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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Sock Soup Anyone?
Garrick likes to take cups, bowls, or pots that he has pulled out of the cupboards and "cook" with them. He'll stir up air and make me eat it. He in turn eats it as well. His new favorite thing is to go into the laundry room and get any piece of laundry he can find and then in turn bring it to his dish of choice and shove the clothing item inside of it. Sometimes it's shirts, sometimes it's pants, but most often it's socks. Of course he at times chooses items of clothing that are too large for the baby jar or bowl he's using and he get's really upset that it won't fit. He hands it to me like I can fix it, which upsets him even more when I can't. Life of a mother I suppose????
He then will put the sock (for instance) in the pot, hand it to me, and wait for me to pretend to drink it. I of course tell him how yummy it is....don't worry, I have made it a habit to wash my pots and pans right before I use them to avoid the chance of having any underlying sock flavors come out in my cooking.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
No!
Garrick really likes to stand his ground. He tells me "no" about six hundred times a day...and counting! The best is when he knows we are going to take him away from something (like when he goes and tries to eat the dog food), he will yell, "no" and run away from us. Though, when we turn away because we think he's leaving the dog food alone...alas, he is there, trying to get another kibble into his mouth (so gross!).
Also, if I have just upset him because I want to change his diaper or I take scissors away from him (or something else terrible like that) he will sometimes start to cry and yell no at me and run away from me. Then I usually offer him some water by handing him his sippy cup. He will start to grab for it, then remember he is mad. He'll stop himself from taking the cup and you can see the confusion going on in his head, "should I take it from her? I'm mad at her, is this a peace offering? I'm not ready to let her think It's all ok..." He usually then says "no" again and runs only a few steps away. I will then put the water cup down on the ground so he can then slyly pick it up on his own, with no help from me.
It hasn't made a difference how many times I've tried to teach him "yes" he still insists on telling me "no!" I hope this is not a foreshadowing of my life for the next 17 years!
note: as Garrick is extreme with his "no's" he can also be extreme in his love. He'll tackle us (dog included) with hugs and kisses, he'll walk around the house and just start laughing at nothing, he will blow kisses, and started even giving real kisses when you ask for them. So if I'm looking forward to 17 years on "No's" then I should be looking at 17 years mixed with a lot of love and fun too!
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