This morning he sat on his own for 5 plus minutes while he chewed on a basket:
Then when we went to Target today, he sat in the cart, instead of his carseat, for the whole trip. By the end, he was tired and pretty much laid down in the seat, but we got a good 25 minutes out of him in the sitting position.
While at Target, we bought him a new toy to promote his sitting skills. A little ball that sings the alphabet and makes animal noises when you spin it. Joseph has quite enthralled this his new toy and it served its purpose - encouraged him to sit for an extended period of time.
Until he leaned back and fell over into his hamper of toys.
One note on his new toy - each letter has an animal associated with it. When the ball stops on the letter, its says the letter, the name of the animal and the sound the animal makes. I know "X" is a pretty hard letter but the animal for "X" is a X-ray fish. I mean, is this really an animal? "U" is an umbrella bird - which I really question the validity of that animal as well. I think a mythical character like unicorn would be more appropriate. And "N" is a newt. My first thought was "The best they could do for "N" was newt???" But then Rich and I started thinking about it and couldn't think of another animal that starts with "N". Who knew??? You should hear the noise that a newt makes - we can't figure out what in the world it is.
2 comments:
when you said that unicorns are mythical, i think what you meant to say was extinct.
we have an alphabet/animals book and the X animal in it is definitely made up. it's like xak or something. and the u animal is "ugly bird." i also think that is made up. all these lies we are feeding our children at such a young age ...
Once in upper elementary school we had to write and illustrate a book and I wanted to do the Animal/Alphabet thing. I couldn't think of anything for N except, yep, the Newt. I'm glad smart Georgetown graduate parents can't think of anything else either. I can now feel okay that I settled on that one.
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