As each week passes, Puff threatens us with a greater sense of mobility. In the bath, if you flip him over so he’s face-down, he can hold his head out of the water by himself, and – like a ninja – pull a non-slip plastic duck from the wall or floor of the bath and still be holding it when you flip him around again.
Faster, smarter, more dextrous. It’s amazing to watch him learn and grow.
This week we tried out some more challenging food: a slice of apple, and some grated apple. Using his two bottom teeth, he managed to gnaw quite a bit off the piece of apple. Having put the grated apple into his mouth by himself, it would stay in his mouth for a while, and then fall back out onto his bib or tray. He needs more practice here.
Saturday night we took him out to a restaurant with some friends, and he managed to sit in his plastic chair on a restaurant chair, to have his dinner. There were a lot of distractions. Here’s a quick time-lapse of his after-dinner rusk.
He managed to pose for this photo with his dad.
On his dad’s birthday, he visited Dad at work, and stopped for a food court lunch with Mum, Dad and Puff. He doesn’t seem to understand the distinction between posing for a photo and eating lunch: here’s our best effort to have him look at the camera.
He also had his first evening being looked after by a certain aunt and uncle. Mum and Dad had a very unusual evening where there was no Puff to look after. Odd, but good. And they didn’t talk about Puff *all* the time they were out.