Wednesday, May 21, 2008

The Power of No

Sorry for the absence. Little man has been keeping me very busy!! So, for the last 2 months or so, Nolan has been shaking his head no. This might be one of the cutest things he does right now because they went from random head shakes to meaningful and purposeful "no's". Fortunately one of our friends told us a long time ago to not be alarmed when he started doing this because when her little girl started shaking her head she was scared to death that she was having a seizure. Therefore we were well warned. It all started one day while he was in his high chair and I was talking to him (imagine that) and he just began to shake his head no (I wish I could take a picture of this, but maybe I can get a little video clip and post it for all to see). However, recently he is consistently telling us no in response to questions and of course when we tell him no (for some strange reason he loves all things he shouldn't, i.e., computer cords, trash cans, dog toys, shoes, etc. :) just lovely!!).
Now we have been working on nodding yes because usually if his answer is yes to something then he sits very still and just looks at you very intently with those beautiful blue eyes. I'll keep you posted on our progress!

2 comments:

Anna said...

Don't you just adore little boys?! Everett has been working on the yes and no shake though at nothing in particular. We find it to be a great party trick. Give the little man a smooch.

Pong1004 said...

So when does the "nolan's nicknames" post appear? We have about 25 different variations and nicknames that we use for Roo Roo. Stinker-roo is the most common.

All this makes Riley green with envy.