Lately Tristan has been showing off his interest in grabbing/grasping things. Of course, there’s hair, but he also can pick up toys and wave them around now. We finally started putting toys more in his reach after being reminded that babies should be grasping at his age, heh. The cutest and most punkass thing he’s been grabbing lately has been his bottle. He puts his little hands around it and holds it, but when I stop directing it, he aims it in any direction other than the proper one to be able to drink from it. I’m anxiously awaiting the point where he is able to hold and drink from his own bottle, mostly because I think it’s cuter than hell.
In other news, Tristan has become very attached to his daily sling rides and they are always the cure for a randomly fussy baby. We walked around the park today (the one in the center of the complex, for those of you who have been to visit) with Samurai, who stayed home from work today because James had a dentist appointment and for some reason, they don’t allow puppies in there. Said park walk perimeter is 1/3 mile, by the way. We met two other moms with babies – one with a 2-month-old in a stroller and another with a 15-month-old walking/running around and very interested in Samurai and the other dogs who were out. Seeing the 15-month-old makes me so eager to see Tristan that age – I know they’re easier to manage as little babies but I’d rather have the critter with a personality that will interact with me.
Oh, and I moved the crib into our bedroom. The screws didn’t seem to be loose or lack integrity, so I’m not too worried. We still have to put the mattress and bedding back in, so he can actually SLEEP in the thing, but we’ll do that soon enough. I’m highly considering purchasing a plastic wrap for the mattress, as there is a lot of speculation that toxic gases are the cause of crib death and the wraps prevent this. It’s likely hype, but I’m of the mind that the precautions we take buy us much peace of mind. In any event, the crib mattress was new and he hasn’t even slept on it for more than about 4 hours total, so it’s probably not growing anything funky. I must also mention that it’s very interesting to partially dismantle and reassemble a crib while being alone with a baby!