Into the Terrible Two’s

28Jun10

Conor and Keira have finally turned 2!  And so far so good.  We had almost 30 people over to celebrate their 2nd bday on June 12.  I think that there were 6 two year olds, 2 3 month olds, 2 3 yr olds and 6 kids between the ages of  4 and 7.  THank goodness it was a nice day so kids could play outside.  We rented a bubble blowing machine which was a hit.  Conor and Keira were overwhelmed at first but eventually relaxed.   Neither could figure out the blowing out the candle thing but have now had lots of practice, thanks to a bday gift from Stacey – Melissa & Doug cupcakes.  Shaun and I bought them a wooden kitchen for their birthday but unfortunatly it wont be here till July.  Thank goodness they are only 2 and dont realize there was a gift missing.  Im so thankful that we have a lot of friends w/ kids close the ages of ours.  Makes it easy for playdates and also to get advice from moms on how to handle certain stages as we seem to go through similar issues.

This past week Conor and Keira had their 24 mo assessment.  They did very well on fine & gross  motor skills.  Conor did well on the social aspect but poorly on communication.  Keira wasnt good on social and was borderline w/ her communication.  She is poor on the social due to some of her shyness and she wouldnt do a lot of what infant development wanted her to do but I know that she can do it.  So they have both been referred to speech therapy.  Its not surprising that they are behind.  Keira is better at it.  She has started saying more words though she doesnt string any together.  Conor seems to be all vowels and no consenents.  Its not at a critical point yet but we dont want it to affect his self esteem or social abilities.  Plus soon Im sure he will start to become very frusterated b/c of it which can cause behavioural problems.  Im actually looking forward to it.  Im curious to see what they do to get them to talk. Im sure there will be a lot of exercises for us to do at home. 

Their big beds should be here in the next 2 weeks.  I prob wont move Keira into hers right away but might w/ Conor.  We will see how it goes.  Maybe I’ll wait til after my friend Alana and her family visit so Im awake to visit w/ them.  Keira has become very jealous of Conor and has to have everything that he is.  Thankfully Conor is very good at sharing.  Something that we are workin gon w/ Keira.  We go out everyday to a park or for a walk.  Have to get them outside of the house to burn off some of that energy!  Luckily we have some very good parks nearby.

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