Bae- Bee

Since Isaac was a baby we have tried everything from the thumb, to multiple types of pacifiers, stuffed animal, blankets, etc, but Isaac didn't really attach to any of them.

Until the fateful day when he played with his cousin Mallory's dollhouse and he became attached.  He became attached to Baby. Or as he insistently loudly states, "Bae-Bee!"  Baby is a toy baby from a dollhouse set.  He played with Baby all afternoon and I didn't think much of it until a month later when he was playing at his cousin's house again.  This time, he found Baby right away and once again played the rest of our visit with him.  Playing with baby mainly consists of holding him and putting him into random placing and taking him out.  We were heading home that day and while I thought we had cleaned up all the toys before we left, it turns out we had a stowaway.  Isaac was guilty.

Isaac had stolen Baby from his cousin Mallory!  With the orneriest grin on his face, Isaac proudly held him up and said, "Bae-Bee!"  I did everything I could to contain my laughter and explain to a 19 month old child the lesson of stealing.  (I know, so silly to do because he had no idea, but I felt responsible to turn this into a teaching moment).  We called Aunt Amy and she graciously offered Baby for Isaac to keep. Now this was Mallory's toy and she is the cousin most close in age to Isaac. They are almost 1 year apart.  I knew they had years of playing with each other in the future and  I didn't want to taint this friendship at such a young age over this tiny toy Baby. Luckily, Mallory was ok with this transaction and had more babies in her dollhouse collection.  (I should note that there were about 5 Babies in this collection and each time we went, Isaac always wanted this one.  The little curly, red haired one.)

Well, since Baby has joined our family, Isaac has been pretty inseparable with him.  If you don't see Baby in the pictures just look at Isaac's hand.  Baby is usually squeezed in Isaac's tight grip.

They eat together.

(disclaimer- there is no medicine in these droppers.)



They ride in the car together.

They go to bed together.

And even when Isaac was waking up from anesthesia last week, the nurse told me the two things he kept asking for.....

Mommy and Bae-Bee.  (Glad I was included in his wants still!)

So Isaac finally found an attachment item.  Not quite what I had in mind, but it will do.... if only I could find a couple duplicates.  I forgot to mention, I have lost track counting the hours we have spent searching for Baby.

Oh yes, and Isaac's new trick is dancing.  You will see in this video his love for Baby and his cool new moves!
Isaac dances

casts

The boy finally got casted for his little pointing feet.  He had a small surgery Tuesday to lengthen the heel cord tendon so that they could move his toes from a pointed position to a flat foot.  They then put casts on him that will stay on for 3 weeks while they make AFO's (ankle/foot orthotics).

 As you can see though, he isn't really bothered by them.  He doesn't fit great in his chair, but for short times it is ok, and he is not as mobile on the floor. It hasn't bothered him too much.  He has just been using his voice more to demand what he wants....

I think the rest of us are more annoyed with them than him.  Most importantly though, his feet will be flat.  He will be able to wear shoes, and who knows, maybe someday he will be standing tall on those two flat feet!  One thing is for sure though, whether he stands or not, he will have on cute shoes!

Happy weekend everyone!