Do the Drew

What has my Drewbie been up to lately? Wouldn’t you just love to know?! Here are a few little snippets of the life of Andrew and his daily happenings!

Hide and seek is a new favorite. I hide…he comes to find me…I scare him….he screams and laughs….he wants to hide and of course he hides in the same place he just found me! I love games with a three year old.

Andrew bit me the other night when I was putting him to bed. I always since to him and end with the same song and he knows it is kiss and then bed. Well, he must have been in a trance chewing on his monkey because when I was done singing he looked up to kiss me and bit my lip!! I startled me, which in turn startled him. It then took another five minutes to get him calmed down. It was pretty funny!

He loves when I “tickle” his back, arms, and legs when singing him to sleep. I just run my hands down his back, neck, legs, etc…It is more of a sensory therapy thing, but he likes it and thinks it is fun, but I can tell it really relaxes him as well. I am coming to really love and cherish the little moments we have together one on one at night before bed.

Last week he had tubes put in his ears because of his chronic ear infections. The put some good smelly stuff inside the little mask he had to wear to put him to sleep….and of course only my son said “ICK” when he smelled the cotton candy flavor they put in there. Nice!

He is on this kitty and doggie kick these days. He loves to get down on all floors and meow and bark the day away. He follows me around doing this waiting for me to tell him what a cute kitty or doggie he is. I love the way his imagination is developing these days. He is getting to be so big!

His favorite foods these days are chips, pudding, ice cream (depending on the day), chocolate, and shakes. Sounds healthy doesn’t it?! Anything to get some calories in the little man. We do make his pudding with cream or half and half….and he will eat toast, bread (this was a big deal!), cheese cubes, blueberries, and hashbrowns. We have gotten creative on introducing new foods and helping him tolerate them better and he is doing great! It is amazing what a little one on one time and fun and games while eating can do for him.

As I say often, time goes by too quickly. I am just enjoying my Drew each and every day (at least I try to). He is one special kiddo and I am so grateful to be his mommy.