Day #756 (Sun., Jan. 29, 2012) – My Nap Ritual For Katie
We had another Skype session with my mother this morning as we were unable to get a connection yesterday. I showed her how the baby doll crib is coming along. Sure enough, as soon as Katie saw it she got inside it…jumped on it a bit…and then sat down in it. Sure makes me happy that I decided to make it extra tough. No way she is going to break this crib.
Katie got into the box off tissues today (see photo to the right).
Katie wouldn’t go to bed for her nap this afternoon so I let my wife go to bed while I tended to her. I just let her watch a bit of television then I take her to the nursery to change her diaper. I ask her if she enjoyed her morning and a bit of a story. When I put her to bed I lay the sleeping blanket out flat…she seems to like that. I then arrange her dolls around her and read her a bit of a story. I turn the Waterfall Soother on and then say goodnight. This seems to work…at least a lot of the time.
I took Katie to the park this afternoon while my wife cleaned up the living room. We ended up at the park near Lochmere…it’s been a while since she has been there. She started off by trying out the slide and then she quickly moved onto the swing. After a stint in the sandbox she went back to the swing, then the toucan, then the slide, and then…”roam”. We ended up near the basketball court. Eventually I asked her if she wanted to go watch “Mary Poppins” and home and she walked over to the car. In the end we were gone for a good 2.5 hours.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Katie got into the box of tissues today.