Daily Micah: Micah, Spoon-bane

Micah can get aggressive with the things he's chewing on. He can even seem to be attacking them. The most hilarious bit of this is his facial expressions. Observe the following sequence.

"Oh, I have a spoon."


"Oh spoon, I'll show you who's boss!"


"Spoon, you've met your match!"

Daily Micah: Look mom, two hands!

Another recent development: Micah is grabbing things with two hands. This has expanded dramatically the things that he can hold ...


... and therefore chew!


Incidentally, he really likes this little bird. It's a "Western Blue Bird" and when you squeeze it it makes the call of a Western Blue Bird. Apparently. We aren't bird people, and so it could be anything and we wouldn't know any better.

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Daily Micah: Baby limerick

There is this small boy we call honey.
He's cute and he's sweet and he's funny.
He wiggles and squirms,
and giggles and worms,
and costs us a whole bunch of money.


This picture was taken just eight hours after Micah was born.

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Daily Micah: Cup

You must have been thinking, where is my Daily Micah!? Well, the day isn't over yet!

In addition to spoons, Micah also likes cups. Go figure! (Sorry, I'm all out of insight; it's all being dumped into a research paper I'm writing for Nov. 19)



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Daily Micah: Spoon

As you might have surmised from yesterday's picture, Micah has recently taken to holding and, you guessed it, chewing on, little spoons. He's really pretty funny about it. I think he's been watching us eat with utensils, because he has a tendency to take the spoon in and out of his mouth at regular intervals; he doesn't do this with anything else he puts in his mouth.


He also seems to like moving the spoon around in his mouth. Because it is rubber, it makes a cute little squeaking noise against his gums, which I think he enjoys.

Daily Micah: Baby tongue

Sometimes I wish that my eyes were connected to a camera, kind of like Geordi LaForge from Star Trek: The Next Generation. That way, I could catch all the hilarious things that Micah does, but does only once, and only for a split second. The pictures we post here only very rarely capture the really special moments, just because it often takes too long (i.e., more than a second) to find our camera, turn it on, and snap a picture. Sometimes, however, we get lucky. This one, for example, was a complete accident, but a very fortunate one. As I was setting this shot up, I had no idea what he was doing. In fact, I don't think I realized he had stuck out his tongue until I reviewed the picture afterward.


Micah has been experimenting with the different sounds he can make, and recently has taken to two different strategies:

1) sticking his tongue out as he talks
2) closing his mouth altogether as he talks

Both are hilarious, and he makes great faces. We're pretty sure that's how we were able to catch this one; he was talking, and we just got lucky. Hopefully sometime soon I'll catch one of his talking-with-his-mouth-closed faces.

Daily Micah: Quilt gazing

Convincing Micah it is fun to be on his stomach is a difficult task. He often prefers chewing on whatever is below him to holding his head up and looking around. As such, we have to work very hard to put entertaining things in front of him. This quilt, cross-stitched by our friend Robin, is an example of one such entertaining thing.

FreeRice

Three essential websites for you to go to:

The story
The game
The crutch

Daily Micah: Eating bugs

Yes, "hands in mouth" has quickly become "anything I can get my hands on in mouth." Fortunately, he doesn't yet grab for everything, and I think his depth perception is still developing; there are many things that he could grab that he doesn't.

He does like this bug, however. It was a "free" toy we were given on Austrian Air, the airline we flew from Frankfurt (worst airport ever) to Salzburg and back again.


Who doesn't like chewing on bugs? Perhaps he's practicing for a remake of the Temple of Doom.

Daily Micah: Tis the season for babies and pumpkins

At this time of year, what's more cute than a baby and a pumpkin? Well, a smiling baby and a pumpkin, of course!

Micah laughing

Micah has laughed essentially since he was born. At first, he only laughed in his sleep. It was this crazy belly chuckle thing, and was very amusing. More recently, he has taken to laughing while awake, though not the same belly chuckle. What's amusing about this is the things he laughs at, and the fact that he infrequently will laugh at the same thing on two different occasions. A while ago, I got him going by saying his name to him. Micah is a funny name, right? Or, as my mom pointed out, maybe Micah just has a funny dad.

Listen to Micah laughing

Daily Micah: Say cheese!

A recent development that you all benefit from is the fact that Micah seems to understand that he should smile for the camera. That doesn't mean he always does. However, he seems to have figured this out, as the pictures today and tomorrow will demonstrate (ooh ooh! foreshadowing!).


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Daily Micah: Yay burpcloth

Realizing that he can hold onto things like burpcloths has been a source of entertainment as well as chewing for Micah, especially when there aren't any fingers or arms available.

Here's a happy baby with a burpcloth.


Micah begins to move the burpcloth into position.


Attack!


Ultimately, hands just get in the way.

Daily Micah: Attack!

About when Micah started sucking his thumb, he started really trying to chew on everything. He had, on occasion, chewed on a finger or knuckle unfortunate enough to pass by his mouth. Now he attacks things when he sees the opportunity to chew. Take, for example, my forearm.