Xander continues to develop along the Vinny path. He just discovered he can reach the light switches, so it's been On-Off, On-Off, On-Off. On-Off. You get the idea. He also loves to pull the power cord out of my laptop and put it back in. Finally, this morning I discovered he also knows how to charge up my cell phone.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Strangest Thing in a Sippy Cup
Until today, the strangest beverage I've put in a sippy cup was seltzer. Which, by the way, I don't recommend, as it manages to fizz its way through the airhole. Today, at Xander's insistence, I put in V-8. And boy did he guzzle it down. I even had to refill it.
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Xander continues to develop along the Vinny path. He just discovered he can reach the light switches, so it's been On-Off, On-Off, On-Off. On-Off. You get the idea. He also loves to pull the power cord out of my laptop and put it back in. Finally, this morning I discovered he also knows how to charge up my cell phone.
Xander continues to develop along the Vinny path. He just discovered he can reach the light switches, so it's been On-Off, On-Off, On-Off. On-Off. You get the idea. He also loves to pull the power cord out of my laptop and put it back in. Finally, this morning I discovered he also knows how to charge up my cell phone.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Xander: 1 ; Daycare: 0
It took only 5 days for Xander's first daycare experience to end in dismal failure.
Day 1: Went well what with the novelty and not realizing Mommy was leaving him there for 5 hours.
Day 2: Realized Mommy was leaving him for 5 hours, cried pitifully but allowed himself to be comforted.
Day 3: Disastrous attempt to leave him there for his nap. Stayed only 2 1/4 hours.
Day 4: Cried for most of 5 hours, except when daycare lady was holding him.
Day 5: After an hour and a half, daycare lady called to say it wasn't going to work and could I come get him.
He was so happy when Hari brought him home, as if to say, "I won. Nyah nyah nyah."
However, what he doesn't know is that I called the YWCA and put him on the wait-list for their daycare program. I'm hoping that with a bunch of kids and very experienced employees, and with a minuscule amount of daycare experience under his belt, that this will work out better.
Now the question is, will I be able to get any work done until a spot opens up for him?
Day 1: Went well what with the novelty and not realizing Mommy was leaving him there for 5 hours.
Day 2: Realized Mommy was leaving him for 5 hours, cried pitifully but allowed himself to be comforted.
Day 3: Disastrous attempt to leave him there for his nap. Stayed only 2 1/4 hours.
Day 4: Cried for most of 5 hours, except when daycare lady was holding him.
Day 5: After an hour and a half, daycare lady called to say it wasn't going to work and could I come get him.
He was so happy when Hari brought him home, as if to say, "I won. Nyah nyah nyah."
However, what he doesn't know is that I called the YWCA and put him on the wait-list for their daycare program. I'm hoping that with a bunch of kids and very experienced employees, and with a minuscule amount of daycare experience under his belt, that this will work out better.
Now the question is, will I be able to get any work done until a spot opens up for him?
Monday, September 22, 2008
Mr. OCD
I've joked to several people that Xander has OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). He gets upset if a fingernail rips and starts to come off. If he gets a little bit of dirt on his fingers, he holds them up to me to clean off. I made the mistake once of letting him get a stamp on his hand after gymnastics class, and he spent the rest of the day trying to rub it off (I now get the stamps on his feet so he still gets them, but I can cover them up with socks).
Well, today clumsy Mommy knocked over the sand art Jessica made yesterday at KidsArt. We'd had it for less than 24 hours before Mommy broke it (but that's another issue). This was right before we were rushing to get Jessica off to preschool. Now it's afternoon and I haven't cleaned up the sand yet. Xander spied it on the floor, pointed it out to me kind of anxiously, then went to the drawer where we keep the dish rags, brought one over and immediately tried to clean it up with the dishrag. Sadly, it only made a bigger mess but I guess it's the effort that counts.
Well, today clumsy Mommy knocked over the sand art Jessica made yesterday at KidsArt. We'd had it for less than 24 hours before Mommy broke it (but that's another issue). This was right before we were rushing to get Jessica off to preschool. Now it's afternoon and I haven't cleaned up the sand yet. Xander spied it on the floor, pointed it out to me kind of anxiously, then went to the drawer where we keep the dish rags, brought one over and immediately tried to clean it up with the dishrag. Sadly, it only made a bigger mess but I guess it's the effort that counts.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Chase! It's fun!
Xander likes to play Chase. When I'm the Chaser and he's the Chasee. His favorite time to play it is diaper changing time! It used to be that I could just sit on the floor with a clean diaper, call him over, and he'd come. Then he started getting wise to it, so I would hide the diaper changing paraphernalia behind me, hold open my arms and call "Kisses!" He would come over for kisses and I'd snatch up him and change his diaper.
He's way wise to that now. Now, every time he sees me on the floor with a clean diaper, he looks at me, smiles and runs as fast as he can away from me. It doesn't matter how badly he needs his diaper changed. This is obviously not a kid who's interested in potty training.
He's way wise to that now. Now, every time he sees me on the floor with a clean diaper, he looks at me, smiles and runs as fast as he can away from me. It doesn't matter how badly he needs his diaper changed. This is obviously not a kid who's interested in potty training.
The Kevin Look
I'm a bit afraid to say this, but independently, Hari and I both noticed that Xander has what we now call The Kevin Look. When he gets mad about something, he has this way of squinting his eyes and he looks so much like his cousin Kevin. Hopefully, behaviour-wise, this will be the only similarity.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Quick study
Today's is Xander's second day of daycare. He's being watched by a woman who lives about a half mile away. Tuesday was his first day. He did pretty well when I dropped him off. He was looking around the house, taking it all in. I didn't hear any screaming when I left the house. And the report was that he had done well, no crying and had played with Noreen's 2 year old son.
Today he remembered that I left him there for 5 hours on Tuesday. I tried to put him down. He cried. I picked him up for one last hug before leaving. He immediately stopped crying and said "Bye" to Noreen. I had to break the news to him that he wasn't leaving, I was. I handed him off to Noreen and left. I remember how a quick good-bye always worked best with Jessica. I hope it works for him.
Today he remembered that I left him there for 5 hours on Tuesday. I tried to put him down. He cried. I picked him up for one last hug before leaving. He immediately stopped crying and said "Bye" to Noreen. I had to break the news to him that he wasn't leaving, I was. I handed him off to Noreen and left. I remember how a quick good-bye always worked best with Jessica. I hope it works for him.
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