Much of the weekend was spent like this.
Until he finally had enough.
In between feeling fussy, we did manage to have some fun. We spent a lot of time at playgrounds - including one meetup with Jada and Rose. Grady did some really good exploring. One of his favorite things to do now is to try to climb the rungs on ladders. This usually involves about 10 minutes of putting one leg up, resting on his tummy and kicking both his legs, and then getting back down.
As always, he also likedto experiment with the wood chips.
He also navigated the bouncy bridge at the local elementary school pretty impressively. In fact, he was a bit too cavalier about the whole play structure, which caused me to reassess going back there until he has a better sense of spacial awareness.
Grady also cheered up a bit with bubbles, one of his favorite things to do and say. ("Bub-ooo? Pop!") It is, unfortunately, quite difficult to capture this on camera when you are the one blowing the bubbles and taking the pictures.
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| Pop pop pop! |
And he thought he was quite clever for offering Besa some of his morning snack.
We also managed to get out to see a really fabulous children's musician who was traveling to Portland on tour. (Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players for parents looking for a CD for kids that won't offend parental ears.) Although Grady was at the peak of his fussiness during the show, he did give a big smile when one of the band members brought out a giant puppet.
Other developments this past week. At daycare, Reiko told me that Grady was up on a raised platform playing with a broom. He then took the broom stick and started using it like a flute. Reiko clapped, and Grady completely lit up. He started doing yoga moves, gesticulating, and just generally being a ham. His classmates who were watching clapped him on. Soon after was nap, but instead of falling asleep, Grady and the other boys-still jazzed up from the big show-kept giggling and the boys kept trying to hold his hands. It sounds like it was quite a performance. I'm sorry to have missed it.
Grady's vocabulary continues to expand. He surprises me with thewords he throws out - many of which I haven't actively taught him. For instance, he was going through my purse last night (I know, more to come), pulled out my keys, and said "Keeysh." He also said "hose" when he noticed the garden hose outside yesterday.
He seems to also understand the concept of the number two. A few weeks back, when I went into Grady's bedroom to get him up for the day, Besa followed me in. ("Cat!") Then Fuzz followed and he said "Two!" He's done it enough times now with other objects - most recently, two pieces of cucumber at dinner tonight - that I think it's not coincidence.
Although Grady feeling sick and hot has not been fun, it has been interesting to see how he responds to it --which, unfortunately and unexpectedly to me, is by acting out. For instance, by slapping me whenever I have him on the changing table with his diaper off (leaving me with no exit strategy). I've tried "No." "Stop." "That hurts mommy." Putting him down on the floor after his diaper is back on and leaving the room.... Nothing seems to stop it. I definitely welcome feedback from the moms and dads reading on how to address this. There's also been a lot more "Noo-OOOO" in general, even for things I know he wants to do (taking a bath, eating his cheese, whatever). I'm just hoping this fades as he starts feeling better and it's not an early start to the terrible twos. In any event, I'm hoping to take him in for a sick child visit tomorrow to get him officially diagnosed and on the way to recovery. And Matt is now back, which also makes a big difference!
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