He has mastered the sounds of the letter "B" now. (If only one of us were named Bah, Bub or Bob!)
When he eats, he says "Mmmmm" with nearly every bite of food that we give him. (THAT is SO CUTE!) Along with all of the Mmmmm's at the table, Sydney also babbles Mmmm, Maah, and what sounds an awful lot like Mamma.
When we pick him up, he grabs on now, almost as if he is giving you a hug. He is starting to figure out to put his arms up when he wants UP. He plays Peek-A-Boo (by himself) with a burp rag, bib or placemat. A few times now, it seems that he is inching closer and closer to grasping "SO BIG", too.
He now makes crawling look easy and has moved onto climbing. He is trying to work himself up to his feet (next to the couch, recliner, car seat and dog crate.) Unfortunately, he does not have the balance to be standing on his own. (We do NOT want him to tackle the stairs yet!)
He is skilled with his hands. He works in S...L...O...W......M...O...T...I...O...N..., working his fingers delicately to pick up and maneuver small objects in his hands in order to position them properly to get them skillfully into his mouth. (He is loving his YumYum baby crackers and his Gerber Graduate puffs because he can feed himself.)
Sydney is well-aware of the cats. He often smiles at them, as if he expects them to smile back. Whenever we ask "Where is...", he knows the words CAT, Eddy and Otto and will look for them. I'm not sure if he knows the word DOG yet and is more reserved with his smiles towards the unpredictable puppy that Mike now calls SCRAPPY most of the time.
Yesterday, Mike was playing with Sydney, but Syd kept turning around and looking for his mom. Mike put him on the floor and he started crawling towards me - uttering what sounded amazingly like I...wanna...my... momma. (We both thought that is what he was trying to say.)
Mike wonders if we (Sydney and I) sit around all day, repeating MA-MA over and over. He also wonders WHEN Sydney will start to say DA-DA (because we had read that THAT sound is easier for babies to say.) Mike DOES understand that Sydney spends 99% of his time with me.
We are both noticing that Sydney is starting to show some separation anxiety lately. He often wants to be WITH US and starts to cry (with tears rolling down his cheeks) if we leave the room. (Otherwise, we NEVER see tears, unless it is bedtime and he wants to be with us instead of alone in his room.)
The household is now awake. Mike and Scrappy have been downstairs playing for 30 minutes or so. The cats have been eating and prancing on the desk as I type. (Now that we moved the litterbox to the office, Eddy has recently made the office QUITE stinky.) And with the noises downstairs, I can hear Sydney in his room - starting to make wake-up noises.
Good morning, Wednesday... we're ready for another good day (and an outing to the breastfeeding support group)!
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