Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Likes and Dislikes

Owen continues to develop his list of likes and dislikes.

He really, really likes the broiler door, which unfortunately, is located at the bottom of the oven. While some ovens have a drawer for pans at the bottom, ours has a door that can 1. smash baby fingers 2. burn the bejeezus out of baby hands. He makes a beeline for the broiler door every time he’s in the kitchen.
** ‘beeline’ is wiggling on the tummy, army-style, until desired destination is reached and chewed.
He also has an ongoing fascination with the hinge on the refrigerator door.

He has a very strong dislike for the electric screwdriver. It brings on instant crying and dissatisfaction. Hairdryer? Vacuum cleaner? Relatively nonplussed. Electric screwdriver? Commence wailing.

Travis picked up a book on baby sign language at the library. I guess we’ll start with the signs for ‘hot’ and ‘danger’.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Travis should return the book. Wouldn't it far more fun to make up your own signals? I'm imagining serious hand fanning in front of the face (and perhaps pulling on one's shirt collar, as well) for 'hot' and then a big X-Men style crossed-arms X for 'danger'. Fun, right??! :-)