Today was the first time I've spent time alone with The Baby. The Babe took a trip to the movies for the first time with her mom, so that left me alone with the almost-one-year-old for nearly the whole day.
I gotta tell you...I had a blast! And I think she did, too. It was totally different to hang out with her and not have to yell at The Babe to stop pushing her, stop pulling her, stop hitting her on the head...etc.
Instead, she didn't cry at all and we played. And she enjoyed our walk. And she learned. I taught her things! One of them being probably the cutest thing you will ever see.
I'm also in the midst of teaching her a bit of sign language. She knows, but hasn't quite mastered, the sign for "more." At lunch today, I gave her a few peas from my plate and when she was done, she asked for more! My heart melted a little. I tried to get it on video, but it didn't really work, considering I was holding my fork, her spoon, and her baby food jar. I'll try to get it another time...
She's definitely a cool baby.
As much fun as I had today, it left me feeling bad. I realized that I spend most of my time telling The Babe not to do stuff to The Baby. They don't really play well together...so now I need to think of ways to make them play well together. Does that make sense?
I put blocks in front of them, thinking they'll have fun. The Babe creates towers, The Baby knocks them down. Babe yells, probably pushes. Baby cries.
Babe gets out her tea set. Baby grabs a cup. Babe yells, probably pushes (the tea, of course, wasn't done cooking yet!). Baby cries.
Stuff like that. All day.
Personal Baby Time is my favorite! Personal Babe Time is my favorite, too!
It's getting harder and harder to keep up with both at the same time...
Here's hoping I'll be able to figure it out soon.
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