Toddler Time

Tomorrow, Ceci "graduates" to the Toddler room. Despite her mother's recommedations to move her over a month ago (who me? an over zealous mother?) Ceci is finally transitioning. I'll be glad to have her in with kids older than her again. She absorbs everything the older kids do like a sponge. Plus she'll be with Shawn again, the handsome, strapping young man that he is. I need to add his name to the list of "cool words" she can say.

I've been reading Happiest Toddler on the Block (OK, so I never have time to read any more so I got it on audio and listen at work, sue me) and am shocked and amazed at all the telling things I'm learning about my daughter and her behaviors. Her multiple lovies indicated she's a cautious child and needs familiarity in her life. She needs to assess things before jumping in. This is why she hates Santa and Chuck E Cheese and wouldn't ride the carousel at the zoo. My mom is reading this now saying, "you were the same way when you were little - afraid of everything." Now, I need to figure out how to deal with these apprehensions so she not standing on the sidelines when she's a teenager watching everyone else ride the amusement park rides. Listen on.....