+Monday night I was giving Dominick a bath and he is now at the stage where he splashes, kicks his little feet (much more now after swim class) and takes his stacking cups and dumps water out onto the floor. I was getting so frustrated with him because the floor literally had standing water. I don't like allowing him to stand in the tub because I'm fearful of him falling. He does a good job with sitting back down, but he still loves to stand and pour the water from the cups onto the floor. He took his cup full of water and dumped it onto the floor for the 18th time so I took his cup, sat him back down and told him no. He turned away and started splashing his hands and he was just SO happy He was squealing, giggling, jabbering and SPLASHING. As I watched him he turned and smiled back at me I asked myself why I was actually frustrated over my baby having a genuinely good time. I apologized to him and then began splashing too. We laughed and played for quite a long time that night. I felt horrible that I got onto him when I know he was having a good time. Did I want him to stand in the tub? No. But the splashing and the flood on the floor in the grand scheme of things are no big deal. The water can be wiped up and the bathroom can be cleaned, but making memories and being silly with my precious boy is priceless. Time is going by SO fast and I can honestly say that this stage is by far my favorite. I am loving every minute of it...wet floor and all. From that moment on I've been trying to work on being more patient and making fun memories...not letting little things be what I get "upset" over.
+He is learning something new almost every single day. He started signing more and all done (sometimes at random times). It was funny because just days before this I was telling my friend that I didn't think he was getting it. She said that there is sometimes a window of when they pick signs up. The next day he started signing "more" and "all done". Since then we've been signing a lot. He has understood quite a few for some time now, but doesn't sign back.
We've also been trying to teach him to raise his hands above his head when we say, "how big is Dominick?" He hasn't really gotten it, but sometimes he will actually raise them and it's so cute. He also just started waving and waving at the correct times. He would wave at the door before I knocked when I would drop him off at daycare, wave just to wave, but last night he waved to his dad when I went to put him to bed. It was so sweet.
I've also been trying to teach him to clap. He hasn't really done it, but this morning he did something so I said, "Yayyyyy, Dominick!!!" and he took his little hands clasped them together and kind of "shook" them. I didn't know if that was his version of clapping or not so I just thought it was cute. A little while later I praised him and he did the same thing. I think it might possibly be the cutest thing ever!
