Picture Day at Daycare

Benjamin had Picture Day a few weeks ago. Of course Mommy and Daddy were wowed by this shot and plan on purchasing several of these.

He also got his Growth Report from daycare. They have three categories for Infants.

Language and Literacy:
Strings together sounds like "ba ba, da da".
Uses toys to make noise.
Stops in response to "no"
Looks at named pictures.

Wellness:
Pulls off his own socks.
Rolls from back to front and back again.
Sits without support.
Pulls himself up using a chair to stand.
Crawls.

The World and Me:
Plays unattended for a short time, then seeks out others to play.
Plays peek-a-boo.
Shows preference for one toy over another.
Holds a bottle by himself.
Becomes upset if a toy or another object is taken away.

He's progressing well. We are working on the sharing part and he's gotten better with that. He'll hand me a block and I will say "Thank you Benjamin, it is nice to share" and he smiles.

I make sure when I pick Benjamin up from daycare to interact with all the kids. We will walk around and say hello and/or bye bye. He waves and can say "bye" on occasion. Then we say goodbye to the teachers. It's the highlight of my day having the two of us interact with the kids. I have a lot of fun doing this and I know I am teaching Benjamin. Hard to believe our little guy will be a year old next week.

Years ago I'd research and break down the teams involved in games versus my favorite teams. For example, the Dallas Cowboys defensive tendencies vs the Redskins or the Capitals penalty killing vs the Islanders would be discussed over beers at The Dancing Crab and Malt Shop. Fast forward and now I'm breaking down daycare reports, researching car seats, scanning the Babies R Us advertisements and monitoring crawling/walking progress. Right now I honestly cannot name two defensive players on the current Cowboy roster.