One thing Felix really loves is bath time. While he was sitting on the toilet this afternoon, he signed to me that he wanted a bath. Since he was quite dirty from lots of playing and eating, with a bit of sand mixed in, I thought it was probably a good suggestion. He can't get undressed quick enough for the bath and likes to get in when the water is still running. When I turn off the taps, he likes to play in the bubbles for a while and helps me as I wash him with the wash cloth. Today he did something I thought was quite clever. He took one of his toy boats and put it next to him in the water. He then swished his hands through the water until the boat floated up to the opposite end of the bath. Once it had reached the end, he reached out and grabbed the boat and did it again. Not once did he push the boat; he knew that if he moved his hand through the water enough, the boat would be caught in the current and would move along by itself. I love watching him as he thinks through things. It's really quite amazing!
Today I drove to the town nearest us, which is about 40 minutes away, to get started on my Christmas shopping. I always feel a bit sorry for Felix when I have to drag him out to the shops, but he is so good. I don't know why he enjoys being in the car, but he has never complained, even when we have to drive long distances. Today was no exception. He chattered away to himself and was happy to look out the window and take everything in. He loves being able to walk around the shops by himself a bit now, and it's pretty cute to have him toddling behind me. The only problem is that there is a lot of stuff on shelves which are the perfect height for him, so he tends to do a little bit of unfolding and rearranging of things. Although I think it's quite adorable, I'm not sure that the staff at the store would agree with me.....Oops!
Tonight, we went to my best friend's house for a yummy dinner. It was a little bit later than Felix's usual dinner time, so we took him a little picnic to eat while we were waiting for ours to be ready. He thought it was great. He had lots of delicious things on his plate, but he also got to share some of our pre-dinner nibbles as well. He enjoyed dipping his crackers into some spicy capsicum dip, and when our laksa had finished cooking he managed to eat some of that even after eating his own dinner. He seems to love things which are a little bit spicy, or have a lot of garlic and strong flavours. I don't know if that's because we introduced him to those foods at quite a young age, or if it's just genetics and he's like his Mummy and Daddy. Either way, it's pretty cool to be able to share blue cheese and olives with a two year old!
Today I drove to the town nearest us, which is about 40 minutes away, to get started on my Christmas shopping. I always feel a bit sorry for Felix when I have to drag him out to the shops, but he is so good. I don't know why he enjoys being in the car, but he has never complained, even when we have to drive long distances. Today was no exception. He chattered away to himself and was happy to look out the window and take everything in. He loves being able to walk around the shops by himself a bit now, and it's pretty cute to have him toddling behind me. The only problem is that there is a lot of stuff on shelves which are the perfect height for him, so he tends to do a little bit of unfolding and rearranging of things. Although I think it's quite adorable, I'm not sure that the staff at the store would agree with me.....Oops!
Love the dress up pictures,so cute.I read and a few speech therapists have mentioned giving my boy spicy or strong flavors because of low tome they don't taste bland foods as well.It sort of wakes up the palette.
ReplyDeleteReally? I hadn't heard that before, but it does make sense. We tend to eat things with very strong flavours so, right from when Felix was only about 4 months old, we would put tiny tastes of things on his tongue. He loves it! Let me know what your little guy thinks :)
DeleteHis favorite thing right now is masked carrots and mashed potatoes with gravy from roasts I cook all day in the crockpot,it has tons of flavor.He says mmmmmmm lol I noticed that if I just give him plain purred veggies I make for him he won't eat as much,but if I give him pasta with loads of garlic in the sauce he loves it.Or if I sautée some apples with vanilla & cinnamon and mash them he will eat a whole bowl.We gave him some foccachia bread with rosemary & garlic he sucked it dry lol He definetely prefers our strongly flavored food over just plain "baby" food I make for him.Tonight I roasted beets with olive oil &garlic,he loved them.When we went to see the speech therapist she even mentioned to feed hi. Highly flavored foods,I did notice he's not big on sweets.
ReplyDeleteFelix loves roasts too (although he still struggles with meat a bit because he doesn't have enough teeth to chew it up properly). He also loves risotto, which is awesome because you can add heaps of vegies and different flavours. The roast beets sound amazing!! He loves beetroot dip, so I might try that! I'd like to say Felix doesn't like sweets, but he has his Daddy's sweet tooth. He doesn't get sugar often, but when he does he LOVES it! Hahaha!
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