kenny's latest achievements
Kenny is growing more and more independent these days and can do a number of things for himself. For instance...
Mr. Man has finally mastered the art of climbing into bed, which means he can now come and go in his room as he pleases. I showed him how to place his foot in between the mattresses of his bed and push himself up. It took a few tries, and quite a bit of frustrated yelling, but he got it. Of course, this also means that he can now get out of bed in the middle of the night to grab toys if he so chooses without worrying about having to sleep on the floor. Not that he's done this. But he could. And that's the kind of thing that keeps me up at night: worrying about what the boy could be doing.
Kenny now knows how to open his CD player, get a new CD from the drawer in his dresser, switch out the discs and press play. He also knows to flip the switch to "ON" so that he can actually hear something. While this has resulted in an increase in CD scratches, on the whole it's going pretty well. Especially since he doesn't know to grab CDs from the basement where Daddy's library of music is contained.
While we still pick out Kenny's clothes for him, he can put a lot of things on himself these days. In addition to his underpants, pants and shirt, Kenny can put on his jacket and shoes. The jacket is fun, as he employs the upside-down-from-the-floor technique, where you lay the jacket down on the ground, facing away from him. He then puts his arms through the sleeves and flips the jacket up over his head and onto his back.
Kenny is also getting more versatile around the kitchen. At daycare he has been known to make his own sandwiches and he helps put his dirty dishes in the sink. Overboard and I haven't tried letting him make meals at home yet, but we have started asking that he hand us his dishes to place in the sink (which is still somewhat out of reach). Sadie is trying to get in on this too, and has been encouraging Kenny to pass her his dishes, especially the ones that still have leftover food on them.
Mr. Man has finally mastered the art of climbing into bed, which means he can now come and go in his room as he pleases. I showed him how to place his foot in between the mattresses of his bed and push himself up. It took a few tries, and quite a bit of frustrated yelling, but he got it. Of course, this also means that he can now get out of bed in the middle of the night to grab toys if he so chooses without worrying about having to sleep on the floor. Not that he's done this. But he could. And that's the kind of thing that keeps me up at night: worrying about what the boy could be doing.
Kenny now knows how to open his CD player, get a new CD from the drawer in his dresser, switch out the discs and press play. He also knows to flip the switch to "ON" so that he can actually hear something. While this has resulted in an increase in CD scratches, on the whole it's going pretty well. Especially since he doesn't know to grab CDs from the basement where Daddy's library of music is contained.
While we still pick out Kenny's clothes for him, he can put a lot of things on himself these days. In addition to his underpants, pants and shirt, Kenny can put on his jacket and shoes. The jacket is fun, as he employs the upside-down-from-the-floor technique, where you lay the jacket down on the ground, facing away from him. He then puts his arms through the sleeves and flips the jacket up over his head and onto his back.
Kenny is also getting more versatile around the kitchen. At daycare he has been known to make his own sandwiches and he helps put his dirty dishes in the sink. Overboard and I haven't tried letting him make meals at home yet, but we have started asking that he hand us his dishes to place in the sink (which is still somewhat out of reach). Sadie is trying to get in on this too, and has been encouraging Kenny to pass her his dishes, especially the ones that still have leftover food on them.
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