DINOTRUX!!!
One night I was reading Ollie a stack of library books, he was half asleep and I asked him, "What do you want to read next? Dinotrux?" And he started laughing out loud. I said, "What's so funny? You like Dinotrux?" And he guffawed again. "DINOTRUX!" "Hahahaahahahahahaha!" Trach kids don't make much noise and laughter is one of those things you just miss out on until they can get enough air past the trach and to their vocal chords. To hear him just laugh and laugh so hard in his breathy, soft way every time I said Dinotrux was SO wonderful. And hilarious! He still does it and it's been like a week. He has never had that reaction to just saying something. It really is adorable. And the book is great! Heavy, modern illustrations and really cool species of dinotrux, which, as I'm sure you know, evolved into the helpful and courteous trucks we all know today. Colfax Library Trivia: This is a signed copy!
P.S. Okay, so we read a LOT and since day one it has been, "Don't bite books" - I say it at least ten times a day. Sometimes he'll be respectful and be doing such a good job turning pages and checking the cover a hundred times to make sure it hasn't changed after every page (sometimes he checks TWICE!), but if you get distracted for even a second that book will be in his mouth. So, please don't think that he normally is allowed to chew on books. If I didn't want my hand in the picture wrenching it from his jaws I had to let him just get a nibble!
P.S. Okay, so we read a LOT and since day one it has been, "Don't bite books" - I say it at least ten times a day. Sometimes he'll be respectful and be doing such a good job turning pages and checking the cover a hundred times to make sure it hasn't changed after every page (sometimes he checks TWICE!), but if you get distracted for even a second that book will be in his mouth. So, please don't think that he normally is allowed to chew on books. If I didn't want my hand in the picture wrenching it from his jaws I had to let him just get a nibble!
