In May, we had our yearly parent/teacher conference at the day care. Elias' teacher mentioned that they were hoping Elias would move up to Toddlers starting at the beginning of June (I think they want to free up a spot in the infant class). We were very surprised. These are the requirements to move to the next class:
Must be walking
Must take one nap a day 12-2 ish
Must nap on a mat (no cribs)
Must drink milk from an opened cup (no bottles)
Must be able to feed himself (no baby food)
In May, Elias was doing none of these. I hate to say it, but he hasn't made much progress. He walks a little bit, but prefers to crawl. They have him napping once a day on a mat, but this makes him very tired when we get home (Elias likes to sleep...takes after his Mommy). He can drink some milk from a cup. He really doesn't like much food that he can feed himself.
We are trying to teach him to use a spoon to eat baby food by himself, hoping that will do. It sure seems like mastering the spoon will take him a long while. One of the other girl's in his class (same age) already moved up. I'm wondering if another girl about 3 months younger is going to beat him too. Matt and I are feeling a bit stressed about it. The pressure is on.
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He's walking more and more every day. I think he's starting to see the benefits. Also, the spoon feeding is coming along a lot better than I thought it would. It's still pretty messy when he eats, but not terrible. That is until he gets bananas in his hair. It's quite funny to Elias, not to dad.
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