This is where Deo gets his haircut. It is so cool! And this is also the only time he gets to eat lollipops, sometimes even 2 so that the lady and finish his hair.

Deo is such a big boy these days. Breastfeeding is totally over and its weird, I thought he would always remember it and try to do it but it seems he has totally forgotten about it. He is slowly drinking more cows milk, with chocolate or strawberry in it. He drinks juice boxes and water all day and eats big boy meals. Still no veggies though. He sleeps in his bed all by himself, and for so long! He has been sleeping until 11:30 in the morning some days! its is amazing. I never thought these days would come. He sleeps in when the trash truck doesnt come in the morning, being the dumpster is right outside his window and boy is it loud! and he is just obsessed with trucks so he probably gets all excited when he hears it too. He is such a little boy! he absolutely loves trucks, we have bought him new dump trucks and a truck book that he just loves. You can see him reading it in the video, he sits there for so long looking through it!
I miss having a baby though, he is becoming more and more independent and needs me less. I miss being needed. And I miss sleeping with him. Now I really miss my dog because she was always so needy and clingy.
I think I am going to go visit my dad in a couple weeks. I get lonely around here, and its great for Deo to be surrounded by family. My dad wants to take him in the snow and go sledding and stuff. I would like some company too. And I miss my dad and I miss Rupa sooo much! Its funny I feel like Im missing a little part of me without my doggie. But I think it is just some kind of mental thing, like a weird dependancy on her even though she is only a dog. Having her helped me through my depression before and stuff. I am feeling a little depressed lately and I just want to go be with my dog. Its weird. I am going to miss Ilich though and I know he will be lonely here without us.
Deo is talking more and more! He is saying bike, cookie, thirsty, park and more.
He is going to be signed up for Montessori next week to start in sept! I am so excited for him. I made a vow to try to be more patient and educational and teach him good manners lately because I think I just got frazzled out for a little bit...like sometimes you get so drained and lose prospective. I guess I am not superwoman so it is normal for me to get burnt out sometimes.....

I have totally stopped breastfeeding now, and it seems Deo has been "edgy" since then. Like its seems he gets frustrated alot now and screams like a mad man. I don't know if it is related though. I feel more on edge lately too, I am wondering if the hormone changes are affecting me, say like women get post pardum depression after they have the baby, I wonder if im getting some post pardum after breastfeeding problem. It could be a mix of hormone changes and missing that time with Deo, it was a very relaxing time when we nursed. And maybe feeling bad for him that I took it away and that he is no longer my baby....
I am going to the doctor to ask these things soon, and the doctor for him to ask about his nutrition now because I am lucky if I get get him to drink 2 ounces a day of other milk. I know other kids drink like 16 ounces a day of milk or something. i have him taking vitamins which are so nasty and stinky (they are liquid) and he hates them. He is eating a lot more now though, so thats good. But no vegetables! I made a stew today and I am hoping he will eat some veggies that are in there because they have spices on them. He likes his food spiced, and he will absolutely not eat any veggies plain or even in cheese. He did like the veggies once in the Indian restaurant which had curry and other spices on them.
He is doing better at the day care, he still cries when I drop him off but he is okay and playing when I come back. He is usually there with Kai so thats familiar for him too. But Kai beats on him, like grabs his face and his neck and things. I hope the ladies in there pay attention to it because I am always pulling kai off him when we are all hanging out. Deo is bigger than him and could push him right over but Deo is a lover not a fighter.
He slept 3 nights through the night this week so far. I couldn't believe it. I didnt think Deo would ever sleep through the night. On the nights he woke up i gave him a yogurt and let him sleep in my bed. He sleeps in his own room now every night, we read books then I lay him down in his portable crib and he cries a little and goes to sleep.
We took the boys swimming the other day but when we got there we found out the pool's heater was broken. It was way too cold to go in. Deo was all ready in his floating suit as you can see by the pics. Kai thought it was funny when I put that thing on Deo.

Here is Deo on his cell phone looking all suave. We were getting ready to go out to dinner at the tapas restaurant. He was not a good boy there, Ilich didnt even get to eat any dinner. He was better when the Flamenco dancers did the show...but he was still bad.
He has pretty much stopped breastfeeding, we are down to only about once a night. I could probably cut it off totally now but it is really painful for me not to do it. He slept in his room by himself from 10 to 6 last night, wow! He might of slept more but I went and got him because I was in a lot of pain from not feeding him.