The incredible Tony! Our little one has now been awake (and happily for the most part) for eleven and a half hours! WOW! Right now Whitney is helping him eat bananas. Yes, he is actually eating fruit! The first time for this was Saturday at Andre Boucher’s dessert party. Another new thing Tony is doing is also doing is using a fork. Not every time he eats, but he is using the fork quite well. Yeah for Tony’s new eating accomplishments!!

We have a new rule due to some ugly spills Tony’s had lately resulting in boo-boo’s. The new rule: no running except in grass. Actually, there is also an amendment to an old rule; now Tony must hold hands with someone when he walks on the sidewalk. Today we had a close call right after hearing the new rules. Tony took off running down the sidewalk, Whitney and I took off, scrambling, sprinting and even leaping to catch him before he got to the raised crack which has been the scene of many an accident. Success!

While in his room and on his first walk Tony made it through most of phase I. Whitney did receptives using objects on the table. She had a ball, a car, and a plastic elephant. Tony indicated the correct answers in almost every instance. It was easy to see that Tony was tiring of the receptive drills. I guess it is not the cards after all. Tony did a good job with the material.

Whitney’s part:
I just thought that I would give a little update on the weekend happenings for Tony. On Saturday, as Parker mentioned, Tony became interested in all the edibles on the table. He noticed the banana pieces and started saying “nana.” I gave him the ‘nana’ and he held it in his hand for awhile. I think he was getting used to the slimy texture. After running around a few more times with it, I took a piece and put it in my mouth to show him. He thought it was funny so I took the other half and held it close to his mouth. He opened his mouth and I popped it in. A few chews later, Tony was all about the nana. At first Tony only wanted me to feed him the banana. I used hand over hand and he started eating on his own! How great is that?

Other updates include Tony using his fork by himself this weekend. He used it to eat his chicken that he likes so much. This is very exciting since this is the first time he has had any interest in using the utensils. Great job OT Brittany and great job Tony!!