I've finally psyched myself up to let S try playing with playdough. I had to deal with visions of him eating it, throwing it on the floor, rubbing it in his hair. And visions of me scraping it off the floor and walls and picking it out of our carpet.

So a few nights ago I cooked some up. I even tried a different method so that it wouldn't have a grainy, rough texture. It was actually fun to cook...reminded me of making choux pastry! I coloured it 3 different colours and was quite pleased with the results.

It was a rainy morning and Simon has a cold so we didn't want to go to toddler gym. Today would be an ideal day to give it a try. I explained to S that we were going to try a new toy, it wasn't to eat and it would be so much fun. He eagerly sat at his table and was excited to see me pull out the playdough tub.

When I plopped some down on his table and pressed it, he looked intrigued. He gave it a pat, then a poke. He then exclaimed, "Done!" I proceded to demonstrate what he could do with it--make a smiley face, make a pancake, knead it.... "Done!" and off he went.

I'm a bit disappointed. S is usually very tactile so I thought he'd like it. There goes that rainy day activity! I'll have to give it another try later....