Accomplishments

In the last two days, Iain has developed some exciting new skills.

1. He can now put his own fist in his mouth on purpose, and suck on it. He produces disgusting noises, to his evident satisfaction.

2. He can now see objects intended for his entertainment. For example, he received a hand-me-down baby gymnasium (essentially a blanket on the floor with criss-crossing poles that arc above the baby's head and dangle interesting toys in front of him.), and he can see the toys above him and has some interest in them.

3. He can reach for stuff on purpose, even though his version of reaching for something is mostly about batting at it with his (enormous) paws. So when you lay him down on the baby gymnasium, he sort of waggles his fists toward the thing that he wants. Today he was swatting at the feet of a giraffe, making it jiggle and swing.

4. He smiles without first being smiled at. This means that sometimes you turn and look at him and he's already smiling. It's not a lot, but a week ago you had to smile until your cheeks hurt and then he would sort of smile back at you - probably he just thought it would make you go away and leave him alone. This week, he's smiling because he wants to.

5. He's vocalizing a lot. Not in the ChrisBrayMyBaby'sLungsReallyWork kind of way, but more in the cooing, squawking, gurgling kind of way.

So that's a lot of progress for a few days. I think he'll take the next week off, consolidate his skills, and recharge his batteries. Week 12 is the one when his sleepy hormones should start taking off, so that'll be a big week.

Gotta go...somebody's got junk in his trunk.