This week finds daddy in Salt Lake City, or there abouts. Actually it's a quick trip--just two nights. Tonight Eddie ate his weight in rice. I'm not kidding. He ate more than I could in one sitting. Well technically he was eating so quickly, I made him stop and take a 5 min. break to make sure he really was hungry, and not just opening his mouth to get the spoon onto his aching gums.
This, after he ate for lunch, a jar of #2 carrots (that's a larger jar), 2 ice cubes of cabbage (usually he can do one and some rice), and a serving of prunes. Is there an 8 month or 9 month growth spurt? He weighed in today at over 21 pounds, and I think about 28 inches, but he was a little wiggly for the length.
I got really spoiled by all the grandparental attention on Eddie, and so this evening, after we dropped dad at METRO, I was thinking how I went from 4 on Eddie to one on Eddie. So, I put in a Baby Einstein DVD--not that it can replace g'parents, but it can distract for a brief period. He was mesmerized--for about 8 minutes. He really enjoyed the parts where there were kids and smiled at them. I need to get him more interaction with kids--now that we're healthy....
It's a lil' blurry, but the above is of Eddie watching the video. Our friend Lisa, www.lisaguernsey.com has done some research, written several articles and is interested in the effects of TV on kids. At least I can feel good that Eddie made it till 8 months before I popped a video in for him (if you don't count the 2 minutes I put the video in when he was 4 months because I was curious what it was all about). Course he has logged some time watching golf, football, and baseball with dad.
The other photo, is just usual hammin' it up Eddie.
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