Isaac continues to be the cutest little guy ever, even as he’s getting bigger and bigger! He’s still so very happy nearly all the time, although he does make his opinions known too when he has them.
This month, he has finally started to engage with food. We’ve been trying food since he turned six months old, but his face’s reaction upon tasting the food was that we clearly trying to poison him, regardless of what we gave him. That went on for quite a long time! Puffs have been acceptable for a few weeks now, and then just in the last couple of weeks he has started to like other things. The biggest winners so far are squash and yams. Now, we see some of his strongest expression of opinion ever when we’re too slow at giving him the next spoonful of squash!
He is continuing to use rolling as his sole means of self-driven transportation, which is something our other two boys never did. A couple of times now he has started to perch up on hands and knees and rock a little, so crawling is probably coming soon. He doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to make that happen though.
A new skill he developed this month is really fun for interaction: clapping! He started out doing it when he saw us doing it, but he can now do it on his own when he hears just the voice cue. He also verbally mimics the sound of the word clap as he is doing it if he hears us continue to say it. Perhaps he will be a more verbal kid? Having had two prior little people on different sides of that particular spectrum, we’d certainly welcome that… the chatter may never stop but it’s at least understandable and can minimize communication frustration for everyone.
Isaac we sure love you and are so happy that you are a part of our family!
The Meyers 