Davis’s Favorite Things

He might only be 11 months old, but Davis has already let us know that there are things on this Earth that he likes and things he really doesn’t like at all. This list describes his favorite toys, non-toys, and activities.

1- WALKING- That’s right, he is walking. He started kind of trying it out in December, but he is really moving now. He will still crawl when it is imperative that he get somewhere quickly, but he is walking more and more each day.


2- Swimming- He still loves swimming in the pool with Pops, but with all this cold weather, he hasn’t been in the pool since early November. Every time we go over to mom and dad’s he looks out at the pool and crawls/walks up to their pool fence, trying to figure out a way to get in. Thank goodness we enrolled him in those Infant Swim Resource classes. This video is his graduation back in early October. He was in winter clothing- to practice in case he was to ever fall in during the winter months. It is a little hard to watch, but I feel like it was very important for us to do everything we could to make sure that he is safe around water. Of course we still watch him like a hawk, but he is so quick and a good climber- if any child could figure out how to get in, it would be him. The lessons were NOT one of his favorite things, but I’m hoping that he will enjoy it more when he learns how to actually swim in February. In ISR they teach babies under 1 year old to roll over and float, mainly because they are too small to grab onto the side of the pool. Once they are 1 year old, they are taught how to roll over float and then swim to the side.

3- The Dishwasher- It doesn’t matter what Davis is doing, if he hears that dishwasher open, he is on the move towards it. I don’t know what his fascination is with it, but he tries to crawl into it, pull things out of it, and throw silverware from it. I have to try to open it very quietly and close it quickly. This may be something that all babies are fascinated with- I saw Tim’s niece Rebekkah climb all over heather’s dishwasher at Thanksgiving- or maybe it’s just a Garrett baby thing?

4- Cheerios- these are favorite snack. He gets them everywhere and he has started sharing them with the dogs. Yet this is not the worst Cheerio story we have. A couple of months ago we were in the docs office for shots and they asked me to take Davis’s clothes and diaper off so that he could be weighed. The nurse was right next to me when I took the diaper off only to discover that Davis had a Cheerio stuck to his private parts. I kind of laughed and said, “Wow, these things really do get everywhere”. She didn’t have too much of a reaction, so I figure either she sees that all the time or she thinks I don’t ever clean my child.


5- The Roomba- The Roomba is big crowd pleaser at our house. Davis loves to chase it, the dogs love to chase Davis chasing it, and I like that it actually picks up a few hairballs while keeping them entertained. And if you know our house, you know that we need to use the Roomba often, so it’s a good thing that everyone likes it. I’m hoping to get a Scooba one day- the robot that mops your floors, but I am afraid that we have so much hard surface flooring that it will wear out the Scooba. I’m holding out on that one until they have perfected the design.

That’s all on his favorites list right now. I can’t believe it, but his first birthday is rapidly approaching. I'm debating on how much of a big deal I want to make of it. We have lots of other parties to go to for the other boys in our playgroup and I may just want to have a small family celebration. Whatever we do, the evidense will be posted here.