Thursday, July 16, 2009

oral stage hello

What Calboy’s gummy little cave has been chomping, sucking, and mouthing on lately:

*The bottom of drinking glasses and glass bottles – the colder and more beverage condensation the better.
*Whole hard tomatoes from our garden – we watch in case he breaks the skin.
*Chins, shoulders, legs, hands, knuckles.
*The side of the bath tub.
*Blankets at bedtime.
*The backside of pacifiers.
*A magazine – the last for one we’ll be reading together for awhile.
*The hard yet soft corners of board books.
*The lip of the kitchen counter ledge.
*A baseball rattle before I confiscated it for BPA reasons.
*The doctor’s hand.
*A touch tone play phone at UCD Mind Institute (we were lab rats for an hour).
*All parts of the stroller, especially the tray and frame.
*Bottle parts and plastic food containers.
*Hyland’s Teething Tablets
*His cute feet, meaty thumbs, and tiny fingers.
*And of course, his toys.

(But not much food so far! Though he has tried blueberries, potatoes, carrots, avocado, & oatmeal. He makes a funny face and gives a tiny gag, but we'll keep up the effort.)