The second last update before Puff’s first birthday. The time has flown by – not so long ago, he was looking to his mum for food every three or four hours, and this week we’ve seen more new developments in his eating – not all of them welcome.
We’re starting to devote more time to getting ready for his birthday proper: his birthday cake (you’ll be able to see it on the blog next week) is looking really good so far. We’re looking forward to catching up with some family and friends. Again, more on that next week.
Puff is starting to combine his various skills: he can now add “playing with magnets” to “sitting up”, and creates scenes like this.
A step in sourcing the ingredients for his cake saw Puff take a train journey. He seemed to enjoy it.
There was a market night on at one of the childcare centres in our suburb, and we took him along to have a look: next door to the centre was a fenced off area where various birds could be seen. He had a bit of a look at them, and looked like he was enjoying it!
On the way back, despite the failing amounts of light, we took Puff to a swing for a quick ride. He also tried out the slide, though we had to keep a pretty close hand on him, so haven’t managed to photograph that yet.
Saturday was excellent, a bright and sunny day, and so we went to Mount Annan botanic gardens for a picnic. We let him try eating an apple, though it was a little beyond him: he managed to sneak a small amount of apple into the roof of his mouth for quite a while. We thought he’d eaten it really quickly, and then discovered it in his mouth a long while later.
Though he’s getting bigger and more mobile, he’s still prepared to sit still for photos where his movements are restricted.
With his ever expanding diet, his eating is getting even more messy. Eating a banana is tricky enough if you know how to hold one, but if you’re also fascinated with textures, it ends up being very messy indeed. To try and keep mealtimes cleaner, we’ve moved up a notch from the bib to the smock. He’s a little uneasy having it put on, but once he’s wearing it, he is happy enough.
Lastly, he’s starting to try and stand up. He makes an “a-frame”, keeping his feet and hands on the ground, and then making an A shape with his body, then fidgets a while, and goes back to crawling. Still, it won’t be long, we think, until he’s running around!