James' Baby

We finally found James a non-girly baby doll.  Several therapists have suggested it as a good tool for learning body parts, getting him comfortable with new situations, etc.  James has been struggling with bath time lately (not sure why, but the water, all of a sudden, freaks him out) and, of course, with eating.  Here is what James and baby have been up to:

James loves to hug and snuggle his baby doll:

Bath time has been so much easier with the baby doll.  James is ok with water on his head since baby doll gets water on his head as well.

Baby doll gets a bite, then James gets a bite.  It did encourage James to eat, but it may have taken twice as long.  We haven't tried it again since.

Tonight we sang "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" with baby doll.  I think we'll keep it up to see if James picks up the body parts.

He has also been saying the word, "baby", all the time.  He sure is a fan!

With love.