A quick update: following the OT’s suggestion, I started Jake on his first household chore: put away the utensils in the dish rack each day after he finishes his dinner. The reward is dessert which is always some kind of fruit.
Tonight was night 2 that he did it, still he is not showing too much interest in the activity, but knowing Jake’s personality, once he gets into the routine of doing it, he will like it more and does a better job with it. This weekend I plan to have him help me to load Max’s little clothes in the washer, and maybe have him take them out of the washer once they are done. We will see how it goes.
A quick update on Max: he is now 5 months and 3 weeks old. He has mastered turning from his back to his tommy, but still only on one side, and today he started to be able to turn from his tommy to his back. He loves to eat, so far he has ate butternut squash, banana, apple sauce, carrot, peas, avocado, rice cereal, and sweet potato. He especially likes the squash and the avocado; he also likes the banana and the carrots; he also likes…. What the heck, he likes them all.
