Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. In today's video I'm going to be talking about Jackson
at two years old. He is two today, so I thought I would talk about his progress and what he's
been up to because I have documented his whole life, all of his updates, since I was pregnant
and then I used to do updates when he was a newborn and month by month. So if you have
a different aged baby, I will also link all of his previous updates in the description
down below and if you have followed along all that time with Jackson, I just want to
say a massive thank you. I feel like so many of you guys know him really well. I had some
lovely, heartfelt messages on Instagram and email as well just saying how people feel
like they're like an aunt to him because they just know him so well and they followed along
his whole life.
So yeah, so today I'm going to talk about what he's been up to at the age of two and
as you can see, he's not actually in the video with me because he's a two-year-old. He doesn't
want to sit here in front of the camera. So he is downstairs playing with Matt but I'm
going to talk about what he's been up to and also put in loads of video and cutaways so
that you can see what he's looking like, what he likes to play with, and stuff like that.
So for his two year celebration, we had a little party in a café in our town. I wasn't
going to do anything major for his birthday but then his two older brothers kept asking
what party Jackson was going to have but it was actually really nice. We had a cake and
balloons and some of our closest friends and he was so excited when we sang happy birthday
and stuff. So he had a really, really good time and he's got some lovely gifts which
I will talk about in a minute.
But the biggest change at the age of two is that Jackson has started nursery. So months,
and months, and months ago, I thought when Jackson's two, I think I'll be ready for him
to do a tiny bit of nursery so I signed him up ages ago and it's come around so quickly
but he officially started this week. So before he started, he had four settling in visits
where you basically just go and play. He gets to know his key worker and the people there
and then yeah. He's doing two mornings a week. So he can stay for three or four hours but
at the moment just to get him used to it, we've left him for like two hours and then
for three hours but to be honest, he's really enjoying it. I have gotten Matt to do the
drop offs because I really struggle to drop him off. So I think it'll be better if Matt
does it for now and yeah, he hasn't really cried. Matt said he gets a bit tearful, hangs
on to his blanket which is his comforter, but then he goes over to the girls quite easily
and they say he plays really well when he's there. He's not eating very well there but
I'm sure that will come and he's only going for a morning. So the two older boys went
for full days because I was back at work in an office.
So hopefully he's going to continue to enjoy that and learn a lot and have some fun with
some friends that are his own age. Because he's got two older brothers, we just tend
to hangout with them and their friends. So he hasn't really got any friends that are
his age. So hopefully this will be really, really good for him and his development.
In terms of sleep, Jackson is still a very good sleeper. He actually enjoys going to
bed which was a shock to me because his two older brothers just didn't sleep as well as
he does. So he's still in a cot and I tend to put him to bed at about 6:30 PM which I
know is really early but his nap is a bit shorter now and he's so tired by then and
it helps me out. If I can put him to bed at 6:30, then I can put his four year old brother
to bed at 7:00 PM. So I put him to bed at 6:30 and then he will wake up at about 6:30
AM. So he sleeps right through. I put him down sleepy but awake and he has this fluffy
blanket that he needs to hold and he still sleeps in a sleeping bag and as I said, in
his cot. I am not taking him out of his cot until I absolutely have to. With the other
boys I remember putting them into a big boy bed when they started to climb out of the
cot because that could be a bit dangerous but if he's sleeping well in that cot I will
literally keep him in there until he's like 18 years old if he's not going to hurt himself.
So yeah, sleep is really good. In terms of food, he's definitely getting more fussy.
He was such a good eater as a baby. I feel like it got a bit worse after we'd been on
holiday. Because he didn't always like what was on the buffet, we would turn to things
like pizza, chips, sandwiches, things we knew he would eat and I feel like it's been harder
since then. He still loves fruit. He likes some veg but he prefers veg in pouch forms
still. He would rather suck down a veggie pouch rather than eat broccoli but he's really
good with breakfast and lunch as well but I feel like with dinner he could take or leave
it. He's not that bothered.
His speech is really coming along as well and he can string together little sentences
now. So he can say things like where's daddy gone? Or put it in the bin. He says things
like that and he can take instruction. So if I was to give him an empty yogurt put or
something and say put it in the bin, he will go and do that. So that's really cute. He
seems to be growing up so, so quickly.
Turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle, turtle.
What can you see?
And with that, he is starting to have a few tiny little tantrums. Like nothing major,
they're like tiny little ones but he has laid on the floor now a few times or he'll go like
this. He will just pretend to cry and do this and he is really sensitive. If I ever tell
him no, because he has gone through a phase of hitting his brothers, which I don't blame
him. He's probably had worse for them. So now he'll go up to them and just hit them
for no reason and if I say no, Jackson, he goes like that and just really, really cries.
So he's very sensitive.
