Little man Big surprises, Larry from birth to now (19 months)

Larry's Stages of Early Childhood Development:
NEWBORN => CURIOUS CRAWLER => RAMBUNCTIOUS WALKER => BUSY TODDLER aka

LITTLE RESEARCH FELLOW

Ever since Larry discovered that he can flip, the surprises he gave us came one after another sometimes back to back in consecutive days. It is a wonderful experience for me to be able to witness Larry reach his milestones and share the numerous joyous occasions with him. Every individual is unique and so is Larry. As a newborn, he does not like to be restricted and would wriggle out of his swaddle, pull off his mittens and kick away his socks.

Larry @ 13 Days Old
Larry in his Milk Drunken Kong Fu Stance

Larry @ 3 Days Old

As a result, we found ourselves putting on his mittens and socks for him countless times a day. Since 1 month old, he took a liking to blabbering and would smile happily at anyone who talks to him and listens to his blabber.

Larry @ 3 Months

Larry @ 8 Months
He LOVES talking so much that most of the time we find saliva all over his smiley face.

As he grew older, he became fascinated with his hands and fingers and would spend hours looking at them happily as though telling himself "I HAVE GOT HANDS!".

Larry @ 5 Months
Larry giving his hands a thorough analysis

The other pastime he had was kicking his legs high up in the air. Sometimes I really wonder where this little guy who takes only milk derive all his energy from.

Soon he was happily flipping away but his new found mobility only made him crave for more as he spent hours in his cot observing us walking around him. He was also very much attracted to the colourful, soothing mobile cot that had been his companion whenever he was awake since he came home as a new-born. Spending endless hours in his cot, his exploratory mind began devising ways to reach out and touch his mobile cot. To our astonishment, we found him lying on top of two of his pillows, shaking and pulling at his mobile cot!

Larry @ 8 Months
Larry pulling hard at his favourite mobile cot

Larry observes us attentively whenever we are walking around him... he would be having the "Wow, how do they do that! I want to walk too and go to any where I want!" kind of look. Though we were forseeing it, he gave us a nice surprise when he sat up on his cot by himself one evening after dinner. We placed him back on his back to see what this little baby would do. First, he flipped then he pushed his butt against the rails of his cot backwards till he was in upright sitting position. Wala! He looked so pleased with himself as he is able to have a better view of his surroundings including the floor!

Larry @ 9 Months
"I can SIT!"

But that didn't satisfy our little Larry boy. Two days later, we found him standing by the rails on his cot! He looked very pleased with himself and his new found view. Again, his favourite mobile cot toy was one of the compelling reasons for him in yearning to stand so much.

Since the day he discovered standing, he was usually in that position holding on to the rails in his cot while his eyes followed us around the room. Soon he took his first few baby steps and was absolutely overwhelmed by his new found freedom as he squeals and laughs in delight.

As HAPPY as LARRY, now at 19 months, he is enjoying all the mobility he has within his warm home. Walking and running around our home while exploring with his vocal cords all the time. My home is never the same. It's normal if I hear him and gets me worried if I don't. His inquisitive mind always keeps him on the move, from figuring out where the music streams from his music DJ toy to exploring the different ways he can get down from the seat... that is from bottoms down, front down or jump and slide off with the seat's cover!