Tate has 2 favorite things these days...neither of which are eating. The kid won't eat! I have decided he really likes the clothes he wears now and doesn't want to outgrow them. Little dude still rocks a few pairs of 3-6 month shorts at 12 months...ridiculous! So any tips on eating would be greatly appreciated, that is our biggest battle these days and my biggest stressor with him. I hate hearing failure to thrive at appointments and want to get out of that. Sorry for the side step!
Anyways...back to the favorite things. In the mornings, which are lovely and cool here, I open the window in the living room when we come down stairs. He then loves to crawl over to it and open and close the sliding screen. Sometimes he will stand there for up to 30 minutes. Open. Close. Open. Close. You get the point.
He can totally enjoy himself there alone unless he gets totally behind the curtains, at which point we have a small melt down until mommy rescues him! The other danger involves the walls. Here in Mexico they are made of plaster like stuff, and it kind of sucks. In certain areas, especially during the rainy season (now), it flakes off. So essentially, Tate can dig his little finger nails and flake off, then eat pieces of the wall. This is mostly under the windows (where he loves to play), so I have to REALLY watch him. Silence is never good, it means there is something in his mouth!
(Don't mind the burglar bars on the window and then gates outside the house. Totally normal here!)
Favorite thing number 2 is pushing the kitchen chairs around. There are 4, he will push 3 of them with no preference but I have never seen him even try the other one...not sure what that is about. Pushing chairs is accompanied by a very specific squeal. It is cute for the first 15 minutes. At about minute 16, the squeal accompanied with the sound of the chairs dragging on the tile and mommy is ready for something new. That is when I try to distract him with a toy...AND he usually goes to stand at the oven and make noises with his mouth on it.
Chair pushin' one day after church!
Sometimes I wonder why baby toys were even invented! My kid has more than his fair share of them, but loves all things non-toy.
