Part two: Getting busy.
In the past two weeks, Falco has changed a lot. First, he started being able to drag himself a couple of feet to a toy, and in the past week he has started doing this combat crawl anywhere he wants to go. He can go pretty fast when he wants something and tries to get into everything. His favorite things to go for are shoes, dog toys, and electrical cords, which are all forbidden. The only child proofing we had really done was plugging empty electrical outlets, but he goes for cords and unplugs them if he has the chance. We’re working on making all cords out of his reach, and I am constantly moving Rosco’s toys out of sight. It is very fun to watch him get around, but I find myself much more exhausted at the end of the day after keeping up with him!
Also in the last two weeks he has started babbling. I think he’s a little late on this, but that’s OK. Now he says babababababa or mamamamama or dadadadadada. Today he looked at me and very clearly said, “Mama,” but I know he doesn’t know what he is saying. Maybe in another month or two he will call us Mama and Dada, which will be so sweet.
He is a very good eater most of the time, and he seems to especially like Asian food. The night before our trip we went out for sushi, and he tried a few things. As soon as he tasted my miso soup, he got very excited and couldn’t get enough of it. Then we fed him sushi rice and avocado from a roll, and he really liked that too. Yesterday I got a BBQ chicken rice plate from a Vietnamese restaurant in our hood, and he shared it with me, eating a heap of rice and chicken. He is getting better at feeding himself, though he still hasn’t mastered the pincer grasp. He does manage to get food in his mouth with his fist or eating directly off the table. His table manners are generally pretty good by 8-month-old standards, and I am usually very proud of how well he does.
Coming soon: Our kitchen is soon to be demolished!
