Cute Games We Play

Ddonn asked me the other day what cute thing BooBear was doing these days. Being able to spend more time with him in the morning during break allowed me to hone in on one of his daily games. He likes to play keep away with us whenever we are dressing or undressing him - unless he is upset and crying. The game goes like this - as soon as he realizes that you are trying to put on a sleeve, he will stuff his hand in his mouth and grin. When you have his arm half way down the sleeve, he will again stuff his hand and the fabric in his mouth and laugh. You let him win for a moment, then you resume the dressing process. Once you have his arm through the sleeve, he doesn't want that hand anymore, he wants to other one - the one you want to put in his other sleeve. And we repeat the ritual. Again, he doesn't want his hands now that he is dressed. You play along, and he is thrilled. Recognizing he is trying to play a game with us takes some of the frustration out of the fact that he is slowing down the process.

BooBear's succes for the day: he got his whole big toe in his mouth today during his bath. Good thing I had cleaned his feet first. He had been able to get his little toes in there before, and his sock, but FINALLY he got the big toe. He was pleased. Until he peed in the tub and accidentally shot himself in the eyes. Yeah. Poor kid scared himself. I laughed so loud I scared him too. Probably stung too. And he will probably be mortified someday if he ever learns that I shared this story with the world.