Check out Mila and her new best friend Silas at the dolphin show of the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
In the past week I have been spending more time taking Mila to have play dates with several other youngsters and to hang out with their parents. Another stay-at-home dad, Ben, and his boy Silas have teamed up with us for excursions and babysitting swaps. At her current stage, Mila doesn't do too much direct playing with other toddlers, favoring parallel play, but with Silas she is a little more outgoing. They enjoy making each other laugh through circular chase games and putting their foreheads together.
It is tempting to make every day a series of fun play activities and excursions, and of course these are great highlights of my days. I am still learning how to incorporate housework and other tasks into my time bonding with Mila. In the meantime, I'll share a couple of pictures from our latest excursion. These are from our most recent trip the Cylburn Arboretum, right before a short afternoon thunderstorm:
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For Mila's age and stage of brain development PLAY is about the best thing she can do (for herself and for you as parents). This is not to downplay the importance of teaching other skills such as housework of playing the harmonica blues, but that PLAY is the premier learning path for the circuitry of the infant brain. The neural connections thrive on the juice created by playing around, branching out and sending out millions of bits of information that will enhance her learning abilities and capacities later in life. So Play bravely and boldly! Enjoy Dad!
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