Learning (and eating) New Things

Ladies and Gentleman, he has found his hands! With this new discovery, Brooks is learning to do many very important things! First of all, he is slowly discovering that he himself can have control over his pacifier, which he now loves! He is learning to grab it and take it in and out of his mouth, although he still does not have very good aim! He is also learning to hold his bottle (only the small bottle right now), which I am sure will be of big help to mommy who is always running around like a chicken with her head cut off!

His hands are also available to grab and play with his many toys. He tries his hardest to play with all of his toys, but he is still working on those fine motor skills, if you know what I mean! Long story short... this baby has found his hands and he loves them. There is no turning back! He literally tries to eat his own hands. For real!

Along with his hands, he is also a big fan of his tongue! Here is a pic of him as he starts to stick his tongue out at mommy.

Last week, he started eating cereal. His bottle just did not suffice, so I called the doctor to earn approval on giving him rice cereal. He gave me the go and Tuesday morning of last week he had his first bowl of rice cereal! I videoed the entire extravaganza. At first he just pushed it back out with his tongue, but before long, he opened that tiny little mouth and excitedly awaited the next spoonful. Boy, did we have a mess! Those arms went a flying (along with the cereal bowl a couple of times) and his legs just kicked and kicked as he learned that he was finally eating like mommy and daddy eat! My favorite part of the ordeal was that he laughed the entire time. He thought it was so funny. And when it was time for his bottle, boy did he grab that thing and shove it in his mouth... like it was his long lost best friend. Look how big he is!



Brooks is a very curious baby. He is always looking around, taking in the scene and checking things out. He is also very ticklish. Recently, I have started reading to him at night, and he LOVES books. He just smiles and laughs at me when I make funny voices and he stares at the pictures. He really pays attention!


Every day is a new adventure... and every morning he wakes up with the same precious grin on his face. (It could have something to do with the fact that he's sleeping until about 9 am every morning!)

I look forward to him sitting up within the next couple of months and then eating real food! (Mushed up, of course!)