I’ll have to update you on the move and the Ireland trip later. We moved, we survived and we had a great time in Ireland. Now for a few notes on Joseph’s developments.
Feb. 25th Joseph starts pushing buttons on purpose. He has a book from Liz, our HIPPO friend from Japan that sings songs when you press the buttons. They are fairly light, so he can play with them easily now. He turns the pages to books, too. It’s so cute!
Feb. 26th Joseph cruised along the wall and around a door post. It’s funny writing these notes up. He is so much more mobile now it’s a month later!
Feb. 27th Joseph’s upper left tooth broke through.
March 14th Joseph crawled through a cubby in our new home. He got stressed out at the end when he realized he couldn't lift his head to sit or back up, but I encouraged him to come all the way through and he was proud of himself when he did!
March 15th I found him after a nap happily playing at the side of the bed. Somehow he’d gotten off without hurting himself. Since then I’ve watched him half by accident slide off and land feet first. He’s aware of edges most of the time, but doesn’t know to purposefully turn around to go feet first. It’ll come!
March 18th or there abouts Joseph shows that he loves eating beets and banana. I think beets are is favorite. When eating food bits too small for grabbing with his whole hand he uses his index finger to draw the food toward the back of his thumb on the nail. It’s not quite pincher grasp, but it works well! He also consistently creeps on hands and knees now and moves into the sitting position and back easily.
March 25th I put him outside in the grass for the first time (without snow) since it was a beautiful day. He didn’t like it at all. He really didn’t like the feel of grass on his bare feet. I guess he’s not his mother’s boy in every respect . . .
