First Key: The Up Arrow
Today Taisei discovered the up arrow key on the keyboard. He's always liked to push buttons to pretend like he's us, but today he figured out that the up button can move web pages up and down. He was delighted with his discovery.
Can you believe I just blogged about our son discovering his first key on the keyboard? Yeah. We're "
oyabaka" just like every other first parent. In case you don't speak Japanese, this is a word that doesn't exist in English, but should.
So someone labeled "oya-baka" is basically a parent that thinks his/her child is "da bomb." Every little development needs to be announced to the world because it is amazing. An oyabaka parent's child is indisputably the cutest child in the world, not to mention smartest, fastest, and most coordinated.
It's ok to be oyabaka because otherwise, there's something wrong with you. I get a kick out of reading other people's blogs on their children. The oyabaka-ness doesn't bother me one bit. It's just another reminder of the wondrous love that miraculously develops in every parent. If you don't have a kid, you will know what this word means when you have your first. And equally important, you'll find that all those other oyabaka parents will no longer seem annoying anymore. Seeing that blind love actually becomes quite a thing of beauty.
Ham for New Years
Lately, Taisei has been a real ham for the camera. He apparently hasn't inherited his father's serious disposition yet.
In other news, he still hasn't gained much weight. The good news is that he has started liking milk just as much as any beverage. This should help the weight. I've considered upgrading to heavy cream or something for added fat. His brain capacity is increasing, unlike his weight. He's finally outgrowing some of his 3-month and 6-month clothes too - more good news. There are even some 2T clothes that he can wear.
Taisei appears to have developed quickly in the physical coordination arena. I've done heavy training with toy basketballs, soccerballs, pull-ups, and other physical regimen. He has uncanny balance, enjoys somersaults, jumping from couches, and throwing his toys when he's not supposed to.
Only recently did I realize that his cousin was almost speaking full sentences at this age. We moved our focus to language abilities and coincidentally he's having an explosion of vocabulary. We've long since realized that he understands way more than baby talk. Now he will repeat back almost anything we try to teach him. The cutest is "ah-ba-joo," which came from his grandfather trying to teach him "I love you." I realized about 3 or 4 months ago that his Japanese had somehow surpassed mine already. It was around the same time that we realized he knew what we were saying to him. The language acquisition seems almost instantaneous. Yesterday, I briefly taught him spoon and fork. We then went and played around elsewhere. When dinnertime came 20 minutes later, he correctly names each utensil. Oh, what geniuses we could all be if our memories stayed like that all our lives.
When he's interested, he'll put his head down for prayer and say "Amen!" right on cue. But that's more of a novelty to him than a routine.
He still is a major Mama's boy, with Baba a close second. He will NOT go to nursery without us and he's only been calmly babysat one time. It's our fault and we need to just let him out of our sight with some strangers (that don't promptly bring him back to us) for a while.
Ok, that's enough Taisei trivia for now. I'll save some for the next post. Peace out, my homies.
