Joseph's New Talent

Like his sisters before him, Joseph at 2 months is attempting the fine art of trying to suck on his thumb. There are a lot of complicated movements that have to be mastered in order to accomplish this essential skill of childhood: proper angle of arm, rotation of hand, and extension of thumb. It's fun watching a developing brain try to coordinate all these things, with mixed results.

Swing and a miss!

Strike two.

Almost... got... it....

Aww, half point!

He finally did get it... and my camera battery died.

Now at 2 am we're woken up not by the sound of guttural grunting rapidly escalating into starving crying, but rather by the sound of slurping. (...followed after a while by starving crying if we don't wake up soon enough) I can't wait until he discovers his toes -- that's always a fun stage too!

I'm sure Mr. Pickles would want me to point out that he's using his LEFT hand. Perhaps Mr. Pickles finally has an ally in the fight against discrimination by the oppressive right-handed patriarchy.