Confession: I love my kid?s play kitchen way more than he does
Some parents obsess over baby milestones, anxiously awaiting the first tooth, first word or first step. But for me, the most exciting day was when my year-old son placed two toy vegetables in a plastic bucket, stirred it purposefully with a stick and said ?Mmm!? with all the panache of a master chef. He proudly toddled over to me with this inspired cucumber-and-mushroom concoction. It was the first clear example we saw of him playing make-believe, and my heart puffed up like a giant soufflé. I had been waiting for this day for so long, so immediately after asking him ?Are you making a soup"? I turned to my wife and said ?It?s time to start thinking about a play kitchen.?
I dove headfirst into the research. Was a wooden or plastic model best" Something simple or something fancy, with a microwave oven that beeped" What did kids like" What did parents like" Should we just make one ourselves" I finally decided on a basic but well-designed wooden model, which I spruced up with a little yellow-and-copper-coloured spray paint. I filled it with a carefully curated assortment of pretend foods and other tiny accessories: metal pots and pans, handmade felt fruits and vegetables and wooden doughnuts that could be baked again and again. I was completely exhausted after assembling it, yet I found myself rearranging the tiny accessories again and again, standing back to admire my work. The next morning, he was initially surprised to find what he considered a...
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