I've become a bit lazy with the blogging in the past two months. Between contemplating quitting my job and all of the potential options that are not available, doctor's appointments, visits to Orlando and trying to get some sleep, I have placed writing on the back burner. I could not, however, let the entire month of November go by without posting at least something!
I say that like there has been nothing interesting happening. In reality, this has been the most exciting part of William's little adventure. On Halloween, William learned how to sit up and he started to crawl. Shortly after we mastered the crawling, we started working on the standing up.
Here are a few videos and pictures to share our progress.
Charlie doesn't really appreciate my new skills. This was early November. I'm so much better at crawling now... look out Charlie!
Sitting and playing with our "Spin, Spin a Letter". We'll know our letters and animal sounds in no time... except, the jellyfish sound has me puzzled...
Sitting and playing with our vtec zoo. Jerry and I get these songs stuck in our head and sing them uncontrollably. I've even caught Grandma singing the songs. This toy can get incredibly annoying. =)
We recognize our child's need to release his energy. As we don't have a large amount of space for a walker, we purchased a jumper. I'm glad we waited to invest in baby toys until we knew what William would want and use. He's a bit picky... SO unlike his mom. =)
Jumping in my Jumparoo!
Ah, just missed it! This was William's first attempt at standing by himself. He was standing but, he didn't stay up there long!
A multitude of milestones going on over here! Everyone says how wonderful he is and that he's "advanced" for his age, but I try not to let it go to my head. We work with him daily on his motor skills, talking, eating and even trying to get him to understand "no"... without much success on the latter. As for the baby proofing... I believe in baby proofing as much as I believe in pacifiers. I will bend on child proofing a bit though, only for safety reasons and the sake of our breakable possessions. My goal is to only purchase three baby proofing items - outlet covers, a baby gate for the top of the stairs and cabinet hooks for the cabinets that have cleaning supplies (only because he's already gotten into the cat food). Jerry and I are big on the whole "he'll learn if he bonks his head" method... hoping to encourage some quality problem solving skills early on. We'll see how we feel in a few months, maybe even weeks!
