In which your humble narrator considers that he may have committed a strategic error.
I think I accidentally taught Child #1 to play fetch with Child #2. This wasn't really my intention. The three of us were horsing around upstairs in our gracious master bedroom with en-suite bathroom,* and throwing an itty-bitty soft-sided (vinyl maybe?) basket ball around the room. At some point the baby decided that she was going to use her mad crawling skills to chase the little ball when I threw it across the floor.
Child #1 recognized a nascent game immediately and began to throw the ball across the room with the express purpose of having her chase it down. All the while he shouted encouragement such as "Go, get it!" and "Good girl!"
Is she a baby or a puppy? She already drools a lot, eats anything off the floor and bites people when she's in a bad mood. I'm afraid this is just going to add to the confusion.
*It's the entire second story of the house! Which would be impressive if we didn't live in a teeny-tiny, post-war, ticky-tacky cape cod.
I constantly have to remind my wife to not compare our dog to others' children. I never imagined the reverse would also hold true.
ReplyDeleteThat said, my threshold for human intellect is if my dog can do it. Play fetch? Probably an interspecies ability.
Demand the ball with words? Your daughter will soon outstrip my 4 year old Labrador - no worries.
I constantly have to remind my wife to not compare our dog to others' children. I never imagined the reverse would also hold true.
ReplyDeleteThat said, my threshold for human intellect is if my dog can do it. Play fetch? Probably an interspecies ability.
Demand the ball with words? Your daughter will soon outstrip my 4 year old Labrador - no worries.