Hair Apparent

Dexter is now 9 months old, meaning he's been on the outside just as long as he was on the inside. We're now completely into what I happily refer to as the Lunatic Monkey phase of infant development, as he no longer sits still for more than 2.3 seconds and gets into anything and everything, especially if it is something he's not supposed to have. As a baby, Henry was never one to put stuff in his mouth (he didn't want to risk that it might be food). Childproofing was pretty simple. Pack away the CDs, remove a few dangerous items, and voila. But with Dexter is's a full-time job. First, we have this whole new category of crap (i.e. toys) littering the house that we didn't have when Henry was toddling around. And Dexter is one of those babies who shoves everything into his pie hole, including, but not limited to, small magnetic toys (aah!), paper (I can live with that), bits of old food he finds under the kitchen table (gross), and--his personal favorite--dust bunnies. Ick. I feel like i spend half my waking hours (well, the ones not at work) fishing stuff out of his mouth. He's starting to pull himself up on everything, getting more adventurous every day. And, he's growing hair. He even has a little wavy curl developing at the back of his neck. It's going to be interesting to see what all this hair looks like when it's grown in because he has this crazy double crown that looks like it will be sending his hair up into a natural "fauxhawk" or some other crazy 'do that will make strangers suspect that I'm the kind of trendoid mom who uses her kids to make a fashion statement (if it does end up being a fauxhawk, I guess thee statement will be something like, "My mom is 2 years behind the times"). Or, maybe it will just end up being curly. Time will tell.

He may be a monkey, but what a sweet little monkey he is!