Beating the Heat

After a week of 90+ degree weather, I decided to stop at Walgreens and pick up a kiddie pool for Dexter.

Literary Appetite

We've been reading to Dexter since the very beginning. When he first noticed the books, he wanted to eat them. Didn't matter what the story was, didn't matter what the pictures looked like, didn't matter what the book's texture was - it was going in his mouth. Last night, for the very first time, Dexter look at specific pictures in the book as I read it. He reached out to touch the pictures on the pages but didn't once try to eat it. Same thing tonight! Let's hope this is the beginning of his true literary appetite.

Walk a Mile in Daddy's Shoes

Not really walking. Not really a mile.

Good Karma

After learning about a family friend who suffered a stroke in Jamaica and needed medical transport back to the US that would not be covered by insurance, Dexter's cousin Riley (4 years old) held a fundraising bake sale during my sister and brother-in-law's yard sale last week. She raised $200! I created a link to the local newpaper article (scroll down to the left) that has a short article and picture. We are so proud of you, Riley.

Mission Accomplished

Even though Dexter had transitioned to his crib for nighttime sleeping long ago, we continued to use the swing for naps. Part of this was that it worked so well and part of it was that we hadn't established a real nap schedule for him, just put him in the swing when he looked tired. Well, a couple of months ago, we started establishing a nap schedule (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) and tried to put him in the crib but it was a miserable failure. We were concerned that Dexter would never get a nap and we would never get a break so we went back to the swing but at established nap times. Then we tried again to move him to crib for naps and he wasn't having any of it. Around this time, Madoka mentioned that she learned that babies experience even small transitions as big disruptions and Ben's sister, Steph, suggested we first move the swing next to his crib for a little bit. So that's what we did for a couple of weeks. Saturday, we finally made the final transition to "regular naps in the crib" and moved the swing into storage. Dexter didn't do much napping on Saturday (just a bunch of screaming), there were vehement nap-time protests on Sunday but he eventually fell asleep, and he only put up minor protests yesterday. Today, I am thrilled to say that he has gone down for both naps in his crib without a fuss and slept like a baby.

Encore Performance

At Rosemary's request...more drinking from a cup (in his Bootsy "Star Child" get-up)!

Father's Day Car Show

After giving Ben breakfast in bed, we went to the annual Fathers Day Car Show in Lyons.