Well, as always, things have been all a-hum up here, mostly with our new weekly routine: Monday gymnastics, Tuesday Music Together, Wednesday library and Friday free-for-all, usually involving some sort of practice with sharing (playdates with Taliana!). We’re still trying to settle into it, I think, and trying hard to get Dylan into daycare in time for nap-time there on Thursdays (limited success so far).
We’re practicing taking turns with stuff which Dylan interprets as practicing saying “mine”. His main competition is Taliana, who is really very much like a sibling — at the end of a day of very contentious sharing, they still love each other! They’re really very sweet!
So, activity time: Dylan has been on the clingy side lately and chooses to stay glued to my side, more in observation mode than anything else! But, despite the fact that he seems to be participating less, he’s clearly absorbing lots! Last week, he signed “stars” for the first time after having just learned it earlier in the day at MT, and tonight he started doing some gymnastics moves in the kitchen!
We’re doing double sessions of MT (Friday) and gymnastics (Saturday) this week, and hopefully greater familiarity with the spaces in which these activities take place will lead to greater confidence in participating.
