The One In Motion
To match Muffin's fast crawling skills, the Mountain Family have lent us a digital cam recorder. Forget the flickr stills. We're in motion now. And expect some podcasting soon. So far, we have the following episodes: "The One Where Bruno Sings To His Food From His High Chair", "The One Where Bruno Stares At His Dancing Mother In Disbelief", "The One With Bruno Holding His Own Bottle" and finally "The One Where Everyone Blows Kisses". Do stay tuned.

Toddlerness?
Bruno turns 11 months old today.
This doesn't add. This is a more countdown to T H E Y E A R.
My baby is secretly growing at nights to crawl into toddlerness.
Someone give me my calendar back.

In other news, yesterday Bruno and his nursery gang were encouraged to walk using push along walkers. Muffin loves to walk. He's constantly trying to stand still and he prefers it to crawling. Exploring new angles, i suppose. In any case, i don't know if i'm happy about this push-along technique. I've read it's not very good for balance or strengthening the leg's muscles. Then again, if the nursery teacher believes it's a good idea for Bruno to use them, she'll have her reasons.

Good evening and welcome to another show of Oh The Parenting Dilemma. *round of applause and the odd ovation* Please send your views into the box bellow!

Box of smiles
His legs are longer, he's heavier, faster and a lot stronger. Bruno is growing at the speed of light and i'm enjoying every minute of it. Even if work prevents me from staring at him in delight 24/7, which, come to think of it, sounds like a good thing.

He now crawls, with one leg tucked inside and pushing with the other one, apparently using both his daddy's and my little niece's style. He also crawls backwards, generally with the intention of sitting down again and having a long look around the room.

He eats everything we feed him and a lot of things we don't feed him, such as computer cords and furniture. He babbles a lot more and dreamily mixes sounds forming song-like themes. He screams with pleasure. He also screams with tiredness or mere rage.

But what Bruno does a lot these days is smile. He's always been a big laugher. Still, you should see him now. He giggles, grins and offers broad smiles about 498 times a day. He laughs when i kiss his belly. He's waiting for someone to collect him from his cot and he patiently sits, making a stuffed chicken move around the sheets, while smiling all along. He catches my eye while his father is giving him lunch and chuckles.

After all the worries, the hospital tests, the weigth issues, i'm certainly gathering all these smiles in a box for rainy days.

Introducing Muffin, the movie
I love fd's Flickr Toys almost as much as i love this pic.

Should i stay or should i go
I'm considering shutting this site and transfering all baby content to the main blog.
Thoughts?