3/3/08 -

Let me first share the humoruos information. Ben has a new word. It's Damn it! And the bad part is.. he uses it appropriately, darn kid. He said it to his truck last night. And this morning Steve tripped over the cat on the way into day care and said "damn-it cat" and of course Ben went into daycare repeating what his daddy said. We are being very careful to make sure we are watching our language now!

Ok, so just wanted to make sure that everyone knows Tyler now knows/says 3 words. Ma-Ma, Ball, Milk, he's very close to saying bye bye as well as waving. He doesn't say ball and milk very often but he has said them at appropriate times so we just really try to reinforce it when he does say it correctly.

Thursday morning Ben will be home with Tyler and I. We all get to go to social group together and then when we get home we are going to work on the bathtime routine. Should be fun! As a reminder, the goal of all "routines" is to get Tyler to engage in play, communicate (eye gaze, handpull, and gestures), and to be more independent, i.e. help with chores, wash his hands, throw away diaper, etc.