I remember the days when his tiny head fit in the palm of my hand.
Is this the same baby?
16 days / 6 months
Liam is one week shy of six months. He sits up and plays with toys now. We no longer 'practice' sitting; he just does. Sure, he falls over sometimes, for no reason at all... but who doesn't?
He also figured out how to roll from front to back. In the same evening, he figured out how to crawl. Currently he doesn't really do either of these with any regularity, but he knows how. He really wants to crawl - you can see the determined look in his expression. Honestly, I think he just wants to walk and do the things other people do. He doesn't understand it; even the dog can walk and talk and eat real food, so why can't he?
I tell Liam he's an advanced baby, meaning he used to be a beginner baby. Pretty soon he'll be an expert baby and he will teach the other tiny babies how to look at things and say advanced words, like 'google.'
Now he's beyond the tiny baby things. For instance, he has outgrown most of his tiny baby toys. He still likes to hold onto them, but he's no longer engaged by rattles. The toy I call 'blinkie blinkie' was his first 'toy' that he could play with. Now he looks at it as though he's figured it out. After only a few minutes he scoots away to something else. I fear even his mobile has numbered days...
So this week I went to the second-hand store to buy some new toys. Yes, I went to Target first because I'm scared about all the toy recalls. Nearly all toys are made in China. Target has moderately-expensive toys, primarily for brand new babies. There were a few that he might like, but nothing exciting. But then we went to the second hand store, where he can at least see what the toys look like without all the packaging. That's part of the reason I don't like buying Liam new new toys... all the packaging just goes to a landfill anyway. There's life left in so many toys, and Liam doesn't know the difference if it's slightly used. Plus, the cost savings means we can buy twice or three times as many. Sure, I have to go online and make sure the toys haven't been recalled, but I figure thats the least we can do for this planet. Perhaps it helps to offset all the diapers.
This week brought more solid food. Liam now eats apples and sweet potatoes. We gave up on cereal -- it didn't like him. Granny has sent us so many baby spoons that we can use a different spoon every day of the week without the need to do dishes! The British spoons are better though, like almost everything. Some even change color when the food is too hot. Granny also sent a puppy puppet from their travels in Ireland. Liam says 'gooh' which could mean anything. We hope it means thank you.
Currently we have a little extra help. Our nanny and he son are staying with us for a little while. There are no complaints from the boys who now always have someone to play with.
Liam is 25 weeks old and he weighs 18 pounds. He is 28 inches long. (Can that be right?)
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| End of August |
