[imported from livejournal and backdated]
So Tao and I were chilling out on the futon, when Malki came along to
join us. I reached over and patted her, eliciting a whole string of
purrs, standard oeprating procedure. Tao looked over at her, then
reached over and touched her nose ET style and said quite clearly "cat"
(with a soft "t").
I blinked. Then said "Yes, Malki's a cat. Clever boy." He smiled cutely again and refused to say it again.
I'm
getting more use out of that sling that Sam (samandthree from AB) sent
me, still been needing Josh's help to tie Tao onto me but it's so
comfortable to wear. I carried him around at the footy yesterday (go
the mighty Dockers!) and he was looking cute as in his little Freo shirt
over his green Bonds suit and his little brown knitted beanni. Toting
him from the car to the stadium and back was a lot easier in the back
sling than in the ring sling, though it made talking to him a lot
harder. So good for long distance but I still favour the ring sling for
short trips and anything that will involve interacting (like shopping).
The
boy's top teeths are coming through, both of them. The bottom incisors
look so adorable when the gummyshark grins. He's gonna be like Josh I
think, he has occasionally refused food he's tried if he doesn't feel
like eating but I have yet to see him refuse something he hasn't tried
before.
Josh has decided that all the nappies we have are
clothies (the terry flats) or BubbaJs (all 7 or so of the fitteds of
which only 3 are BubbaJs).
Had a lot of reassurance as well that I'm not completely stupid for wanting to homeschool and for wanting an only child.
Tao
seems a bit backwards, he's close to crawling but hasn't quite worked
out this forward propulsion thing. He can't pull up, he'd rather whinge
at me til I put him on his feet or at least give him a hand to get to
his. We went to the health nurse not that long ago and she was pleased
with his progress, but said he had to crawl for hand-eye coordination.
I've been watching him manipulating small objects including cheese he's
shaved off with those small teeth, and I don't think thre's anything
wrong with his hand-eye coordination. I don't think he lacks spatial
recognition either which is what someone else told me.
I might drop by a few libraries on Monday, had this strange urge to do so recently for no real reason that I can think of.
Also doing yet more reading up on homeschooling.
Looks
like we won't be going to Christmas Island at the end of the year due
to Josh working. Trying to convince my parents to come up for Tao's
birthday. It's a hard ask but hopefully I'll win. Might also do his
baptism on his birthday as well, if we can find a nice spot to do it in.
The guest list is going to be interesting, thinking immediate family
and close friends only for both.
And after a few interruptions
(dinner, trading chores for favours with Josh, putting the boy to sleep)
I've lost my train of thought, so I'll leave off with the thought that I
should post more photos :)