Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!

This past Saturday, while we were visiting my parents, Little Bit ran to a heater in the wall with a small, blue pilot light glowing at its base. I stopped him and ordered him to "Start walking backward." He took several steps back, then stopped and looked at me out of the corner of his eye. Then he turned around and took several steps backward toward the heater. When did my baby learn logistics??!?

I think I've misstepped in the teaching about "hot" things department. When I've got a cup of coffee (which is nearly constant), I communicate its temperature to Bitty by saying, "Yikes!" and making cartoonish faces. Now that he's older, he grabs the coffee cup and does the same.