Milestones

I realise I've yet to mark some key milestones that Aidan's been able to achieve, so here they are, to the best of my knowledge...

1) He can grab stuff dangling in front of him. Especially the strap attached to my mobile phone. Particularly when I'm on the phone.

2) He's just learned how to scratch an itch. Good because that shows development in his hand co-ordination. Bad 'coz he leaves a blood trail where his fingernails have been.

3) He's learned how to laugh spontaneously - just the other day his Granny (EG's mum) just grinned widely at him and he burst out in giggles. How adorable!

4) He's learned to whine...really whine...like when he's left alone he starts whimpering and then it escalates into a wail. Even when I'm just sitting next to him! He needs my full attention...sigh...

5) He can sit up a little - just the other day his Grandad (EG's dad) put him in a high chair at the yong tau foo stall we were having dinner at and he sat in it - albeit leaning heavily on the chair's support table. He also likes sitting while having a bath and splashing and tries to grab the cloth we use to bathe him with.

6) He's starting to recognise faces. I know this because somehow after 9pm when he starts to fuss and build to a scream, he will only calm down if I carry him. Not Daddy, not Granny, only me. I guess I should feel flattered, but, hmmm I'd rather have a reprieve.

7) He's so much more alert and awake these days, looking at everything around him. For some reason he's particularly excited about food - pop him on your lap at the dining table and watch him squeal! I'm not sure if it's the colours or the smell, but he's pretty happy at the table!

8) He gets easily distracted from drinking when it's milk time, so it's been rather difficult getting him to have a full feed, although they say that's pretty normal. He's just keeps looking and smiling and giggling at everything around him, although he can get bored pretty quickly too! What a child!

9) He's starting to teeth I think...he's starting off stuffing his hands (both sometimes!) into his mouth, and now he's graduated to enthusiastically gumming mine. But give him a teething toy and it's ptooi ptooi I don't like it mum! He's also been drooling excessively as well. Which makes for very wet clothes. My very wet clothes.

10) He's SO BIG now! He can barely fit his bathtub here - I wonder what his weight is at the moment. I reckon about 6.5 - 7kgs? He's now on the medium-sized Mamy Poko diapers (which are really good btw - they're one of the few brands which can take the amount of poo this boy generates! Sorry to be so graphic, but I can never look at Japanese curry the same way again).

11) He's grown more hair - it's all dense in the middle of his head, and sparse at the sides. He looks like those men with receding hairlines in the photos they use to advertise hair-growth solutions on TV!