First off, Mr. Ben has successfully mastered crawling! (See my post about "musical pacifiers" for a video that shows him in action.) He'd been able to scoot backward for awhile, but over Labor Day weekend he finally figured out first gear. I don't think it will be too long before he's speeding all over the house. In fact, Jonathan and I are scrambling to (finally) baby-proof the house before Ben gets into trouble. Just the other day I found him sucking on the end of my cell phone charger. The other end was PLUGGED INTO THE WALL. Minor heart attack on my part, but we've since fixed that problem!
Ben has also greatly expanded his diet to include lots of new and exciting foods, especially frozen blueberries, bagels, and Cheerios!
Next up: Ben is now using a sippy cup. He still gets most of his feedings with a bottle, but he's mastering the sippy cup for water and juice. It's cute.
In the last 36 hours, Ben has started pulling himself up to standing on EVERYTHING. Starting with me. Yesterday he crawled over and pulled himself up and just stood with his hands on my leg. I just stood there in awe, convinced yet again that he's a total genius, and then just to prove me right, he casually dropped one of his hands and continued to stand there as if to say, "Yeah, here I am. Standing with just one hand for support." It was so great. Here he is this afternoon--can you tell he's proud of himself??
Last but DEFINITELY not least (and I'm almost afraid to jinx us by writing this for the world to read) I think I saw the very tippy top of a tooth finally beginning to make its way through his gums. He's been in full-blown teething mode for a couple of months at least, but still not tooth. So here's hoping we're now just days away. More on that soon!
Ok, that's it. But it's a lot, right??
