Liam and I both have a cold. Again. It's like Ground Hog day - you just get over a round of snotty noses, coughing, humidifiers, steam showers and sleepless nights when it hits you again. I'm starting to feel like I'm sick more often than not. It's totally unavoidable, there are little germ bugs on everything & now that we're in daycare and swimming lessons & I work in germ central the only way to avoid being constantly sick is to become a complete germaphobe (way too much effort) or wear an airtight suit (not very attractive). The good news is that the more colds babies & toddlers are exposed to, the better prepared they are for school where all the serious cooties live. The bad news is that we still have 5 years to go before that happens.
Liam is into everything and he isn't even crawling yet. He's very agile & very destructive, especially where paper is concerned. He loves anything paper related, especially the part where you rip it to shreds & then try stuffing it into your mouth. His favourite paper products include; envelopes, book pages (the thinner the better), notepads & newspapers. Oh and tissue boxes with tissues inside. I made the mistake of giving him a box with a few tissues in it while trying to get some things done around the house. Kept him totally occupied for about 20 minutes but at a price. Before you could say "destructive", Liam had stuck his chubby little hand inside the box, yanked out all the tissues, ripped them to shreds and tossed them around him. It was a tissue war zone. Serves me right for providing him with messy entertainment. Oh well, at least he got 20 minutes of sheer "rip it up" exhiliration. They need to invent edible paper for babies. Maybe tasty treat books (read 'em, rip 'em & eat 'em).
Speaking of eating, I've been giving Liam small chunks of food & trying to get him to put them into his mouth by immitating me. It paid off - on Wed morning I put some Cheerios on his tray while he sat in his high chair and after a minute or two he picked one up & stuffed it into his mouth using his two fingers and then the palm of his hand (good shovelling tool). I started jumping up and down & clapping my hands which made him laugh. So he kept doing it and I kept jumping till my legs started to hurt. Another proud mommy moment! Of course I took pics as well as some video for memories.
So the past few dyas I've been experimenting with all sorts of soft chunks - the menu so far includes bananas, mangoes, strawberries, bread, rice and peas & corn (stills gags a bit with those but we're getting there). Rice crispies are a favourite in the cruchy department & keep him well occupied since they are small and require more concentration. His chewing capabilities have greatly improved now that tooth #3 has sprouted on the bottom - no sign of top teeth yet, but he is drooling a bit more than normal so they're coming. Daddy came to the drool rescue and brought home some vanilla teething biscuits that you can freeze & then gnaw on to your hearts content. Mostly Liam just sucks on the biscuit, gets bored & launches it over the side of his chair where he watches it land on the floor. In fact, most of the food items we give him land on the floor, get smooshed around the tray (I've started pulling up his sleeves like he's about to take on a major art project) or end up in some other crevice other than his mouth. By the time meal time is over it's a battle zone of rice crispies, cheerios & miscellaneous food chunks. In comes the new Shark vacuum cleaner we purchased on Friday. Our old vacuum cleaner couldn't take the heat anymore and we had to step up the suck. Between the new vacuum and countertop dishwasher cleanup is waaaay easier & my sanity stays in tact. I can live with the occasional trampling on an unsuspecting Cheerio.
We have acquired a new sippy cup with a snap open & close staw that works way better than the current sippy cup we've been using. I noticed that Liam loves sucking juice through the straws in my juice boxes & after seeing Caleb (play date buddy from last week) sipping quite easily out of his straw sippy cup I got Ian to pick one up. Works like a charm! In a couple of days he has learned how to hold the cup & sip through the straw himself although he still has a bit of trouble with controlling the flow of liquid coming up the straw but he'll learn. In the meantime we'll have to deal with a few gags & red eyes when too much water goes down the pipe too quickly. Just as long as he doesn't vomit up chunks we're all good!
Liam is into everything and he isn't even crawling yet. He's very agile & very destructive, especially where paper is concerned. He loves anything paper related, especially the part where you rip it to shreds & then try stuffing it into your mouth. His favourite paper products include; envelopes, book pages (the thinner the better), notepads & newspapers. Oh and tissue boxes with tissues inside. I made the mistake of giving him a box with a few tissues in it while trying to get some things done around the house. Kept him totally occupied for about 20 minutes but at a price. Before you could say "destructive", Liam had stuck his chubby little hand inside the box, yanked out all the tissues, ripped them to shreds and tossed them around him. It was a tissue war zone. Serves me right for providing him with messy entertainment. Oh well, at least he got 20 minutes of sheer "rip it up" exhiliration. They need to invent edible paper for babies. Maybe tasty treat books (read 'em, rip 'em & eat 'em).
Speaking of eating, I've been giving Liam small chunks of food & trying to get him to put them into his mouth by immitating me. It paid off - on Wed morning I put some Cheerios on his tray while he sat in his high chair and after a minute or two he picked one up & stuffed it into his mouth using his two fingers and then the palm of his hand (good shovelling tool). I started jumping up and down & clapping my hands which made him laugh. So he kept doing it and I kept jumping till my legs started to hurt. Another proud mommy moment! Of course I took pics as well as some video for memories.
So the past few dyas I've been experimenting with all sorts of soft chunks - the menu so far includes bananas, mangoes, strawberries, bread, rice and peas & corn (stills gags a bit with those but we're getting there). Rice crispies are a favourite in the cruchy department & keep him well occupied since they are small and require more concentration. His chewing capabilities have greatly improved now that tooth #3 has sprouted on the bottom - no sign of top teeth yet, but he is drooling a bit more than normal so they're coming. Daddy came to the drool rescue and brought home some vanilla teething biscuits that you can freeze & then gnaw on to your hearts content. Mostly Liam just sucks on the biscuit, gets bored & launches it over the side of his chair where he watches it land on the floor. In fact, most of the food items we give him land on the floor, get smooshed around the tray (I've started pulling up his sleeves like he's about to take on a major art project) or end up in some other crevice other than his mouth. By the time meal time is over it's a battle zone of rice crispies, cheerios & miscellaneous food chunks. In comes the new Shark vacuum cleaner we purchased on Friday. Our old vacuum cleaner couldn't take the heat anymore and we had to step up the suck. Between the new vacuum and countertop dishwasher cleanup is waaaay easier & my sanity stays in tact. I can live with the occasional trampling on an unsuspecting Cheerio.
We have acquired a new sippy cup with a snap open & close staw that works way better than the current sippy cup we've been using. I noticed that Liam loves sucking juice through the straws in my juice boxes & after seeing Caleb (play date buddy from last week) sipping quite easily out of his straw sippy cup I got Ian to pick one up. Works like a charm! In a couple of days he has learned how to hold the cup & sip through the straw himself although he still has a bit of trouble with controlling the flow of liquid coming up the straw but he'll learn. In the meantime we'll have to deal with a few gags & red eyes when too much water goes down the pipe too quickly. Just as long as he doesn't vomit up chunks we're all good!
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