Comments on: Hupdates and the Hardcore Pretender in a barely coherent written at 1AM in a hotel room post. http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/06/19/hupdates-and-the-hardcore-pretender-in-a-barely-coherent-written-at-1am-in-a-hotel-room-post/ Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:20:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: grammy http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/06/19/hupdates-and-the-hardcore-pretender-in-a-barely-coherent-written-at-1am-in-a-hotel-room-post/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 grammy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:42:17 +0000 http://www.thehuckablog.com/?p=2039#comment-2839 I have probably forgotten alot about our children's habits when they were small, but I don't recall ever observing a child who played pretend as much as this child does. It actually works to our advantage in encouraging him to do something he doesn't want to. As example, he has pretended he is a bull alot. He drags his foot on the ground and lowers his head as if he is going to charge you and butt you with his horns. We were trying to hurry him along to the car to load up to airport yesterday and he was balking at leaving as he wanted to go swimming again. I was several yards in front of he and his Mama and turned and dragged my foot on the floor. He was immediately a bull and dragging his foot and lowering his head. We then rushed down the hallway with him chasing me so he could butt me. Worked like a charm. Last night we had an approximately 3 hour drive from the airport long after he should have been asleep. As the four older adults tried to sleep he had a non-stop dialog with him as Thomas the Tank Engine, Daddy as Diesel, an uncle as Diesel 2, and Mama as Percy. Later as we began the drops of people and luggage at their various homes he carried on a two way dialog with the van in which we rode. I don't know whether I should be alarmed by this. But, I'm actually amazed by his creativity to come up with all this stuff. It was a great trip from my perspective with very few moments of tension and enormous pleasure. The only unhappy note is we did not experience temperatures over 80 degrees the whole while but have returned to the thermometer hovering at 100 and an air conditioner that has decided its finished. I have probably forgotten alot about our children’s habits when they were small, but I don’t recall ever observing a child who played pretend as much as this child does. It actually works to our advantage in encouraging him to do something he doesn’t want to.

As example, he has pretended he is a bull alot. He drags his foot on the ground and lowers his head as if he is going to charge you and butt you with his horns. We were trying to hurry him along to the car to load up to airport yesterday and he was balking at leaving as he wanted to go swimming again.

I was several yards in front of he and his Mama and turned and dragged my foot on the floor. He was immediately a bull and dragging his foot and lowering his head. We then rushed down the hallway with him chasing me so he could butt me. Worked like a charm.

Last night we had an approximately 3 hour drive from the airport long after he should have been asleep. As the four older adults tried to sleep he had a non-stop dialog with him as Thomas the Tank Engine, Daddy as Diesel, an uncle as Diesel 2, and Mama as Percy.

Later as we began the drops of people and luggage at their various homes he carried on a two way dialog with the van in which we rode. I don’t know whether I should be alarmed by this. But, I’m actually amazed by his creativity to come up with all this stuff.

It was a great trip from my perspective with very few moments of tension and enormous pleasure. The only unhappy note is we did not experience temperatures over 80 degrees the whole while but have returned to the thermometer hovering at 100 and an air conditioner that has decided its finished.

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