Nyan Thomas and Auntie Zuzu, playing and laughing. Who needs toys when you’ve got empty yogurt cups?
Category Archives: Video
Our Boy in the (pardon the pun) Swing of Things
At a playground in Colchester. Look at that chillaxed attitude! And, okay, I fully recognize that as a doting parent, I’m expected to say things like this, but: does he look great in a hat or what?
Today’s video: Kickin’ it
A budding musician? Maybe. Check it out as our boy shows off his vocal range (limited, so far) and the snare drum-like sounds he gets from the rhythmic tapping of his feet.
Two Videos: Learning to Crawl; Cow Pt 2
First up: our hero tries to crawl. He’s so close to actually doing it; he wants it so bad; he just can’t get over that hump. But soon.
Part of the problem is that we have very slick hardwood floors, which keeps him from getting any traction. We can put our hands behind him, giving him someplace solid to push off of as he scoots himself forward. Not quite crawling, but it gets him moving at least.
(We’re of two minds when it comes to him crawling, if we’re to be honest. Of course it’ll be a monumental achievement, an important part of his development, etc. But we also know that once he figure it out, he’s gonna be just all over the place. If we think we’re exhausted keeping up with him now, just wait ‘til he’s actually mobile…)
Today’s second video feature is young Nyan Thomas hanging out on the bed, chatting with his friend Beau the Bull, reaching for his pink dummy (pacifier), and just being himself. Enjoy!
Today’s video: Nyan Thomas in Alleged Repose
We recently got a video monitor (supplanting the audio-only one we’d been using for the last six months). What a difference! Best purchase ever, maybe.
It shoots in infrared so we can see him crystal clear even when his room is pitch black. Very cool. It also plays funky tricks with colors, like his eyes. And it has a function where you can record the video image! Here, then, are a couple of brief clips of Nyan in bed. Trying to sleep, fussing, flopping around, vamping for the camera. Not a whole lot happens, but we think it’s kinda cool.
Today’s video: First Solid Food!
A big day in young Nyan Thomas’s short life: his first solid food. Okay, it was just rice cereal mixed with formula, and he spit out some of it. But still. Big day!
And of course we captured it for posterity…
Today’s video: watching the news
We’re not big TV people in general, and don’t intend to let Nyan Thomas watch much TV, for obvious reasons (i.e. much of it is trash). And we haven’t let him see the screen, period, until now, because of research that shows that TV watching early on can mess with the brain’s development and even trigger autism, if other conditions are there.
But while in Colchester, the boy’s grandfather – a trained psychiatrist with many years of experience – checked him out and declared him fine for watching some TV. No music videos or other flashy trash, but nature documentaries or news (and even soccer (aka football), with its long shots and good colors) are okay. And sho’nuff, the kid took to news programs especially; he often talks back to the screen, apparently thinking the news readers are talking to him. Here’s one example.
Today’s video: laughing
Nyan Thomas having some fun, and laughing with his Pho Pho (aka his grandfather)
Today’s video: Christmas night
Nyan Thomas gets into the spirit of the season with his new friend Laura on Christmas night, Colchester, Essex, UK:
Today’s videos: Flying and noise-making
Check back soon (maybe later today, maybe tomorrow?) for stories and photos from Nyan’s first road trip on Sunday! Meantime, a couple of recent videos of the little guy.
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