Friday, January 18, 2008

Liam the late bloomer

Every time I read Leo the late Bloomer to Megan, I mutate the name of the title character to Liam. Megan just thinks this is me being silly, but there is some seriousness to this joke as well, for Liam is way behind Megan in terms of development. "He's a boy," and "he's a preemie," are the two most common reasons I get, when I mention this to others. "Every kid is different," pops up a lot, too. To be sure all of these are true, and so we aren't worried about Liam. But we have been pretty excited to see him start 'blooming' in the last week or two.

His wave still looks like an arm seizure, but he is pretty consistent with it.

He performs to the inquiry,"How big is Liam?" (Liam demonstrates "SO BIG!" with both arms stretched over head).

He can sit up on his own.

He's pulled himself up to standing a couple of times.

He likes to clap (especially after performing SO BIG).

And, the little gag machine, seems to be getting the hang of chewing. This is good because it means we can take solid foods off of the "serious danger" list (now that he can stand the coffee table and hearth have been added to this list).

Liam can play peek-a-boo. This is really cute when he shoves a paper or a T-shirt or even his own hand over his face just waiting for you to say,"peek!"

Liam helps you get him dressed and undressed, by raising or extending his arms at appropriate times.

In summary, it seems that Liam is just starting to get it and we are enjoying watching. And even though he's not saying any words, we know he'll get that figured out, too...he's just a late bloomer!

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