Somehow at the end of last summer, Aidan’s baseball tee got broken and we didn’t bother replacing it over the winter. I just went out this weekend and got him a new one. Not thinking he would have major league skills, we were letting him have at it inside. Check out the video. It is about 40 seconds and about midway through he really drills a couple and catches Mommy really off guard.
Oh…and do let it run until the end. In the last few seconds he can be heard saying “Love you” to me. I will keep this video forever.
You know the jingle. :-) Aidan was having an afternoon snack just now and it occurred to me that he should be able to dunk his Oreos just like we do. So I poured some of his milk from his sippy cup into a regular glass and let him at it. He was great at dunking! He did decide that one cookie deserved a full dunk!
Then something completely unplanned and unexpected happened. Aidan put both his hands around the glass and drank perfectly from it! I was so glad I had decided to take a picture of his dunking adventure and had the camera for this occasion!
I successfully stifled anything inside me that was worrying about a mess or a broken glass and just enjoyed watching him. He was actually quite masterful.
Aidan, thanks for yet another reminder of why I love being your mom.
This is one of those areas that a first time parent really questions, I think. Is my child ready to be potty trained? I think Aidan is exhibiting a lot of signs, but feel really unsure of how to proceed.
He has been able to tell us for a while now when he is going. He has been searching out a private place to have bowel movements for a while as well. In just the last week, he now goes into his room and shuts the door to do it. We stayed at a hotel for my sister’s college graduation last weekend and he seemed very fearful of the force and loudness of that particular toilet’s flushing.
He is doing LOTS of emulating Brandon. He wants his hair like Daddy, he is constantly putting on Brandon’s shoes, and last week started putting Brandon’s belt around his waist when Brandon comes home from work and changes.
So I see the opportunity, but I just don’t know how hard to push it. He has had a potty chair in his bathroom for a while but hasn’t really tried it out much. Our friend Catherine suggested that maybe if he is so into emulating Daddy, that one of those kid seats that you put on the regular toilet is a better option.
So, we now have both. This morning he wanted to try to sit on the kid seat for a few minutes, but nothing happened. He didn’t seem scared, but he just talked A LOT about the toilet. How the potty gets flushed down the hole and such.
Ok, moms…how should I handle this? Slow and easy and let him guide or try to give him more of a push toward it?
