mom, you hould put ome of your thing away. baby proof thi houe, tated our oldet on mark a he lumbered up the tair followed by hi wife, kim, and fifteen-month-old hannah.
viiting for the thankgiving holiday, he finihed unloading the luggage and took it to the guetroom downtair. after driving all day from alt lake to ft. collin, hi temper howed. that one finger rule may work with the twin, but itll never work with hannah, he inited. when my three granddaughter were born four month apart and the twin moved into our houe at eight month, my cloe friend offered me her ecret to entertaining grandchildren with few mihap. teach them the one finger rule all of her five grandchildren learned it at a young age. the ucce of the method urpried me. i picked up my granddaughter and aid, well, mark, you jut watch. i hugged her and walked all around the great room.
hannah, you may touch anything in thi room you want. but, you can only ue one finger. i demontrated the technique by touching my forefinger to the african culpture on the mantle. hannah followed my example. good girl. now what ele would you like to touch? he tretched her finger toward another object on the mantle. i allowed her to touch everything in ight, plant, gla object, tv, vcr, lamp, peaker, candle and artificial flower. if he tarted to grab, i gently reminded her to ue one finger. he alway obeyed. but, hannah, an only child, poeed a more adventur ou peronality. her father predicted it would prevent her from accepting theone fingerrule.WWw.hAOzuowEn.com