As I remarked at the end of my last post, I can't seem to get over how quickly MLO has gone from a starfish to a person. Everyday brings new surprises and drives home the reality that he is leaving babyhood and entering his life as a toddler. The most obvious example of this came today. For the first time he walked with controlled steps, stopped when he felt himself losing control, squatted to give himself a break, then stood back up again (unaided) and walked a few steps more until he reached what I suppose was his intended target. He hasn't abandoned the wild feet-flinging gait, but seems to grasp that there is a less risky way to get from one place to another on two feet. He still doesn't use walking as his main mode of transportation, but he seems to prefer it now over crawling. It looks to me that he knows walking is slower for him, but that he is determined to become proficient.
In addition to his development of our species's most trademark motor skill, he has discovered how to groove. I realize that parrots with a particular love of a certain song will dance when it's played, but to see my son rocking out to Beck or MGMT was down right kick ass. I keep Pandora on fairly often during the day so MLO gets exposure to everything from Ray Charles to The Clash. He hasn't expressed a dislike of anything as far as I can tell, but certain songs get him bobbing and swaying like crazy. It absolutely kills me.
Speaking of things that blow me away, there have been a couple of instances in which I prompted MLO to show me the ________. Colors, food items and animals of interest make up the items that fill in the blank. His initial attempt is always right, though if I prompt him later he rarely identifies it correctly. I can't tell you how thrilled I was when he flipped through his book and showed me the banana on command, or correctly identified three different colors in a row when prompted.
Yeah, that little sucker's just full of surprises.
In addition to his development of our species's most trademark motor skill, he has discovered how to groove. I realize that parrots with a particular love of a certain song will dance when it's played, but to see my son rocking out to Beck or MGMT was down right kick ass. I keep Pandora on fairly often during the day so MLO gets exposure to everything from Ray Charles to The Clash. He hasn't expressed a dislike of anything as far as I can tell, but certain songs get him bobbing and swaying like crazy. It absolutely kills me.
Speaking of things that blow me away, there have been a couple of instances in which I prompted MLO to show me the ________. Colors, food items and animals of interest make up the items that fill in the blank. His initial attempt is always right, though if I prompt him later he rarely identifies it correctly. I can't tell you how thrilled I was when he flipped through his book and showed me the banana on command, or correctly identified three different colors in a row when prompted.
Yeah, that little sucker's just full of surprises.
By the way, he totally just correctly identified blue, green and yellow out of a lineup for the second time in two days. I think that's officially color knowledge and name identification. Wahoo!
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