Asa is Getting so Big!
Here is a video of him headbanging!
In other excitement:
He's learning how to cruise along furniture, and can stand momentarily without help. As soon as he realizes that he's standing alone though, he sits down. Last night before bath, Jess says he took one step independently. I was downstairs, so I missed that and cannot confirm or deny it. He'll walk holding on to two hands. If he wants to get somewhere fast though, he reverts to crawling.
He's pointing at things now too. He really likes birds and things that are above us (like most babies). When do we stop noticing the things above us? He is very aware of his environment now, and very interested in things that are different or new. Still in the jargon stage, with lots of imitating. Less confident of words than I was, although I'm sticking with "Mama" and he's getting "Ahmee" though it sounds more like "Ahma".
He's a little scientist now, too. Everything has to be experimented on. Banging is a fun thing to do with everything, of course, and banging one thing on several other objects is interesting because they make different noises. Dropping objects is also exciting. I built him a hollow Lego tower that spits the small objects out of a window at the bottom, and this is especially fun to play with right now. The objects disappear at the top and reappear at the bottom! How do you think they do that? In the carseat and in the highchair, dropping objects is not as exciting for Mama. Playing with the dog's water bowl is fun, especially if you have a cup to scoop the water out with. Books are still good to talk about and for cuddling, but sometimes he's too busy for them and I have to read them alone.
We took the wooden puzzles out a couple of weeks ago. He likes to take the pieces out and chew on them. He also likes to put them into a Kleenex box. I guess the slot seems to be just the right size. He doesn't put the pieces back yet, and we may lose all the pieces before we reach that milestone! I picked up a shape sorter at a garage sale too, and he is very interested in putting things in and taking things out of that (though not necessarily the shapes that go in the holes). I can't seem to translate this into putting toys away, although we did celebrate him placing one block in the bin while I was picking up. Post-celebration, he immediately took it out. Actually, he might have taken it out before I'd even finished the celebration.
Playing outside is also a good time. Grass and dandelions are good for eating. You may not have been aware. One of the kids near us is several months older than Asa and just got a climbing thing that we went over to play with. Asa enjoyed playing with it, until Andrew came outside, at which point he mostly wanted to sit in my lap and suck his thumb and occasionally hold my nose. Andrew walks and runs and has a lot of energy that was a little overwhelming. Asa was getting run over, and when Andrew wanted his hat, he was a little battered as well. I guess it seemed safer to watch from my lap. Asa is a social little kid, but is very quiet and has to warm up a little before he begins interacting. I'm not sure that he and Andrew are ever really going to be best buddies.
In other excitement:
He's learning how to cruise along furniture, and can stand momentarily without help. As soon as he realizes that he's standing alone though, he sits down. Last night before bath, Jess says he took one step independently. I was downstairs, so I missed that and cannot confirm or deny it. He'll walk holding on to two hands. If he wants to get somewhere fast though, he reverts to crawling.
He's pointing at things now too. He really likes birds and things that are above us (like most babies). When do we stop noticing the things above us? He is very aware of his environment now, and very interested in things that are different or new. Still in the jargon stage, with lots of imitating. Less confident of words than I was, although I'm sticking with "Mama" and he's getting "Ahmee" though it sounds more like "Ahma".
He's a little scientist now, too. Everything has to be experimented on. Banging is a fun thing to do with everything, of course, and banging one thing on several other objects is interesting because they make different noises. Dropping objects is also exciting. I built him a hollow Lego tower that spits the small objects out of a window at the bottom, and this is especially fun to play with right now. The objects disappear at the top and reappear at the bottom! How do you think they do that? In the carseat and in the highchair, dropping objects is not as exciting for Mama. Playing with the dog's water bowl is fun, especially if you have a cup to scoop the water out with. Books are still good to talk about and for cuddling, but sometimes he's too busy for them and I have to read them alone.
We took the wooden puzzles out a couple of weeks ago. He likes to take the pieces out and chew on them. He also likes to put them into a Kleenex box. I guess the slot seems to be just the right size. He doesn't put the pieces back yet, and we may lose all the pieces before we reach that milestone! I picked up a shape sorter at a garage sale too, and he is very interested in putting things in and taking things out of that (though not necessarily the shapes that go in the holes). I can't seem to translate this into putting toys away, although we did celebrate him placing one block in the bin while I was picking up. Post-celebration, he immediately took it out. Actually, he might have taken it out before I'd even finished the celebration.
Playing outside is also a good time. Grass and dandelions are good for eating. You may not have been aware. One of the kids near us is several months older than Asa and just got a climbing thing that we went over to play with. Asa enjoyed playing with it, until Andrew came outside, at which point he mostly wanted to sit in my lap and suck his thumb and occasionally hold my nose. Andrew walks and runs and has a lot of energy that was a little overwhelming. Asa was getting run over, and when Andrew wanted his hat, he was a little battered as well. I guess it seemed safer to watch from my lap. Asa is a social little kid, but is very quiet and has to warm up a little before he begins interacting. I'm not sure that he and Andrew are ever really going to be best buddies.
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