David and Jonathan Update- Post Surgeries

This is a draft post, that I forgot to publish. So I am posting it, even though it is unfinished and back dating it... Better late than never!  :-)

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These little guys have gone through multiple surgeries... David with his ear tubes and tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy surgery. Jonathan with his umbilical hernia repair and cataract surgeries.  The boys are doing great now!

Ever since David's surgery, he has been chatting up a storm. Give him a picture book, and he starts coming up with babblings for each picture as he points and looks at me. As if he were telling a story about it. He tries so hard to repeat sounds and words, but it's super hard for him to get the sounds right.  He can say all sorts of words, they are just his versions of the word. Like he can say "more", "cracker", "please", "cookie", "milk". the daycare told me he said "na ice" for "not nice" when he saw another child hit someone.

David is super smart and he is just moving right along with his development and learning. He is so loving and is always giving me kisses. He has a strong will, and that overpowers being obedient at times. He makes everything out to being a game, so if I tell him not to go there or touch that, he will do it, smiling and giggling looking at me for my reaction.

Jonathan just had his second cataract surgery 2 weeks ago. He still needs a fidget toy. I thought maybe he would let that go if he could see clearer, but he is always holding a toy and touching it, twirling it, etc.  He still has issues eating. He will feed himself fine with certain foods, like waffles- no problems there. But give him something new- he will take forever to eat, and I will have to step in a help him in some way for each bite. Whether I am repositioning his hands for holding his bowl or utensils, or whether I am reminding him to eat more, or I'm helping him put food on his utensil... I don't want to feed him, but sometimes so much effort is taken verbally or to set Jonathan up to eat, then it will be wasted on him getting a spoonful of "nothing", or just 1 tiny noodle, again and again.... so I end up having to help him.  If Jon is left alone, his brother will finish first and then go and hover over Jon's food and he'll eat it all up. Both boys are doing good putting their plates and utensils in the sink when they are finished.  They both will clap for themselves after doing so- very cute!