This week was all about four new choppers pushing their way into Dylan’s little world and all the pain that the process entails! We’re not over with the teething yet as only two teeth so far seem to have just, just, just barely broken through the gums! Dylan is doing relatively well, I think, but he has been pretty clingy with me which has made it a little more difficult to feel good about leaving him at daycare or the nanny while I go about my work responsibilities.
Dylan also participated in another child development study up at the University. This one was more interesting than the others simply because he got to play and not just passively observe things.
We also ended the week with a nice bday celebration for Tom! Tom and I both had busy weeks at work but, miraculously, we managed to pull the soup prep off.
In the end, we served seven soups: squash, apple and fennel; butternut lemongrass; Asian noodle soup; lentil-bean stew; chestnut soup; wild-rice and cranberry; and a brandied pumpkin dessert soup. We also served the ever-popular vegan Mexican hot chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache and some lychee cupcakes with coconut glaze.
As usual, Dylan had a blast. In fact, when I told him we were having a party, he broke out in a big, wide grin!
The new things this week include saying all three syllables of “banana,” as well as “baby,” “bath,” “bird,” “book,” “down,” “dat dough” (for “vacuum”), “ju” (for “juice”), “baa” (upon seeing pictures of sheep), “mine,” “me,” and signing “drink.” We also discovered he knows (as we just started asking) what his knees, mouth, teeth, cheeks, ears, hair, toes, feet, and nose are. Now he points to pictures and tells us “daddy”, “mommy”, and for him, “me” (he loves the “me” song we learned from Music Together, too)! And, finally, he has been imitating the Elmo in Chicken Suit chicken dance since last night when Cindy gave it to him….It’s very cute.
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