Officially a Toddler

Jay will be 17 months old at the end of next week.  He's probably technically been a toddler for awhile now, but we didn't start calling it official until this week.  What changed?  He was moved from the nursery at daycare to one of the toddler rooms.

He had his first full day in the toddler room last Friday.  Aside from a rough drop-off, it went pretty well.  He was not happy to see Justin go that morning though and had two big breakdowns about it.  Poor guys.  He moved to the toddler room with two other children from his nursery and a few from the adjacent nursery.  I found the transition to be bittersweet.  I know he'll love it and thrive on the new activities, but I was sad for him that he was leaving his nursery caretakers and some of his younger friends.  He really liked to play with one younger boy in particular and I was worried he'd miss him.

He's adjusted wonderfully though.  In the toddler room they have a set nap time and all the children sleep on cots.  He gets a fairly good nap on most days.  They keep the children really active with art projects, reading and lots of time on the playground or in the motor room.

Jay's been pretty tired each evening when gets home.  Dinner time can be stressful because he's tired and has absolutely no patience if he has to wait for his food.  He has complete meltdowns sometimes if he has to wait.  We need to figure out how to get him over that, because sometimes it's just not possible to have dinner ready when he walks through the door! 

Here are some recent pictures:

Some other Jay tidbits:
-He has one molar all the way in and another looks like it's trying to make its appearance.
-He's getting good at pointing to his nose, head and ears when we ask where each body part is.
-He still LOVES reading.
-He's saying more words.  He'll ask for a banana (nana) and say thank you.  He's been saying Mama on repeat the past few days.
-He's getting better at eating with a spoon and actually gets a decent amount of food in his mouth :)

Ok, that's all I can think of now.  It's late and Jay did get me up last night.  Not sure what his deal is, but he's woken up twice this week and after I've rocked him for a little bit in the chair, he does not want me to put him back in his crib.  He holds onto my neck so tightly.  So then I rock him a little while longer, but eventually I just have to put him back because I need to get more sleep myself.  Breaks my heart a little.  Hopefully he doesn't do that again tonight!