Diaper stories

This week Aidan has been doing a lot with language. On Tuesday while he was lying on his diaper changing pad waiting impatiently for Mommy to finish changing his diaper, he said "duh dapah!" (all done, diaper!), and later he repeated "wa dah" ([I]want that) - something he has said before. And on Saturday, he said "hee go" (here you go) as he gave Mommy a cup in the kitchen, and said "da hot" (that's hot) about the hotwater pipe in the corner of our bathroom. It's amazing!

Aidan is also getting unbelievably good at telling Mommy and Daddy what he wants. On Tuesday, when Daddy was waking up, Aidan grabbed a diaper off the night stand, walked into his bedroom, and lay down on his changing pad, indicating without a doubt that he was ready to have his diaper changed! He repeated the performance on Sunday for Mommy when his diaper wasn't even very wet! Mommy and Daddy appreciate his efforts to be so clear with his communication!

On Thursday, Daddy had morning meetings at work, so Mommy took over with Aidan, which she was happy about because it meant that she could go to playgroup with Aidan! The theme of playgroup this week was "the Five Senses." Parents brought things to feel or smell (which also worked for "see"), the kids ate lots of snacks (which worked for "taste"), and Michael played guitar (for "hear"). The "feel" stations were pretty exciting! There were two baby pools - one of dry leaves and one of balls, which the babies had fun spreading all over the recreation room floor. There was also a table of "smells" (cut limes, spices in cheese cloth), a table of non-edible "feels" (sandpaper, cotton balls, texture books), and a whole table was of food-related items, which included flour, rolled oates, rice crispies, cooked spaghetti, and whipped cream, among others. Aidan managed to leave playgroup without being covered entirely with whipped cream and rice crispies, which was pretty amazing to Mommy!

On Sunday, we all took the train down to the Natural History museum, where we had fun exploring the Asian Mammals, Indian Mammals, and Primates exhibits. Aidan was completely calm and good on the train ride down. When we got into the Asian Mammal exhibit, he was so thrilled with it that he just ran from one end of the exhibit to the other over and over again, pointing at the gigantic elephants, lions, and deers, and squeaking with delight. After running circles around a few exhibits, he finally slowed down. But it was (again) a huge success! It's so nice to have such fun and easy family excursions available.