And the Beat Goes On.

Turns out eating at the tables isn't much of a problem. He took to it with no real issue. Sometimes he'll sit in his booster, sometimes he wants to sit in your lap or on his knees on a chair, but ultimately he has taken his meals and snacks there, even on the weekend. Now the focus is really turning to discipline. He likes to play in the dog bowl. This is a real problem because the dogs need access to their water and the water is around the corner from the living room through the kitchen, so we have to constantly jump up and run in there to see what he is doing. I don't want to make the house a warren of gates, I want him to learn to listen. As it is, with another baby on the way and money super tight, I just had to purchase a fireplace gate for almost two hundred bucks. We have a wood stove and it's getting cold now and having that kid burned in the process of learning that the wood stove is an owie is NOT something I am ready or willing to deal with, despite my husband's opinion of "I hope he doesn't get burned too badly before he learns". Um, NO. In the winter we have that stove burning all day some days and with two giant dogs running around, it's just not something I want to even begin to deal with. So the stupid dog water and his habit of spitting water- these are the two things that are the major pain in the ass right now. Seems like once you solve one problem, another appears, but hey, that's parenthood and the hardest job in the world (and the best!!).