Sippy Cups

It always seems to be sippy cup feast or famine. When Baz was done with bottles, I bought a new supply of sippies and for a while, it was great- by the time we used them all up, a new batch was clean in the dishwasher. Well, now that Baz is mobile, so are the cups. I don't let the kids carry them around all day ( we don't need any more cavities, although Baz could use a little more weight...), but we do take them along in the car. I've learned to do a second and sometimes third sweep to find the lurkers because they gravitate to the area under the seats. Or between the carseats..that's one I often forget about. And what a lovely thing it is to find a sippy cup full of what used to be milk that has sat in the hot sun all day (or sometimes longer). Ugh. Anyway, we're on the upswing of the cycle now- I have a container overflowing with clean sippy cups, so maybe we can make it through the weekend.

Anya is going through a violent streak lately. I'm sure it's one of those lovely phases of child development, but still thoroughly unpleasant. It usually happens when she's frustrated- Baz is taking a toy from her or George or I told her "no" about something. Her immediate reaction is to lash out and hit/kick whoever is closest to her. Today, she was playing with George and something caused him to tell her to stop or something and she hit him hard. He told her he didn't want to play with her anymore and it hit her hard. She cried a lot of tears and took it seriously. Of course, he then told her that he would play with her again, but only if she didn't hurt him. FTR, 10 minutes later, she was pushing Baz down because he was trying to get on her rocking chair with her. ACK!

Baz's interest in EVERYTHING off limits is escalating. I do remember a time when all Anya did was head for the cat food and water at any opportunity, but he just fixates. He pops the lid off the food and either takes food out or puts toys in. He then moves down to the dispenser part where he grabs handfuls of food and tosses them in the water or onto the floor. The floor isn't SO bad- I keep the broom very handy now, but when it gets into the cats' water, I then have to clean that out, which is a bit of a production. Thank god for child gates.....as long as I remember to put the bar side of it AWAY from the toddler- very important.