baby wayne

it would seem that the lack of solid food has not inhibited otis' enjoyment of life (although he did let me put a spoon of food into his mouth twice tonight, before expelling it as quickly as he could!).

over the last few weeks he has started to demonstrate little elements of personality in a more active way. the most consistent (and by consistent i mean highly repetitive) manifestation of this is otis' engagement in games of peek-a-boo. this can happen at any time and can involve hiding behind a book or a toy until the question "where's otis?" is put and then, sometimes with a pause for extreme dramatic effect, otis emerges from behind the prop with a smile all over his face.

where's otis? (before we go on it is important to explain the presence of the freaky nude doll sitting behind otis. eric was acquired on the recommendation of betty the speech pathologist and is to be fed in the same way that we might aspire to feed otis. this seems to be having some impact as otis was attempting to feed eric a piece of mummy's lunch earlier today.)

peek-a-boo!

of course, otis also plays this game by turning his head away from you as he has not quite grasped the whole hiding element of the game just yet. this is most clearly seen when he "hides" by putting his arms above his ahead and just looks at you until the magic words are uttered.

where's otis?

peek-a-boo!

fortunately, he isn't a one trick pony and his other favourite activity is to fall backwards, wait to be lifted up and then to fall backwards again, and again, and again.

where's otis?

peek-a-boo!

there are also definite signs that otis is learning to wave, although the action employed is probably more accurately described as somewhere between a flop and a wave. still, it's always exciting to get a flop/wave hello or goodbye from otis.