens of times I pick up toys throughout the day, something small always ends up on the floor. I've told Lily that there are things he can't play with because he'll eat them. And she's already started copying me with keeping certain little toys out of his reach saying "he eat dem".
My little helper. :)
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Letter to Lukasz: months 8 &9
Dear Lukasz,
So much has been happening in the last 2 months that I've only had time to write down little notes... but here, finally, is a little 2-month update!
Your nickname of Woochie has pretty much stuck. Even Babcia, Dziadek and Gran call you this now. Grampa seems to be the only one to still call you Lukasz. :) And sometimes when your Tatus and I are feeling goofy, we add little Polish word endings to Woochie, and you become Woochieslaw or Woochieslawek or we call to you "Woochieslaweczku" (Woochie-swav-etch-ku). I wonder what you are going to think of this! :)
You have been showing signs of teething for the looooooongest time, drooling, chewing on anything and everything that comes near your mouth. Your feet are your favourite though. Finally, just a few days ago, your first tooth arrived! I think it's taking you some getting used to because it's pretty sharp. But I'm sure you'll be chewing on steaks in no time. You haven't seemed too interested in pureed solid foods, and Gran says if you could talk you'd be saying "I don't have time for this mush, bring on the steak!"
You've also become very grabby in the last couple of months, with October being the month where you finally mastered sitting up on your own and now you can occupy yourself for a long time if there are toys within reach that you can grab and bring to your mouth. You like it best of course when Lily and I are there playing with you. You are very very sociable, and are definitely happiest when there are lots of people around. (Just like your Ciocia Natalya, with whom you share your birthday!) Lily is the opposite, she's happiest just being somewhere quiet and playing on her own or with me or Tatus. I wonder if you will help Lily come out of her shell a bit and be more comfortable around other kids as you get older. She's already really good about playing with you, sharing most toys, and giving you toys when they are all out of your reach.
Another not so great aspect of your grabbiness is that you love to grab skin, too. I never thought of my neck as "flabby" at all, but if there is any loose skin near you, you'll find it, and you'll grab it and squeeze it. Ouch! :)
These past 2 months we've also seen you pushing yourself up onto your hands and knees and, more recently, scooting backwards the length of the living room floor. I have a feeling crawling is just around the corner! I'm really wondering what Lily is going to think once you are walking and obviously not a baby anymore.
Talking is something you've started enjoying recently as well. I remember Lily's first sounds were "mamamamamama". Yours are "tatatatata" or "dadadadada". Evening is your most talkative time. Often you'll sit with Tatus and alternate talking and going really high-pitched with your "dadadas" and then you make this raspy rawr noise where you sound like a little a little monster that cracks us up every time.
You've become so much more interactive recently, and sometimes I feel guilty because I feel like I'm not giving you or Lily the amount of one-on-one attention you both deserve. But maybe learning to share Mommy like you both share your toys is a good lesson to learn. Neither of you seem unhappy with the way things are currently going, so maybe I just need to convince myself that I'm doing the best I can, and that it is good enough. :)
Recently, Tatus has started standing you up in front of the couch and you hold on and stand independently for a few minutes at a time. You're always watching Lily as she's on the move and I know you just can't wait till the day when you can let go of that couch and run after her.
I love you, my little Woochieslawek,
Mommy
So much has been happening in the last 2 months that I've only had time to write down little notes... but here, finally, is a little 2-month update!
Your nickname of Woochie has pretty much stuck. Even Babcia, Dziadek and Gran call you this now. Grampa seems to be the only one to still call you Lukasz. :) And sometimes when your Tatus and I are feeling goofy, we add little Polish word endings to Woochie, and you become Woochieslaw or Woochieslawek or we call to you "Woochieslaweczku" (Woochie-swav-etch-ku). I wonder what you are going to think of this! :)
You have been showing signs of teething for the looooooongest time, drooling, chewing on anything and everything that comes near your mouth. Your feet are your favourite though. Finally, just a few days ago, your first tooth arrived! I think it's taking you some getting used to because it's pretty sharp. But I'm sure you'll be chewing on steaks in no time. You haven't seemed too interested in pureed solid foods, and Gran says if you could talk you'd be saying "I don't have time for this mush, bring on the steak!"
