Today as I was feeding Rex, I was also drinking a protein shake from a blender bottle. I noticed that every time I took a drink he would stop drinking to watch. After a few times I decided he was simply too distracted and curious so I showed him the bottle. His eyes got very round and he sort of patted it in that twitchy, clumsy way babies do when they don't know how to use their hands properly yet. I had to laugh at how fascinated he was with something I look at every day and find pretty unremarkable.
The things he is the most interested in right now are his hands. He's gone from moving them around keeping his fingers straight and flat, to actually bending them, interlocking them, and sticking them in his mouth. When I put an object in front of him he often tries to touch it. Also, I find he doesn't get into fits of rage due to hunger nearly as quickly if there is a lot going on around him, because there is so much to look at.
On Monday we took him with us when we played volleyball. He sat in his car seat next to Kalyn's mom while we played with his visiting siblings and a few friends and family members here at school with us. It took a long time for him to cry, because there was so much noise in the gym, and he was looking around at all the movement. I think if everyone were as curious as a baby, we would all be a lot happier and a lot smarter.
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