I don’t know why I’m pushing toys on him, soon enough he’s going to be just another greedy kid who wants more! more! more! of all the toys in the whole world. But watching him reach simple developmental milestones, like learning how to keep his fist closed around a toy and bring it up to his mouth, is really exciting. I love to watch him learn how his body works.

He can hold the toys, but only for a few moments before he drops them. The routine of hold the toy, drop the toy, mommy gives it back to you, hold the toy, drop the toy, gets old pretty fast (although I am grateful that he doesn’t cry when the toy is gone, he’s just not that aware yet), so I devised a new way to give him some hand-eye coordination practice time.

Coasting Anon gifted T1 some toys when he was born (they are the only toys he has since I’m stingy mom who doesn’t plan to buy him any until he’s several years older) and I’ve scattered them throughout the house. He has a ball to play with while he’s in the bath, a rattle by his changing table, and a spindly ball type toy for when he’s in his swing. The spindly ball kept falling to the side and so I decided to tie some string to it and hang it from the mobile that hangs above his swing. I was surprised by how well this works!

At first he paid it no mind, but he is slowly starting to realize that this colorful something is a toy he can grasp with his hands, and best of all, bring to his mouth and lick and gnaw.

TH thinks it’s silly to have it there, that T1 doesn’t care about it, but I disagree. I think he loves it (probably not as much as I do, but oh well). Soon enough he’ll be grasping at everything and screaming when things are taken away from him, so I try to enjoy this simple exploration stage that’s happening at the moment.

And yes, my half-Polish baby still has blue eyes. :) I like to pop his collar and tell him he’s one of the cool kids.

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