Whack a toy

Jonah has been quite interested in his activity center since we first introduced him to it.  At first, it was more fun for me because it gave me something concrete for me to do with him and I could make up stories about the toys that came with it and he could touch, feel, and look at them and listen to the music and lights.  He'd definitely show interest in the toys and even nearly rolled over trying to get them at times, but he didn't really have the control of his hands and arms to interact a whole lot with them.

Well, that's changed a lot in the past couple of weeks.  Now it's all about reaching to move the toys around, grabbing them, etc.  He still gets enthralled by the lights on occasion, but he can consistently whack those toys like crazy.  It amazes us how intent he can be at times and how he sometimes seems to be whacking the toys without even looking at them (does he know he's hitting them?). Here's some footage of him from Saturday:




Similarly, he's become more engaged with the toys in his seat, which we don't always put in front of him.  One of these days, he'll figure out that he can pull the banana and make music happen.  Here he is in his chair last Sunday:



He's had so much fun with these, that we bought a bar to attach to his car seat.  While the toys on it seemed to scare him a bit at first - mainly because they're a bit noisier - he's loving them as well!