He loves singing and dancing and anything physical. He loves climbing, going down the
slide, going to soft plays. In that sense, I think he is like a typical boisterous boy
who needs to run around. We also got him a little scooter for his birthday because he
loves his brothers' ones. So we got him one that has like a toddler setting and so far
he is doing okay on that. We're trying to teach him how to use it but he's really enjoying
that.
He also loves playing with toys like his Play Max which are basically little tiles that
magnet together. So we build towers with that. He knocks them down. We also got him this
little Peppa House for his birthday and he really enjoys playing with little characters.
There's a door on it and he just knocks on the door and keeps putting little characters
in the house and that's really, really cute and seems to keep him really busy.
He also loves playing outside and for his main birthday present, we got him the most
cute mud kitchen. So it has three bowls on it. We got the largest size that you can get
because we think that all three of the boys will probably play out there with it. But
we noticed that he loved kitchens and stuff like that whenever we were at soft plays.
So we thought this would be fun and it can sit outside as well so it will get him outdoors,
playing with mud and dirt and sticks and stuff like that. So it's really cute. I will link
all of the birthday presents in the descriptions if you want to check them out.
He also really loves those little wooden puzzles that you get. So we have one that he particularly
loves which has shapes on it and he can tell you what every shape is. Even like hexagon,
pentagon, oval, rectangle. He can say all of them and he really loves them.
Where is the hexagon?
Good boy! You got it!
His obsession with shapes started when he started watching Mr. Maker and the dancing
shapes in that and one of his favorite birthday presents that we got him were these soft Mr.
Maker shapes that I found on Amazon and they also sing. He really, really likes playing
with those. So he could tell you all the shapes, he can tell you quite a few colors now as
well and quite a few numbers as well.
He also has a few favorite movies. He really likes the movie Sing and Coco as well and
I think he likes those because of the music that's in them. He also likes Zootropolis
and in terms of TV shows, he only really likes Peppa Pig and Ben and Holly but he doesn't
really want to sit down and watch TV. I feel like he's too busy to do that. Those are the
only things that really keep his attention for more than five or ten minutes.
He's also, what else can I tell you? He's also still in pull ups but he has started
showing a little bit of an interest in the toilet and watching his brothers go to the
toilet and he's said a few times now, wee when he's done a wee. So I think he might
potty train quite young because Fraser was similar to that. He started telling me and
then he started taking off his nappy when he'd had a wee. So because he's kind of said
that a couple of times, I've got our potty out from the garage. I've saved it for every
boy. So I've just brought that out and put it in and amongst where he plays and he has
taken an interest in it. He's looked at it a few times. So I think if it's there and
he starts to get comfortable with it and we just talk about the potty, then hopefully
that will set him up well for potty training which I'm sure will happen in about six months
or so.
In terms of looks, Jackson still has his dark curly hair. We have had his hair cut three
times and I was worried that the curls would go but it looks like the curls are very much
here to stay. So that's cool. He's also still got his big blue eyes and I know I'm him mum
and I'm totally biased but he's very handsome. Obviously I would say that.
In terms of weight, I made him stand on my scales this morning to see how much he weighed
and he was nearly two stone which is about 28 pounds and I would say he's like an average
build. He's not very tall, not very short. He's just pretty normal for his age and he's
in two to three year clothing. So he's, you know, sort of where he should be.
And yeah, in terms of his character, he's a very good boy. He's very relaxed. I guess
being the third child, he hasn't really got a choice. He kind of gets dragged here, there,
and everywhere. He's also traveled quite a lot with us. He's been on lots of flights
and he seems to take them in his stride and adjust to a change in his routine very well.
I just want to say I'm so proud to be his mummy. He's such a sweet boy and obviously
we just love him so much and thank you to you guys for following along. I feel like
this is like the end of an ear. I feel like this is like my last baby update because he's
like a toddler now.
And on that note, so many of you guys have commented, oh, need to have a fourth baby
and stuff like that but I think he is our last baby. Well I flip between wanting another
and then sometimes thinking oh no, like three is quite a lot. Like we went on holiday this
summer and we had moments when I was like this is really full on and Fraser, his eldest
brother, has just started in juniors and the schoolwork is getting, you know, like he's
going to need quite a lot of help with that. Caleb's in reception now and they all have
like a million clubs every weekend and parties and stuff and I just feel like I don't even
know if I could split myself again if I had four. So I think that this is our last baby
but it makes me really sad saying that because I've kind of made, you know, made myself a
mum for the past seven or eight years.
So it will be an adjustment for me. Like focusing on myself now that they're getting older but
yes, I think that's it. I'm just rambling now. So I'm going to go. Thank you so much
for watching. I feel emotional now. Bye! Maybe we'll get a dog or something.