Troubling News
Two things I learned today. 1 – Oscar’s latest developmental tests put him at a 12-14 month range for expressive communication and 2 – Oscar can unbuckle any car seat – EVEN his five-point harness that is so tight I have difficulty undoing it. Which of these do you think bothers me?
For those who think this is a trick and both bother me, you’re wrong. I know we have a communication problem. We’re working on it and we’re going to even start speech therapy soon (finally found an opening). Thankfully, Oscar scored very well on the other aspects of the tests, including the cognitive ones, which means that whatever is going on in his brain is not impacting anything other than his speech (at least for the time being). Sorry, little guy, specialists have now confirmed that you understand what’s going on. I’m on to you. We’re even having more tests at the end of the month to confirm that these specialists know what they’re talking about.
This car seat problem, however, is HUGE. Really not happy about this. I’ve tried flipping the harness around, so he has to undo it upside down, if you know what I mean. He can easily do it. I’ve put him in a toddler seat, using the seat belt. Oddly, that one takes longer for him to undo, but he clicks out of it, too. I’m scrambling around baby stores to see if there is such a thing as an extra lock for a car seat. If I can’t find one I’m going to have to duct tape him into a seat. I don’t think that will go over well. For the time being, though, guess who’s not driving with the convertible top down?
C’mon
How happy does this toilet make you? Oscar loves this thing so much that he hugged it when I brought it into the bathroom while he was taking a bath. He climbed out of the tub (yes, he can do that on his own – can you imagine how happy this makes me?) and spent forever playing with it. So long that he ended up peeing on the floor, and not in the potty.
We’re going to spend some time getting used to this new addition, and reading our new books, before we embark on this new project. When I read the books to Oscar the other day he had a strange expression on his face, like, I know she’s up to something, and I’m sure I’m not into it.
Personally, I’m not in a huge rush with this potty training thing. Everyone tells me, though, that having two in diapers is a “nightmare.” Not sure whether that’s true, but I’ll give it a go.
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