Firemen and babies

M discovered the fireman coat that he inherited from his Grandma's house. The odds are pretty good it belonged to his older cousin and was forgotten one day long ago. After finding the coat he would not take it off. He insisted that he had to wear it to bed for nap time. I had to change him with the coat on, he ate dinner with the coat on, and when bath time came.....it wasn't pretty. We had a battle of wills over a coat. Apparently he did not like bath time as much as he liked the coat. He could not understand why he couldn't have both. After all, it is a rain coat and that means he should be able to wear it in water. I eventually won the battle but I had to live with his obvious disappointment over the lack of his coat. He has moved on a bit in the last 2 days but he does like to go back to the coat and play with the buckles. I think the buckles are the most fascinating part of the coat.

His new favorite toy this week is his baby. Last night
we were out shopping and he saw the doll. He yelled loudly at the top of his lungs "Baby!!" while pointing wildly at the baby dolls. He was pretty specific about which one he wanted. Thankfully he chose one that was designed for the bath, is pretty sturdy and it was on sale. What more can a mom ask for. Once we got home and I had baby out of the box he wandered around talking to his baby and putting baby in every seat in the house. Thank heavens for the waterproof part since he was determined that baby was going to have a bath with him. Today he has been dragging his poor baby everywhere. Baby has been sitting in the high chair with him, on his little couch, in daddy's chair and has even played in the ball tent. Once again baby was his bath buddie. I'm hoping this lasts for a while. There is something really wonderful about watching my little boy take care of his baby. It brings out a sweet little side of him I wish I saw more often. Let's face it, at this age most things are frustrating and he tends to spend his days trying to do things he's just not big enough to do which leads to temper tantrums. He's just that age.

So to all the little boys out there who have their baby dolls.... enjoy it while it lasts. I know I will.