Exhaustion

The last week I have been exhausted by 6 pm and I think I have finally decided it has to be because Hudson is wearing me out with all his talking!  It’s constant these days - “Mommy, hear that?”  “Mommy, what’s that?” Mommy, sit here", “Mommy, where Daddy?” etc, etc.  He also tends to repeat every question I ask him, which then means I ask it again and we go back and forth till he gives me an answer or I tell him the answer, then he repeats that.  It’s exhausting!

I noticed this week that he has started using his pronouns – sometimes even correctly!  Things like “Hudson needs wash his hands”  (He wants to wash his hands 10 times a day so he can play in the water!) and “This is yours, this is mine”  (he likes to say that when we eat – pointing to our plates).  He also refers to himself sometimes as I and me and is figuring that out.  It’s crazy to watch him learn and change everyday!

If he’s not talking it’s only because he has food in his mouth.  Well, actually that doesn’t stop him either but he has been eating constantly the last week or so too.  Must be a growth spurt.   He asks for a snack all the time.  Even if we have just finished breakfast, 30 minutes later he’ll want a snack!

Bedtime continues to go well (knock on wood!!).  He still asks for ‘milk’ occasionally but doesn’t get upset when I tell him no.  And he lays right down and goes to sleep.  I cannot even describe to you how much more free time I have now.  Especially on the nights Jamie puts him down.  I can count on one hand the # of times I have not put him to bed for the last 21 months so it’s weird not having to do so every night anymore.  But, inevitably, bedtime is going great so naptimes are a mess again.  Just can’t have it all!