Whining Animals

Alex is so easily distracted by things that when it comes time for bed, we have to be there going through each step or it'll take him three hours to get into bed. He only has a few tasks to get ready for bed - potty, shower, brush teeth, and pajamas. He tends to lose focus soon after he goes upstairs. I'll wander upstairs to see how he's coming along and I'll find him drawing. Sometimes he'll wander downstairs naked to tell me something. Sometimes he'll be standing over the sink looking at himself make faces in the mirror while naked. If you tell him to brush his teeth, he'll wander by the sink in the bathroom and if you aren't watching him, he'll be playing with the toothbrush and the toothpaste. Sometimes, he'll just play with the water coming out of the tap.

The incredible thing is that if you tell him you're counting to 35 to accomplish the task (like getting dressed), he can complete the task easily, although he gets flustered if you speed up the count.

While he was entirely unfocused going about his bedtime activities, I decided to read some jokes. He wanted to read them, and he could, but they made no sense to him. I wonder when the sense of humor kicks in. I told him at dinner that I needed a knife to cut the bread and he handed me a butter knife. I went back into the kitchen telling him that the butter knife wouldn't cut the bread, just maim it - mom and I laughed and Alex just looked at us.