Eleven Weeks Gone, Ten Days Left

WEEK

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I guess we missed week 10 in all the festivities surrounding "Birthday Week". I looked at the information for last week and we didn't miss too much. This week they say that we should develop a good bedtime routine and introduce Scott to others before he gets too much stranger anxiety. He's had the chance to meet quite a few relatives the last two weeks, but it's hard to say if he'll remember them very well the next time he sees them.

As part of the routines, they say we should try baths, reading and other calming activities. For a while, we were giving Scott a bath every night, but in midst of our tourism madness, we haven't had the baths lately and he's still gone to sleep quite well. R has just spent a little more quiet time with him before putting him to bed. Today I tried reading a book to him again, but he wasn't too interested. I think he doesn't focus on objects all that well yet.

Given this slow progress, I am fairly certain he will not be ready for me to read him the last installment of the Harry Potter series (The Deathly Hallows) when it comes out ten days from now. Instead of pre-ordering the book, we are ordering the CD version, so that we can listen to it on our cross-country trip in early August. Hopefully, no one will spoil the ending for us in the 2-3 weeks between the book's release and our moving date.