New Accomplishments and New Toys

The last week has been full of new and exciting things for Eli and his parents. Eli has really gotten the hang of pulling himself up mostly in his crib which posed all sorts of new worries for us since each time he makes it up he also had to get back down. This usually means a crash against the sides of his crib which started to leave bruises and scratches on the boy. He started to look like we were abusing him. So with some quick sewing, I managed to make some colorful padding around his crib so now when he falls, he's a little more cushioned.



He is also working on standing although he hasn't yet mastered crawling (hands and knees style). He spends much of the day in this position.



As Eli gets more and more advanced with his skills, we've noticed that some of his toys seem to be boring him and so he's been looking around the house for new ones. The other day, when I thought Alan was watching him and he thought I was watching him, Eli made it into our bedroom and then into our bathroom and pulled all of my hair clips out of the cupboard and started playing with them. This was in a matter of minutes. Of course we got scared and realized that all of his new accomplishments mean we've got to become more watchful.

Thankfully, I saw an ad in our local expat email listing that someone was selling baby items and the timing was perfect. Because we cannot run to Target and pick up the next baby gadget or toy, we have to wait patiently until someone decides to sell something they no longer need here. I managed to acquire a baby gate/play yard to help contain Eli a bit when we cannot be so watchful and some fancy new toys that he immediately pounced on.





Of course the simplest of toys...pure sunlight shining on the floor is just as much fun according to Eli.



And during this last week, we finally properly hung Eli's mosquito net which was prompted by him grabbing hold of the net and sucking on it through the bars of the crib. Now he can barely reach it and is much more interested in standing up in his crib anyway!




I figured I'd finish this post with a preview of what's to come...