2005.09.02 - hand-to-mouth syndrome-
Truman has discovered the beauty of bringing everything he can grab into his mouth. Whatever it is that comes within his eyesight, or he brushes accidentally in one of his frenetic handwaves - straight to his mouth.
My hair is his especial favorite, but he'll also give drooly love to toys, blankies, clothes we leave lying around, balls, hands (his, mine, his brother's), plastic bags, the buckle on his sling, or - yum! - my chin.
Dangle something in front of him, it's going into his mouth. His new favorite toy is the Oball, a brilliantly-designed flexible plastic ball made from interlocking octagons (or, some sort of -gons, I don't have one in front of me as I type this). It has sooo many places for both fingers and lickety-luscious tongue action. The Oball + Truman = luuurrrve.
truman with his beloved oball