The Best Dad Is…Your Mom?
If you don't like your parents' rules, act cute and dial 1-800-GRANDMA.
From all reports, the time with the grandparents was a smashing success. Not only did they feed, change and entertain SFBaby for the entire time, but they also cooked all of the meals and kept the house immaculate. SFBaby was very sad to see them go…and SFMom probably was too, given that SFDad doesn’t usually have dinner ready on the table when she gets home!
We had previously received a (free, thankfully) crazy talking globe. While SFDad was away, SFGrandma would ask the little one: “Where is dada?” Grandma then taught her how to answer the question by spinning the globe around, finding the location where SFDad was, touching it with the stylus, and saying the name.
And it gets better: we have a couple of books that SFBaby loves to read, including one where the character in the book touches or wriggles various body parts. As SFDad read this particular book to the baby this morning, he noticed that she was now doing all of the motions on her own. SFGrandma also somehow trained her not to stand up on the sofa. (SFDad wonders what other tricks SFGrandma was teaching while he was away.)
In other news, we are pretty sure that SFBaby grew an inch or two in the last few weeks. She’s definitely eating enough for two right now, and when SFDad got back from his trip, he found that he no longer had to stoop over to hold the baby’s hand while walking.
With all of this, SFDad is starting to think that the SFGrandma is a better dad than he is…!
Tags: books, boundaries, grandparents, reading, teaching, Travel
my goodness she’s looking like a real little kid now. beautiful curls and lots o’ teeth!