thundering silence

Future great chefs have to get down and dirty with their food.

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So this is the beef stew incident. We finally gave in and gave him the bowl full of food. Needless to say, he loved it. The floor, high chair, his clothing, his hair and his right eye... not so much.

The Scooter

Well he's on the move. Dylan scoots all over the house now, even on carpet. This is fun but also more labor intensive, both for him and for us. Certain things, as parents of babies know, are more enticing that others: the stereo, the cat food bowls, that piece of half eaten toast that fell to the floor. So diligence is much more important now. Plus the refrigerator is very interesting to him as well. He gets hold of the door as soon as I open it and I have to practically wrestle it from his hands to close it. Time for a lock on that thing.

This mobility also means he's eating more cat hair. I confess, I don't clean the floor everyday and there are cat fur dust bunnies floating around like tumbleweeds. It seems I'll have to swiffer more than three times a week now. Cause a baby with hairballs isn't any cuter than a cat with hairballs.

And then there's the screeching

So Dylan has this new way of communicating. Is he signing already you might ask?

No.

He screeches.

LOUDLY.

OFTEN.

I'm not sure if this is an age appropriate thing or if I should be discouraging it. All I do know is that my eardrums have practically been shattered numerous times in the last few days. The screeching gets really bad if GOD FORBID he wants something and can't get to it.

I'm also starting to think this kid is not going to crawl. I had him on the floor in the kitchen today while I steamed and pureed carrots for him. I plastic bowls and mixing spoons out for him to play with. In a few minutes he had scooted himself over to the drawers, had the bottom one open and pulled out all the paper plates, plastic cups and napkins which is totally fine. He continued to scoot all over the kitchen pulling on drawers and cabinets. Time to babyproof.

All this and some screeching too.