This month Itamar finally got to taste dairy products and it seems that his bad reaction to milk is officially a thing of the past. He is eating and enjoying cheese and even had some yummy chocolate cake! Itamar has also mastered the art of mastication and can chew every food without choking. yay! In terms of movement, Itamar is still walking very well while holding on to things, but he can now let go and stand by himself without support. He can go up and down stairs very carefully, and also up and down slides in the playground. Aparently he has taken a few steps by himself but we need to see it to believe it :-)
Itamar is very playful too. He can play peek-a-boo with us, and throws/catches a ball. Throwing other objects (food, dummy, mobile phones) is also very fashionable right now. He loves to play with anything that has buttons, and also with things that open and close, like the kitchen doors and the drawers in the dresser. Fingers do get smashed every so often, but that's how it is - no pain, no gain.
Vocally, Itamar's output has become a lot more specific. He can say "Aba" (Dad in Hebrew) which mostly comes out as 'ba ba' and also uses 'ma ma' to refer to either "Ima" (Mum in Hebrew) or maybe "Mum". His newest word is "et ze" which means "this" in Hebrew. Itamar also has several grunting noises used specifically for things like "i want more cheerios NOW!", "i do NOT want to put on any clothes!", or "I want to play with that thing". He has a favourite object, which is quite odd: anything that looks like a lid. Most of his day goes by while he is holding on to a green plastic bottle lid or a lid of a gerber jar. And of course, we celebrated Itamar's 1st birthday at Day Care with all his friends. He seemed to enjoy the attention and the cake very much!
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