Craig Experiments With Disobedience

The picture above was taken a week earlier but it can serve nicely as a reference. Craig has recently become much braver when playing in the water.In the past he hated water on his face and would stop immediately whenever his face became wet and demand it be dried off. In just the past few weeks things have changed dramatically.

Last week, Craig and his Dad headed over to the pool on Sunday morning. After playing in the shallowest kiddies pool, Craig surprised his dad by saying he wanted to play on the big curly slide on the right of the picture. That was heaps of fun. Craig sat on Dad's lap and giggled all the way down. Then, as soon as they splashed down at the bottom Craig said he wanted to do it again. So, there was a lot of running upstairs and sliding down for the next 15 minutes.

Craig's Dad was saved by the swimming pool management closing the big curly slide and opening up the wide green slide. Craig prefers to slide down this one by himself. So, Craig's Dad stayed at the bottom to catch him.

It isn't very clear in the picture but the stairs for the slides are the same at the beginning. They then split left and right. Craig's Dad could see a huge smile on Craig's face as he walked up to the right instead of the left as he should have done. He was too far away for Craig's Dad to catch so Dad decided to wait at the bottom for Craig to come down but .... he didn't. The water had been turned off. So, Craig was stuck half way down. The lifeguards were alerted, the water turned back on for a few seconds and finally Craig came sliding down....... still smiling!!! That got a bad reaction from his Dad.

The poor boy cried a bit after his Dad told him off and he needed a big long hug. He had been so pleased with himself at the end of the long slide that it was a bit of a shock for him when Dad was angry. Fortunately, the telling off had the intended effect. When Craig's Dad asked if he wanted to go on the green slide he brightened up and said, "Yes." He also walked up the correct set of stairs and slid down to be caught by his Dad several times. It was lots of fun for both of them.

Meanwhile, Graham continues to be a happy baby. He is growing very well and has developed very chubby cheeks.

He never seems to cry for no reason and recently has slept for hours almost every morning when he's at home with his Dad. It's been a good start to life.