It was Crying Baby Central at our house today. Even though Trevor slept through the night, he was just irritable and tired all day. The slightest little thing would set him off just crying and crying. And when he is feeling emotional, he also is ten times more naughty. Instead of playing with his toys, he tries to crawl back in to Brendan’s equipment or climb things. I had to say “no” far too many times and that just made him worse! He ended up getting a time out this afternoon. He didn’t like it, but it helped.

Brendan was a good baby for the most part. Besides refusing to take a nap unless he is held and rocked, and the fact that he stayed up well past 9PM, he was silly and playful. He is suddenly making big improvements in his tummy time skills.

He sits in his “throne” in the mornings. He was reading his favorite book, “Peek-a-boo Forest”. Then he decided to throw it overboard and see who would get it for him.

That plan was not thought out well!

But he did attract a Trevor!

Trevor will sometimes surprise us and do nice things for Brendan. Usually though, he just pats him on the head like he is one of the dogs.

This time Trevor was distracted by my cereal bowl and spoon and Mommy had to rescue the book.

Brendan loves watching Trevor get in to trouble. I think he is making notes for when he is mobile.

Trevor did projects today and puts away the wrench. He loves his workbench, but today he figured out that he could use it as a ladder to get to the Christmas tree on the counter. He tried to scale the workbench every chance he got. The little orange door in the center flaps down and turns in to a perfect step.

I thought I could occupy the boys with a little art project but they were not so interested in coloring.

Brendan wins and gets the box of crayons. Even Brendan tried to eat crayons.

I did get them to draw some, but it was more a constant battle to keep crayons out of mouths.

“no Trevor, no Trevor, no Trevor, don’t eat crayons, no, no, no”….meltdown

I hope tomorrow has a lot less crying!