Pomerleau Family Blog: Brandon is 2 years 9 months old! Update on Brandon!

I can't believe I have an almost 3 year old! Only three more months and then Brandon is three. The last year has gone so quickly. Three sounds so much older than two. So much developmentally has happened to Brandon this year looking back. He began preschool with a structured curriculum and teachers and other kids in his classroom. He started off as the youngest by far at only 2 years 2 months and was amongst many 2.5 to 3.5 year olds but did great. He choose to leave the toddler room and go to the preschool room himself and wanted to always be there. He has made several really good friends at school, his favorite one being a little boy named Gavin who just turned three. He seems to be thriving at school and I was told by his teacher that he is very compassionate and caring with the other kids. I also was told by his teacher that Brandon has memorized all the kids shoes and after naps runs and grabs and gives each kid their correct shoes.

Brandon's vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds in the last three months. He talks in complex 7-8 word sentences. He knows thousands of words now. It seems like each day he is saying something new and complex. He is saying stuff like "The sun is down and it is dark outside and it is bed time." He is also saying stuff like, "that is disgusting" when talking about his baby sister's poopy diaper. We are still struggling with potty training. Brandon does not like to be in a poopy diaper but he does not tell us when he has gone and is resistant to going to the bathroom especially when he is busy playing with his toys. I am very hopeful that maybe in the next months while I am home on maternity leave we can really work on getting him potty trained.

Brandon loves to play with imaginary toys. He loves playing with his plastic animal figurines. He has a daddy elephant, a mommy elephant, and a baby elephant his calls Dumbo. He loves the movie Dumbo and he loves Nemo. He has little Nemo figurines that he likes to play with and loves it when one of us is Nemo's daddy. He also plays daily with his train table and his sand table. He loves both of those toys a lot.

Brandon has done way better adjusting to his baby sister than I ever thought he would. He genuinely is interested in her and asks about her first thing in the morning. He loves to kiss and hug his baby sister. Some times he is too interested and has to pat his baby sister while she is sleeping or gets a little too into her face, but for the most part he is very gentle with her. I have made it a point to try to take Brandon out on an excursion every day so he could play and get out of the house. We have gotten together a lot with Brandon's good friend Logan and have gone to the Children's Museum several times, the zoo, parks, and Oaks Park Preschool day. We also frequent the library at least once a week so Brandon can pick out new books and play on the computers. Brandon goes to school twice a week on Wednesday and Thursdays so it is nice that I can have two days a week with just Olivia and Brandon gets to see his friends and keep his school routine.