Like A Weed

Grayson has definitely hit a growth spurt. All of a sudden he's at the end of his 9 month size pajamas and we've had to move his exersaucer and jumperoo up to the highest notches. 

I remember when we first put him in the exersaucer (around 4 months) and his arms could barely reach the toys because he was so short in the seat. Now he's an old pro, spinning the seat around to give equal time to each toy and sticking them all in his mouth. 

He's also working on a new skill: chewing. We've progressed from totally pureed foods to chunkier meals and I must say he's not a fan. He would prefer the food to smoothly slide down his throat so that he could take another bite as quickly as possible. Now that he has to take time to chew, it takes entirely too long from one bite to the next. 

I gave him a few apple flavored rice puffs and he contorted his face like I had betrayed him and was pulling some kind of terrible prank. This from a boy who sticks everything in his mouth, we finally found the one exception -- rice puffs. Instead he's content moving them around on his high chair tray and then throwing it on the floor or breaking it up in his hand so it becomes a million little pieces. 

Grayson has also begun testing some boundaries such as lifting his feet up in the high chair (when the tray isn't attached) or trying to grab the feeding spoon with his hand. I think he's beginning to understand the word "no" but choosing to consistently obey it is a whole different story. There's only about 18+ years of that phase, right? 

He's going to have to work on his poker face because he's starting to get a certain look in his eye when he knows he's testing his limits. Most of the time he realizes that if he's playing with his feet during a mealtime or grabbing at the spoon it's going to delay his next bite, so he quickly falls back in line hoping the feeding will recommence. 

These are just a few of the changes I've noticed this week, but I'm sure it will seem like there's a lot more for Nana, Popper and all of Michael's family that we're visiting in Houston this weekend. Most haven't seen Grayson for three or four months so it will be fun to show off some of his new tricks.