Ronan seeing the world from a different angle

Ronan has become playful and moves his hands and legs in the air. When kept on the bed, he tries to turn 180 degrees with his head in the position of his toes.

When kept on his tummy, Ronan can lift his head and balance himself well on his stomach. He loves it. He can see the world from a different angle now. He sees the trees and birds outside through the window. He enjoys the wind blowing and the leaves swaying.
I sing this song for him (tune of Una, Paloma, Blanca),

The wind is blowing,
The leaves are swaying,
Singing a sweet song specially for you.
You are my sweetheart, you are my darling,
And I cant stop loving you.

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.

Richie and his interest in music

Richie has a very good sense of music. He has his likes and dislikes, which keep changing often. Looks like he's so hungry for music that he wants new stuff all the time, and he keeps us on our toes to find some real good music of his liking.

He has demonstrated to us his ear for music in so many different ways, many of which have already been documented by Riya earlier on this blog:

• Relaxing with music: While still in the womb
• Identifying music that is not sweet: When just a few weeks of age
• Trying to sing on his own: When just about 9 months of age
• Showing appreciation by clapping: When less than 10 months of age

And here's a new one that's on a roll since last November - Richie even realizes when a song is about to come to an end, a few seconds before it actually does, and expresses concern about it by going, "Huh'? Huh!?... Huh'? Huh!?". Now I find that really interesting. It makes me wonder how he can recognize that the song is coming to an end before it actually does. Since Jan this year, while continuing to be simultaneously vocal about his concern, he has also started shaking both his hands too to express the ending of a song.

At first one would think that he has started remembering the songs that we have been playing for him for a long time and therefore knows just when a song is coming to an end. But hey, he's able to judge that even for songs that he is listening for the first time. Now that's amazing, isn't it?