He is content without focused attention as well, enjoying playing in the Tupperware while I cook, or exploring outside while I water the garden. Today I tried letting him play on the trampoline, and he thought it was the best thing ever. Especially "bumping" noses through the safety mesh.
Timothy just cut his first tooth today, which is about time because over the past two weeks he discovered that he loves to eat table food. Since he nursed exclusively past 10 months and showed no interest whatsoever in anything that didn't taste like mama milk, I'm happy to see this development. Today he had eggs, blueberries, bananas, broccoli, avocado, and peaches. The peaches gave him a rash around his mouth, though, so no more of that for him for awhile.
He isn't saying any words yet, but definitely understanding more. It will be fun to watch his language acquisition develop, although I wonder if he will be a late talker because there are SO MANY PEOPLE TALKING in this house. I'm not sure he'll be able to get a word in edgewise.
I think Timothy is going to skip formal crawling. He scoots like nobody's business, with a funny little "one leg forward one behind" style that I've never seen before. Recently he discovered that he can walk around the house by hanging onto a bar stool and pushing it ahead of him. He smiles the whole time!
As a general rule, there is so much going on in our home that I often feel like I don't have much space to really see Timothy. He is cared for, of course, but always "in the midst" of everything. Today I got the space to really focus on him, and realize afresh what a delight this little boy of mine is.
