Just another thing I love about my MrMan: his imagination.
Last night, we had, sadly, limp asparagus. MrMan didn't seem to mind. He ate a few spears and then placed one on the table and moved it along while making a hissing sound. His own pet snake.
Lately, he also enjoys making sure his toys get enough to eat and drink. While snacking, he'll put his food to the mouth of any toy animal nearby and make eating sounds. At night, he'll put his sippy cup of water to the mouths of his stuffed animals - moving down the line until he's sure they won't get thirsty in the night.
Speaking of bedtime, the past few nights have been a bit of a battle getting him to go to sleep. Three books aren't enough. Five books aren't enough. Reading the same book four times in a row isn't enough. He just wants to keep reading. I had to laugh when this week's babycenter bulletin was about how to "jump start your toddler's love of reading."
But on the positive side, in the past couple of weeks we've hit a new milestone: MrMan sleeping on his own, most nights, for most of the night. There's still been the occasional joining us at one in the morning. But, for the most part, he sleeps in his own bed and joins us for a little snuggle time before we all get ready for the day, or wakes us up to feed him breakfast. His technique for the latter is to tug on our arms while commanding, "Shoe! Shoe!" since both Sam and I wear slippers around the house. Sometimes he throws in an, "Eat! Eat!" but he usually focuses on the means of getting us to the kitchen, rather than the reason.
Posted by Shokufeh at July 6, 2007 08:54 AMI am so in love with your little boy and I haven't even met him yet.
Posted by: +mojan. at July 8, 2007 02:41 AM