IrishOboe

Today we had PEKiP for the first time in four weeks.  All the babies have grown so much and now there are three in the group who are crawling (the two 8-month-olds and Joseph).  Joseph climbed the foam steps like they weren’t even there so at home I tried him on our steps by placing his feet two from the top and his hands one from the top.  Once he was interested enough, he crawled up and into the hallway with little difficulty.  Now if he only knew how to break a fall . . . but the PEKiP teacher did show me other ways to help him come down from standing in a way that will hopefully guide him to do it himself soon.

When we first got home from PEKiP I noticed his diaper was dry and since it had been over an hour I put him on the potty.  He’s been peeing on the floor right after sitting dry on the potty lately, so this time I determined to sing and play with him until he went.  At one point he chewed on my finger and I felt a tooth!  Somehow this is very exciting.  I think it’s on the lower right, but he won’t let me look.

We were still on the potty 15 minutes later and he started to get fussy and no pee had happened.  I gave up and let him stand holding onto the hamper.  I put the bowl on the floor next to him thinking “I know he has to go.  Maybe he’ll start as he’s standing.”  Sure enough a few second later, and much to my surprise despite thinking it might happen, he started peeing.  I aimed his hose at the potty and he was a bit surprised at the noise and the stream (he had a partial view) but kept going a full amount.  He’s such a boy!  We both had a good laugh about that.

If placed in a sitting position (tripod) he can hold it for a while.

In the other news, Mom showed me how to bake bread while she was here.  I’ve been experimenting and made Zopf for the first time yesterday.  The husband approves, so I say it was a success.  I’m excited to bake more!