Two and a Half

August is 2.5 years old!

At 2.5 years, August:

Weighs/Measures: 31 lbs (will measure when we get back home)

Loves:

Baseball! Or at least hitting any kind of ball with a bat over and over again:)
Soccer
Cheese
Trucks—loves pointing them out while we’re driving in the car
Cutting with scissors
Following along with sissy
Parroting what you say
Taking wrapper off of crayons
Wrestling with Dada
Tickles
Watching animal shows on TV. Especially loves when the animals attack or fight (Planet Earth etc.)

Dislikes:

Naptime/bedtime for the past two weeks —hoping this is a short phase.
When he takes his shoe off in the car and you can’t put it back on him because you’re driving.
When you point out something while driving that he can’t/didn’t see
Vegetables except cauliflower—but luckily he will eat them if you mix them into whatever he’s eating most of the time.
Fear of missing out on activities

What’s New:

Resisting going to sleep is definitely a new one, as he has always gone down without a fight (see below)
He scares more easily than Scarlett ever did, and I think perhaps a nightmare or something scary he saw may be the culprit for his sudden sleep regression, since I’ve read that can happen around this age.
From what I can tell, all his 2-year molars are fully in (or close to it)
No longer takes being pushed around by Scarlett all the time, fights back when he doesn’t like something
Likes to try to do things himself like brush teeth and open containers (and gets made if you don’t let him do it)
Has been having more two year old type tantrums, especially since his sleep regression
Has been hitting and biting more
Knows when he’s being stinky and likes testing his limits

A few highlights from August’s last few months: