Standing without support and admiring himself- 15 months old

Today Richie stood from the sitting position without holding onto support. He touched the ground and stood on his feet. Seeing his achievement, he started smiling and clapping for himself. He he he. Isn't that cute? He loves to admire and reward himself on his accomplishments.

He then squatted and retrieved a toy from the ground and stood again. He was practicing it over and over again. And like I said earlier, it is difficult to put him to sleep when he is trying to achieve a new milestone. That is the height of practice.

It is time for new vocabulary

Richie is gaining his strength back after some tough days. He was down with gastrointestinal problems and high fever for 5 days continuously. But I am happy he is trying his best to be back to his normal health. He feels hungry most of the time and demands for food by crying loudly.
Nowadays, he goes "koati-koati, bu-bu for aeroplanes, ba-ba for sheep, hey dada (calling out to dada),pa-pa, wa-wa for water" etc.

Dancing his heart out

Richie loves music and he shows liking for pop,jazz,country and Japanese songs too. I have also seen his taste varying over the months gone by. The songs which he did not like some months back becomes dear to him. So there is no hard and fast rule. The more we expose him to music the more choice he has.
Richie also loves to dance his heart out. Earlier (when Richie was 9 months old), he used to sit and bounce up and down while listening to music. Nowadays he has changed his style. He sways sideways and also moves his feet. He also waves his hands and takes them above his head and down. The best part is, he dances to the rhythm and only for certain parts of the song which he likes. Current favorites are "Backyardigans music, Disney's 'hot dog, hot dog diggety dog',Que sera, Kenny Rogers songs to name a few.