I am a thrill seeker! I love to do things that are thrilling and exciting. I like being lifted high in the air, I like being bounced, and I like being rolled. The cool thing is that when Daddy rolls me, I roll right back to him. I’m not sure which part I enjoy more.
I had chingensai (bok choy) today. I quite liked it. It was a little crunchy, which is nice considering that so much of my food is really soft.
I just woke up from my morning nap and Mommy is getting my lunch ready, so I’m just here waiting patiently with Daddy. (Daddy also had a nap as a byproduct of my nap.)
I can do independent play very well. I’ll just sit with my toys and rotate from one to the other for quite a long time. I don’t need someone to entertain me all the time. But I am very interested in what is going on around me. So if Mommy leaves the room, I almost always follow her. I want to see where she is and what she is doing.
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. While I do agree that you should start the day off with a good breakfast, I don’t like to play favorites with my meals. They are all important to me!
No, I’m not name calling. That’s just the face I make when I poop.
I am very mobile and have good control over my body, but sometimes I get myself into weird positions where i get a little bit stuck. I eventually free myself, but sometimes it takes me a while.
Mommy does this very fun looking thing called “cleaning” every day and I find it fascinating. I am very interested in the vacuum cleaner and the swifter. It looks like so much fun to use these things, but Mommy and Daddy won’t let me play with them. I snatched this lint roller away from Mommy after she finished cleaning, so I guess this is okay for me to play with. It is a lot smaller and less likely to hit me on the head. I haven’t learned how to clean with it yet, but I examined it thoroughly in preparation for the day when I’m allowed to clean with it.
I’m getting pretty good at lowering myself down to the floor from standing. Before, the descent was pretty quick and sudden. I’ve been doing a lot of squats strengthen my legs and I now ease myself down to the floor. I like to play while standing, but there is also a lot fun things on the floor too!
I’m lip smacking a lot lately. And it seems to be catching on. When I do it, Mommy and Daddy do it. When I smack my lips when chatting with Grandma and Grandpa, they do it too. I think it’s trending.
Check out the new spring design Starbucks cup. There are sakura (cherry blossoms) on it! Very pretty! I pretty much destroyed the other cups I was playing with, so I’m glad I have this new one!
If Mommy and Daddy are sitting on the floor or couch with me and I want to be picked up or just hugged, I crawl over into their lap and then stand up and wrap my arms around them. They seem to love this! I guess it makes them feel loved and needed. It’s true, I love and need them. They always give me a big hug back! While playing I will suddenly do this, just to let them know how I feel or to show them I need a change of scenery. They seem to know the difference and will pick me up and walk me around a bit to give me a new vantage point.
But it is harder for me to convey that I want to be picked up if they are standing and I can’t get into their lap or wrap my arms around them. So I do the closest thing.
Works like a charm!
As you know, I am not happy when I hear that my meal is over. Even when I am taken out of my chair, I climb right back in. I take a stand to show how I feel about my meal coming to an end. I figure if I get fed whenever I’m put in my chair I should get another meal if I leave and then go back. Apparently it doesn’t work that way.
I’ve been eating more bread for breakfast lately. I usually have a slice of bread cut into small pieces that is soaked in some formula. It is like a bread porridge. But sometimes I have breakfast rolls too. The problem is that I try to stuff the whole thing into my mouth. Even if Mommy and Daddy tear it into smaller pieces, I try to stuff a lot of it into my mouth at the same time. The bread is light and soft, but naturally it dries out my mouth and can make it hard to swallow. Mommy and Daddy are constantly telling me to take smaller bites or to slow down. How can I take smaller bites or slow down when I enjoy eating so much and am so good at it? Would you tell Mozart to use less notes? When I eat, it is an art form. Mommy and Daddy sure seem to enjoy watching me eat.
I slept through the whole night last night. I did not wake up for my usual midnight bottle. That is nearly 11 hours of sleep for me. This is a very big milestone for me. I feel more like big boy than a baby. Although sleep training was tough, it looks like it really paid off. I’m sure I woke up for a little bit here and there, but I was able to put myself back to sleep. Wow! Good job me!
Koya-dofu
Kanten
Boiled soy beans and kiriboshi daikon.
All the new foods I had today were great and I ate them all up! As if you didn’t know that already.
In the early afternoon the sun comes in a the perfect angle to make a nice warm sunny spot in the house. I like to sit there for a while to recharge my batteries.
This is another case of “who is copying whom?” I don’t know if I’m copying Daddy slapping his thigh or if Daddy is copying me slapping his thigh and then I do it again. I guess it doesn’t really matter. There is so mimicking going on and it must be good for my development.