You've also become very grabby in the last couple of months, with October being the month where you finally mastered sitting up on your own and now you can occupy yourself for a long time if there are toys within reach that you can grab and bring to your mouth. You like it best of course when Lily and I are there playing with you. You are very very sociable, and are definitely happiest when there are lots of people around. (Just like your Ciocia Natalya, with whom you share your birthday!) Lily is the opposite, she's happiest just being somewhere quiet and playing on her own or with me or Tatus. I wonder if you will help Lily come out of her shell a bit and be more comfortable around other kids as you get older. She's already really good about playing with you, sharing most toys, and giving you toys when they are all out of your reach.
Another not so great aspect of your grabbiness is that you love to grab skin, too. I never thought of my neck as "flabby" at all, but if there is any loose skin near you, you'll find it, and you'll grab it and squeeze it. Ouch! :)
These past 2 months we've also seen you pushing yourself up onto your hands and knees and, more recently, scooting backwards the length of the living room floor. I have a feeling crawling is just around the corner! I'm really wondering what Lily is going to think once you are walking and obviously not a baby anymore.
Talking is something you've started enjoying recently as well. I remember Lily's first sounds were "mamamamamama". Yours are "tatatatata" or "dadadadada". Evening is your most talkative time. Often you'll sit with Tatus and alternate talking and going really high-pitched with your "dadadas" and then you make this raspy rawr noise where you sound like a little a little monster that cracks us up every time.
You've become so much more interactive recently, and sometimes I feel guilty because I feel like I'm not giving you or Lily the amount of one-on-one attention you both deserve. But maybe learning to share Mommy like you both share your toys is a good lesson to learn. Neither of you seem unhappy with the way things are currently going, so maybe I just need to convince myself that I'm doing the best I can, and that it is good enough. :)
Recently, Tatus has started standing you up in front of the couch and you hold on and stand independently for a few minutes at a time. You're always watching Lily as she's on the move and I know you just can't wait till the day when you can let go of that couch and run after her.
I love you, my little Woochieslawek,
Mommy
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Sharing!!
Our apartment has recently kind of exploded with toys. Not that we have a lot of new ones, I've been very good at resisting the temptation to buy them every cute thing I see... but we have held on to all of Lily's baby toys and Lukasz is now playing with them.
Lily, you are 2 now, so I expected some possessiveness when it came to your toys and crayons. Sure enough, you somehow figured out how to say "mine, not yours", although it sounds more like "mine yours" when you say it. :)
When Tatus was growing up, the toys that he and Wujek Daniel had were theirs. They shared almost everything, although I remember hearing that Babcia did make them little treasure chests where they could hide things of their own.
Now, there are some things that are yours, like your babies and your Madeline doll and certain books that I hope will always be special to you. And there are certain things that are Lukasz's, like the stuffed animals in his bed and his bouncy chair. It's cute to see you cuddle Lukasz's bear or his lion, because you inevitably put them right back in his bed when you are done.
For the most part when it comes to toys (like the building blocks and the cars and the little toy piano and the shape sorter) I'm hoping that you accept that some of them are going to be both yours and Lukasz's. They are toys that are really much more fun if they are shared.
Lily, you are 2 now, so I expected some possessiveness when it came to your toys and crayons. Sure enough, you somehow figured out how to say "mine, not yours", although it sounds more like "mine yours" when you say it. :)
When Tatus was growing up, the toys that he and Wujek Daniel had were theirs. They shared almost everything, although I remember hearing that Babcia did make them little treasure chests where they could hide things of their own.
Now, there are some things that are yours, like your babies and your Madeline doll and certain books that I hope will always be special to you. And there are certain things that are Lukasz's, like the stuffed animals in his bed and his bouncy chair. It's cute to see you cuddle Lukasz's bear or his lion, because you inevitably put them right back in his bed when you are done.
For the most part when it comes to toys (like the building blocks and the cars and the little toy piano and the shape sorter) I'm hoping that you accept that some of them are going to be both yours and Lukasz's. They are toys that are really much more fun if they are shared.
So you were playing this afternoon in the living room among an avalanche of toys, and Lukasz was watching you play as he sat in his Bumbo. His toys were all out of his reach, so I asked you to give him some toys. To my surprise, you started sharing your blocks with him! 
He was pretty pleased with that, and so was I!
He was pretty pleased with that, and so was I!
You are such a wonderful big sister!
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