Tayls of Life, Love, & Babies: Oliver Maxwell

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Oliver Maxwell - Age 3!

Our little guy Oliver Max is now three years old! He's still a sweet little boy and has made many strides in the past several months.

He sleeps well at night, 8pm - 7am. He naps a preschool but recently started to not nap at home. He isn't waking at night anymore which is nice!
He started Preschool in November 2015! I had a lot of anxiety about him moving from the toddler room to the big preschool room, but he has done really well and likes it!
He was going pee at school pretty well but wouldn't go in the potty at home stating "I got potty at school" and had never gone #2 in the potty. We were putting off potty training but finally decided to do it early February 2016. We took pull ups away (that he was just peeing in all day anyway) and he did surprisingly well, only having a little accident a couple of times. Going #2 in the potty was quite the struggle.......he had some #2 accidents and would hold it for days at a time. He would do this panicked running in place thing when he had to go......he finally went in the potty for the first time but it still took a week or two for him to get totally comfortable with it. He's a pro now and potty training actually went quite well! He is very interested why mommy "doesn't have to point it down" though....
He loves thrills, he loved the fair rides this summer, water slides, jet ski, 4 wheeler, etc.
He is obsessed with Thomas the Train and that is basically the only thing he wants to wear, play with, get a present, watch on TV. He had a Thomas birthday by request and thought is was the most amazing thing. He got so excited and said "thank you for my decorations, mommy!!!" For Christmas he only asked for "Thomas".
At his yearly allergist appointment in Fall 2015 we found out that he is not allergic to MILK!!! Which is hugely amazing. He has had a couple of little accidents with milk and nothing happened. His skin/blood tests came back really low so we started introducing it.
His favorite things are trains, his tricycle, and puzzles. The kid loves puzzles!
His favorite color seems to be blue and loves wearing sweat pants or pajamas.....when we are home he will randomly come downstairs dressed in his "fuzzy Thomas" (fleece Thomas pajamas)
He doesn't like superheros right now......he calls them all "bad guys"
He did his first class a couple of months ago - preschool basketball class at our gym. He didn't participate the greatest.....he just wanted to shoot baskets the whole time. And when they took turns taking shots for baskets and refused to get back in line until he made the basket.....but he ended up on the gym advertisement for the class with some super cute pictures he took :)
He wears mostly 3t stuff, though many pants are 2t. Quite a few 2t things still fit too.
At 3 years Oliver was 29lbs (21st %) and 36in (17%).