Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Caed's New Tricks ...

It's funny when you have a little kid and when you go visit friends or family you're always trying to show off the new 'tricks' your kid can do. It's like they're your pet or something. But either way, it's fun to show off the new things that Caed is learning. It seems like he unveils his new tricks all at once. Within the last week and a half, Caed has begun to perfect his clapping skills, he wrinkles up his little nose when he laughs (like his mommy), he's standing somewhat unassisted as he holds on to his crib/footstool/exersaucer and as of yesterday, he can successfully feed himself Cheerios! He's fed himself a Cheerio or two in the past, but it was never very consistent. Yesterday, as we were playing on the floor, he was getting a bit fussy, so I busted out the Cheerio box (who would have thought Cheerios could make a kid so happy!) and low and behold, instead of just moving them around with his fingers and throwing the ones that stuck to his hands, he actually used his pincher grasp to successfully get them in his mouth -- one after the other -- and before long, he had eaten the entire little pile that I left for him on the footstool! Good work, buddy! We'll have to see if this skill follows him to the highchair and the car seat. We'll be in business if it does!!

Here's a video of Caed and his new clapping skills from the beach last week:

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