the turkey started sitting up on his own this past week. he began by pulling himself up on us and then rolling into a sitting position. in the last couple of days, he figured out how to transition from crawling to sitting and back just using the toys in his play area. today he used that skillset to sit up and play in his crib when he woke from his nap. so strange to look at the monitor and see the top of his head rather than his whole body.
he also found a new perspective on mobility by figuring out how to move around in his walker. he made it all the way down the hall from his room to see what i was up to in the kitchen. he was quite pleased with himself.
lastly, today was the first time that he crawled over to the couch, reached up to grab a hold of the couch, and pulled himself up to standing. my heart abot jumped out of my chest. i can’t believe my little baby boy is getting so grown. i’ll be shocked if he’s not walking by ten months. i really wish he’d slow down but he just wants to be on his legs all the time.
the turkey popped his second tooth at the beginning of the week – front bottom right. all in all, he’s handled it really well. i expected more drama but lethargy and whining have really been the only indicators that he’s not feeling well. and i would almost attribute those more to the off/on fever than any actual pain in his mouth. i, on the other hand, have been dealing with tremendous pain. i’ve gotten nipped a few times now… a couple on accident, a couple more meaningful chomps. i’ve tried to respond with the same prompt “no!” and swat on the cheek each time. which makes him jut out his quivering lower lip until the tears start rolling down his face and i feel like the worst mom in the history of the world. i know it’s necessary to take corrective action in order to train him that biting isn’t okay but i can’t stand seeing him look at me like that. i can totally see why women would just give up and go bottle after teeth come in but i really don’t want to do that. of course, i also have my step-mom’s story of having stitches floating around in my head. i just keep praying for both of us to get through this phase swiftly and wholly.
15 May 2015
my little boy is growing up so fast! after a couple weeks of placing cheerios in his mouth, he began picking them up and putting them in his mouth himself. it was like a switch got flipped. i just put a few cheerios on the tray of his stroller like i have been and before i had a chance to start feeding them to him, he was feeding himself like he had been doing it all along.
today he started pulling himself up to a sitting position on his own. and the silly little booger has these grandiose ideas about his capabilities. he will pull himself up to standing against me or daddy and then tries to just let go and walk off. he totally thinks he can stand and walk on his own. i just don’t even know how he gets these thoughts in his head. i’m so proud of all of his little accomplishments but i can’t stand how fast it’s all going. i just know he’s going to be walking for real in no time at all.
unrelatedly, he’s also been on a sniffing kick lately. he’ll pick up his toys and sniff them. he’ll stop nursing and sniff my breast. he sniffs everything. he’s such a weirdo!
it’s about time i finally get this all down before i forget any more than i already have. my first mother’s day seems like as good a time as any to record becoming a mother… the rest of the rant… »
7 May 2015
We have a tooth. i was really hoping not to deal with that for another 3.5 months. i’ve had to break him from biting behavior a couple times already. i really don’t want to experience that with teeth. hubby, however, is super duper excited about this new development. and why wouldn’t he be? he doesn’t have any body parts at stake.
it sure is cute though 😉
30 April 2015
the hubby dropped the turkey today. Twice! the first time, he rolled off the bed and hubby managed to catch him before he hit the floor. the second time, hubby wasn’t as fast. fortunately, he only fell off an ottoman and onto carpeted floor. I’m glad we weren’t home on our tile floor. and, more importantly, I’m glad I didn’t do it!
We started the turkey on finger foods this weekend while visiting my sissy. Her dogs loved it since his fingers never got the food to his mouth. We ended up hand feeding him a few while peas one night and cheerios the next. He didn’t know what to think of it at first but it seemed like he decided he was in favor of it. He picks the cheerio up with his right hand fingers but then he puts his sleeping fingers in his mouth (left hand) before he gets the right hand up there. He’s blocking himself. Considering everything else that he picks up and immediately puts in his mouth, I thought this would be a no-brainer for him but I guess it’s a more complex skill than I realized. It’s going to be fun working on it at least 🙂
the boy started making real talking noises this week. before we left home thursday, he started saying na-na-na. today, on three separate occasions, he has said ma-ma. now i just need to catch it on video so i can prove it!
16 Apr 2015
12 Apr 2015
the turkey is all about the raspberries lately. he blows them constantly, which is stinkin adorable, but we’ve been having a heck of a time breaking him from blowing with food in his mouth. i think we’re finally starting to win that battle and i’m wearing a lot less of his food recently. the last few days, he’s started raspberrying while nursing. and then he’ll squirm and flip around to raspberry my arm. and then, yesterday, he decided to try out the opposite technique. i have a line of hickeys all the way up my inner arm from my wrist to my elbow. he’s such a silly goat.
