Monday Milestones

The Undaling seems to hit all of his milestones on the weekends. This might be because Mrs. U and I spend more time concentrating on his physical, mental and emotional development. More likely, it's just that the daycare lady doesn't tell us stuff. Anyway, here are the milestones that the boy reached this past weekend:

Diapers size 3
How do you know when it's time to move up to the next sized diaper? Well, the answer is simple, and quite messy. Once there are at least two terrible incidents involving a breach of the diaper's borders and bodily fluids, it's time to move on. Why two incidents? Because one incident could just be a case of poor diaper fastening or some freak mishap. If it happens twice, throw out the onesie and move up to the next size. Needless to say, we had two messy incidents this weekend, and the Undaling is now a proud size 3.

Gorilla Sitting
Apparently, this is a child-development term. It happens when the baby sits on his own while resting some of his weight on his hands. Once he decides to move one of his hands, he topples over to that side like a Jenga sculpture. I assume that this means he'll soon be sitting up on his own. At this point, he has no idea that he's even doing this, as he doesn't seem to be surprised at all when he falls down (instead, he's probably a little disappointed in his parents for letting it happen).

More Rolling
The boy can now roll in all directions. The newest layer of development is rolling on the changing table. I guess we have to start strapping him down on the changing pad soon like a little baby frankenstein.

Raspberries
He's making his first fart noises with his mouth. This is very funny and he seems to enjoy it. We also enjoy it, but it's only a matter of time before he tries it with a mouthful of some colorful Gerber veggie. Goggles are an option for us, but they might freak him out a little.

High-Chair
Wow, I guess he had an eventful weekend. The boy sat in a high-chair at a restaurant using something called a "Floppy Seat".

Puffs
We gave him dissolving sweet potato puffs for the first time. One of them went too far back in his mouth and gave Mrs. U a scare, so we backed off. I then popped one in my mouth to see how long it takes for them to dissolve. In case anybody cares, it took about 20 seconds to dissolve in my mouth. Factoring in the excess baby saliva, I estimate that it takes 15-18 seconds for it to dissolve in his mouth. We'll try these again soon. Maybe next weekend.