Itamar's 11th month

Itamar is starting to act more like a boy than like a little baby. He graduated to the big bath - since he was climbing out of the smaller one. He loves to do things that are clearly not allowed and then laugh hysterically when we say 'no'. Some worrying examples include playing with the water faucet and turning on the hot water in the bath, opening interesting cupboards in the kitchen, and reaching for electrical outlets in the walls. So this is the stage when we have to start the whole discipline business. And possibly influence our kid's behaviour for ever and ever. Hmmm.... not a problem at all....

Itamar's motor skills now include climbing up and down stairs, getting down correctly from the sofa and our bed, climbing up slides in the playground and cruising along the furniture. He goes very fast around the house while holding onto things, and also likes to push objects around and use them as a 'walker'. He is very careful when bending down to reach for things and pick them up. Especially if it is a tiny stone, leaf or cigarette butt that he feels like putting in his mouth.

In the food department we haven't made much progress this month. Itamar had a stomach virus so he was eating a lot of blender foods, rather than advancing with finger foods. He is still learning to chew, rather than swallow things whole, so there were many incidents in which we saw his food twice - both before and after he ate it...

This month we also went to visit Ayelet's Kibbutz family in Ashdot Ya'akov Meuchad. The Kibbutz is situated just South of the Sea of Galilee, on the border with Jordan. We were lucky to witness the birth of a new calf, and she was named Itamara! Hopefully she will still be around and producing milk when Itamar is old enough to come over and chat with her. We had a lot of fun with Itamar's new friends Shiri and Ron.


The dominant sound this month in Itamar's vocabulary is "meh meh meh", which sounds extremely cute but the meaning of which is not exactly clear yet. Hungry? Mummy? Dummy (pacifier)?

For a tour of Itamar's 11th month click here.

And here are the photos from the Kibbutz.