Joey: 4 Years

Joey is four! And what a smart, kind, funny little boy he is. I've noticed a ton of growth in this guy in the past year's time. He is very inquisitive and very observant. It's awesome to watch him process thoughts and ask questions. He loves to laugh and be laughed at. He enjoys nothing more than doing goofy things and people laughing at him. He also loves to be tickled. Anything to just laugh.

Joey continues to love imagination play. He likes to cook food for us in his kitchen, loves to play with his cars and tractors and loves animal figurines. Not only does he walk them around and play with them, but he lines up little animal figures and dinosaurs by color, size, type. He continues to love to have books read to him. He will join in an d"help" me on some of the more familiar books, but enjoys hearing brand new books as well.

In the past six month, Joey transitioned from his toddler bed into a full-sized big boy bed. And boy did we notice a difference! He looks so small in that big bed, but he sleeps SO MUCH BETTER! I don't know if the toddler bed just wasn't big enough, or what the deal was. He truly feels like a big boy in his big bed.

He is really into imagination play - which really livens up playing with cars and dinosaurs. Joey continues to love books. He enjoys being read to. He really enjoys books that focus on specific letters and tell a story with items related to those letters. He loves them so much, he's started to memorize them.

Joey transitioned very well into his toddler bed (several months back) and is potty trained. He will have accidents here and there, but wears underwear daily and Pull-Ups at bedtime.

As far as eating habits are concerned, I think Joey prefers to snack over eating main meals. This is something we're working on. He is doing really well at eating what mama and daddy eat for dinner, although there are some things that he's just not really willing to try. Some of his favorite foods include: sausage, waffles, cookies, ice cream, noodles, strawberries, apples, granola bars.

Joey continues to be good sleeper (most of the time) getting around 11 hours of sleep every night. He is trying really hard to give up naps, but I just don't think we're there yet. He is too cranky if he misses a nap. Some days we can get him to take one (and it will be a 2-3 hour nap every time) and sometimes we can't. He is required to rest for at least one hour every afternoon though. 

Joey is continuing to enjoy preschool and is doing really well, He is learning to write his name, cut, count higher than 10, recognize his letters and much more. 

Here are Joey's four year stats:

Weight: 28 pounds (3rd percentile) 

Height: 38.5 inches tall (15th percentile).