The Boy Who Doesn't Stop

Why do we encourage our children to crawl, when all it does for us is create havoc, and uncertainty. No longer can I lay Gideon on the bed for a second while I grab something out of a drawer. As soon as I lay him on his back he flips himself over and quickly crawls to the edge of the bed. We can no longer take our eyes off of him for even one minute for fear of what he will find. And to think we made him suffer through tummy time so he would get to this step.

Apparently crawling is not enough. He is now crawling over to this over sized ottoman we have, pulling himself onto his feet, and playing, standing up, for as long as he possibly can.

You want proof....



As if we weren't in trouble before.

We started solids this week. I pureed some sweet potatoes. So far so good, but it's only been two days...

Oh, God what's next?

Milestones

Gideon has quickly moved passed scooting into crawling. He is now getting into EVERYTHING. He also just started pulling himself up onto his feet, and very wobbly stepping around a large ottoman.

I don't know what we are going to do. This kid is moving way too fast for his own good. Case in point: last night finding him sitting up on his knees, chewing on the railing of his crib, wide eyed, when he was supposed to be sleeping.

Which brings me back to the topic of sleeping. Not much has changed. I'm not sure how much I actually want him sleeping away from me. I love to cuddle with him. Especially after having been away from him all day, all I want to do is have him close to me. That said, it would be nice to have some "alone" time with D. Hopefully I will find a happy medium.

We have hit the 6 month mark, which doesn't seem possible. How could half a year have gone by already? We are getting ready to start solid foods. I'm thinking carrots or sweet potatoes. I bought a baby food cook book, since I don't want all the disgusting preservatives in his lil tum.

Otherwise we are having a blast.

Here's to the next 6 months! Lord help us....