Over the last couple of weeks, we have been attempting many feats, and conquering few. Luckily Mom doesn't expect everything to happen overnight and has been enjoying every minute. Since the 6 month doctor's appointment, we have been working on the introduction of food. A new form of pureed goodness has been introduced every 3-4 days. To date we have introduced rice cereal, bananas, avocado, and zucchini. Other than the extreme fondness for holding multiple spoons, we can't really report a favorite. At this point everything is just all over the place. By looking at the kid you don't really think any of it ends up on the inside, until diaper time (whew-eee!). Here is a battle with avocado (note the white knuckled grasp on the spoon):
Also on the grand master super checklist of things to do: Mobility.
Crawling seems to be just out of range and every day there is a new stunt that makes it seem like he will be on the go in no time. What do I mean by that? Well, today he pulled himself up to kneeling on the side of the crib and increased crawling position (not crawling itself, but on all fours) time. Yesterday, he performed a downward facing dog while going after a toy, pulled himself to standing on the outside of the exersaucer, and maintained the crawling position longer than a couple of seconds. The day before that he was walking with help, released a grasp on one hand and picked up a small toy, then resumed walking. He is pulling up on the side of the changing table, pulling up on our fingers and balancing with wobble support on furniture, rolling, pivoting, and sproinging. We are taking bets as to when crawling will be fruitful.
There were a couple of questions from the 6 month questionnaire that I wanted to look into - because before the appointment, I never really thought about those things. These included fine motor skills - during the sixth month visit we were asked if he could pick up a small item. We hadn't really tested this because he isn't eating solid foods like cheerios and everything he picks up pretty much goes to the mouth - who needs a choking hazard, right? So while supervised, I had him pick up a small clip - finger and thumb came together to pick it up and then curled into a fist, check that one off. The questions also mentioned the making of low grunting noises, which he didn't have until the day after shots when his legs were feeling tight - plenty of grunting growly noises then, check! Seems like he is working on those fine motors on his own too - while holding the spoons, or other small toys, he is rotating his wrists to see how they work.
Here we are showing off the hat mom made (yarn bought and project started in November):
And the parting shot - lately if it involves wearing something on his head, he is all over it -
Also on the grand master super checklist of things to do: Mobility.
Crawling seems to be just out of range and every day there is a new stunt that makes it seem like he will be on the go in no time. What do I mean by that? Well, today he pulled himself up to kneeling on the side of the crib and increased crawling position (not crawling itself, but on all fours) time. Yesterday, he performed a downward facing dog while going after a toy, pulled himself to standing on the outside of the exersaucer, and maintained the crawling position longer than a couple of seconds. The day before that he was walking with help, released a grasp on one hand and picked up a small toy, then resumed walking. He is pulling up on the side of the changing table, pulling up on our fingers and balancing with wobble support on furniture, rolling, pivoting, and sproinging. We are taking bets as to when crawling will be fruitful.
There were a couple of questions from the 6 month questionnaire that I wanted to look into - because before the appointment, I never really thought about those things. These included fine motor skills - during the sixth month visit we were asked if he could pick up a small item. We hadn't really tested this because he isn't eating solid foods like cheerios and everything he picks up pretty much goes to the mouth - who needs a choking hazard, right? So while supervised, I had him pick up a small clip - finger and thumb came together to pick it up and then curled into a fist, check that one off. The questions also mentioned the making of low grunting noises, which he didn't have until the day after shots when his legs were feeling tight - plenty of grunting growly noises then, check! Seems like he is working on those fine motors on his own too - while holding the spoons, or other small toys, he is rotating his wrists to see how they work.
Here we are showing off the hat mom made (yarn bought and project started in November):
And the parting shot - lately if it involves wearing something on his head, he is all over it -
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