*Tristan has been starting to imitate sounds. He’s done very well at cackling: ha ha ha ha ha in sort of descending tones. He picked it up from James. It’s really adorable to hear it first thing in the morning, even if that first thing is too damn early. He’s been pretty talkety lately – he says hi and bye sometimes but it’s usually after the moment has passed, he says up-up-up! and seems to have a fair concept of what ‘up’ means with relation to himself as well as the garage door and noisy airplanes. And, like many babies, he talks about his parents a lot.

*Along with his interest in putting things into other things, he is also starting to give objects to others (at least me).

*He will eat mozzarella cheese shreds, but more of them end up next to him in his high chair than in his mouth.