Food: He's still a big fan of most food. Favorites include carrots, winter squash, sweet potatoes (pretty much anything orange), peas and brown rice (yuck), and spinach and potatoes. He'll pretty much eat anything, but I suspect that he's not as big a fan of bananas. Which of course the baby food people like to mix with just about everything. I could be wrong though. We've also become a big fan of puffs lately as he can be distracted by a few of those for about as long as it takes us to eat dinner. His pincer grasp is getting really good now, so it's fun to watch him poke them around.
Sleep: We're sleep training this week. After the croup/reflux debacle (better now with medication and time) he got into the habit of waking up every 2 hours or so throughout the night. Now that he's feeling better we have to break him of that habit so I can think straight again. It's awful to have to do, but necessary. Mom is helping while Brian's out of town, and I'm so grateful.
Play: We're at a bit of a strange spot where finding good toys is a bit of challenge. A lot of the "baby" toys are boring but he's not quite ready to do puzzles, etc. He really likes things with moving parts and pretty much anything adult, like phones, remotes, and wires. Banging is very popular. The louder the better.Also buttons and things that play music. He'll start bobbing his head and "dancing" when it comes on. He loves books, and will usually sit through a few in a stretch. He will flip through them when he's playing on his own, be still my heart.
Speech: Da-da is still his favorite thing to say, but more and more we hear him repeat something similar to what we've said either in inflection or consonants. (For example, bye-bye becomes ba-ba.) I'm not sure that actually counts as "talking" but it's definitely an effort to communicate and is pretty darn cute! He's pretty chatty once he's comfortable, but tends to clam up when he's around new people, at least for awhile.
Other: He's been a little more clingy when he's tired these days, and my favorite is when he's decided he's had enough of playing by himself and raises his arms to be picked up. Often if I just have him on my hip while I go about whatever I was doing, he's happy, so I am doing more and more one-armed cooking.
He's starting to point a lot more. Cathy likes to match up index fingers and say, "ET!"
He likes to climb all over whoever he's with. Especially out of the bathtub.
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