Hiding

John has learned about peek-a-boo and likes hiding under a blanket or pillow, to which I am supposed to (always) say, "Where's John? I don't even see him!" Until I say it just right, he doesn't come out (even though it's only his head that is covered, with his entire body sticking out in plain sight). Yesterday he seemed to have purposefully hid behind furniture for the first time and was very quiet: it took me a few seconds to find him once I realized he was "missing"! John was hiding behind a chair on our balcony. Here he is peering into the window . . .
. . . and looking at Mama:

One of John's current favorite books is Moo, Baa, La La La! (thanks again, Lynn!). He refers to the book as "Baa." As we read each page, we pause and point to John to cue him for the words he knows. For example, "The horse says . . ." and John replies, "neigh!" Or, "Quack says the . . ." and John replies with his latest word, "duck!" John loves to imitate an adult saying "no," so his favorite exchange in the book is this: "Three singing pigs say, La la la! 'No, no,' you say, 'that isn't right!' The pigs say oink all day and night!'" John wags his finger saying, "no, no, no!" and then laughs and laughs. This morning when John woke up, he sat up cheerfully and asked me to read this book by saying something like, "Baa! Neigh! Meow! No, no, no!" I'm still amazed when John requests a specific book out of the blue when we're not even near his books (he's thinking about things abstractly? he's remembering his favorite books?) and when I can ask him to get a specific book ("Bring me your book about fish!") and he does it. I know I'll be used to this more with future children, but right now I still feel amazed sort of as if the house cat suddenly asked me to read him Othello.

Click here if you want to see what John's little sibling has been doing for the prior two weeks. I'm reluctantly trying a new drug now, Zofran, because it is a melt-in-your-mouth tablet, so I shouldn't gag on it. Unfortunately, the drug truly tastes like poison, so I have to work on not gagging on the taste. The drug seems to be working for the most part, although the effect does last only about eight hours and I'm trying to get away with taking only one pill per day to minimize exposure to the baby (even though the drug is purportedly safe). Thanks for continued prayers that I will feel better.