Feeding the (toy) giraffe!

Despite being sick on and off, Eli just keeps on growing and learning new things! This week, he learned to operate one of his toys the "right" way for the first time! A "peek-a-block" gets placed into the top of the giraffe toy, and then it goes down and comes out the bottom, and triggers a tune to be played. Eli figured out how to pick up blocks, move them up to the opening at the top of the giraffe, let go of the block, and then do it all over again!

Once Eli got the hang of it the first time, he was able to do it over and over again immediately. He seems to be a little bit more coordinated with his right hand than his left; I wonder if he'll turn out to be right-handed. I'm not sure how early you can tell. (He also prefers to suck his right thumb exclusively these days.)

It's amazing (normal, but still amazing really) how much Eli has developed and learned in just 10 months. It really wasn't all that long ago when all Eli could do at play time was lie on his back and bat at some hanging toys.