Aug 26 2008
Put a Fork in It
Jonah has started to get the hang of using his fork, which is very exciting for everyone. Right now, he is able to spear some food with the tines of the fork and carefully place it in his mouth. He seems to have an easier time with the fork than with a spoon; if his hands move around, the food doesn’t fall off of the fork the way it does with the spoon.
These days, if he doesn’t seem interested in food, giving him a chance to feed himself usually gets his interest up and he ends up eating whatever we’re trying to feed him. That’s good news, considering he seems to be getting picky lately about what he eats.
The other cool development we noticed today was that he is into stacking things. This is quite a shift, considering all he used to do was destroy, destroy, destroy. Today we had some old canisters of baby cereal that he stacked three high. We thought perhaps he got lucky, but he did it several times. He wouldn’t simply knock them all over either, but would take them off the top to start another stack. I’m no doctor, but it seems like his fine motor skills have hit a new highwater mark if he’s doing things like that.
Other than that, not much other news to report. He’s running around like crazy and is really into repeating your actions. He’s also starting to wave goodbye here and there, but doesn’t always do it consistently.
One other note: Today was the funeral for my great aunt Hertha Bertha Kurth, affectionately known to our family as Aunt Petey. She was 98 years old. Rest in peace, Petey. We all love you very much!
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It’s sort of sad that Jonah is only 14 months old and has already been to 2 funerals. Granted, the first was for someone he’d never met but hopefully he hits a dry spell now for a long time!