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Another month. This one went by quickly, because of the trip…we spent the day at a play-date, at Tizi and Matt’s friend Jennifer’s house. For the first time, Keegan and Hannah almost played together. It was fun to watch; of course Keegan was trying out all the toys, including a cute wheel wagon meant for kids that are a little more apt at walking, so while he was fine at standing up on it, he was promptly falling as the wagon would roll away. Quite entertaining.

oh, so I have to share toys then

well, sharing is not too bad with such a cutey

The first week at daycare went great: he is back on his schedule, and eating lots. He has started eating Cheerio’s and similar finger food. He still needs to work on his “pincer grasp”, as they call it, but I would say we get a 70% success rate in getting these little things into his mouth: not bad at all. He is also back on his night schedule: it took only a couple of days this time, and fortunately with minimal crying involved. In fact, he has been sleeping a blessed 12 hours stretches most nights, even pushing his wake up time to 7am!  Naps are still a little more difficult, but we have been managing.

eating Cheerio’s

We weighted him again: an incredible 19lb 3 oz (8.7 kg)! Not quite as much as we thought from the imprecise scale in Italy, (the grandparents will be happy to know that their scale adds about 1 kg) but he has gained 1lb and 8oz in a month (700g).  Not sure if it is the Italian food, but still we are happy about it. So, while most babies slow their growth by the 6/7 month, he is accelerating.  For some reason, our baby does everything backwards. Bottom line, according to many website calculators, he is now between the 10 and the 25 percentile!!! (closer to the 10%,  but still). He is getting chunkier too, and more solidly built. The height is harder to get, as he can’t stay still to measure it. We estimate to be somewhere close to 29 in (73.6 cm).

This months pictures are not the greates, because it is almost impossible to have him sit still long enough for a picture. Check out the belly in the shot!

As far as development goes, not much since the last post. He still pulls himself up using anything, including Tizi’s skirt or Matt’s leg and even flat surfaces, like glass doors. He has learned how to go down wide steps, and back up again, without hitting his head: we figured it was easier to teach him how to go down safely head first, since this is how he always goes down, than how to turn himself the other way. Now we don’t have to worry about closing the glass door to the sun room, since he knows how to negotiate that large step. He is also more stable on his feet, and he makes more little steps when we hold his hands. He is quite good at walking laterally, while holding on to something, and all three of his teeth are now easily visible.

 let me out of here!

look ma, one hand

His favorite toys are toys that makes noise, and paper, especially crinkly one. And of course any dangerous object such as wires, cords, computers, water filled vases, etc. As we are getting ready for our next trip to Matt’s friend wedding in Virginia, we are also getting ready to move on to the next stage: we are getting more stimulating, “learning” toys, and we will be soon retiring the infant car seat. Goodbye convenience, and small size seat! Now we will have t wake him up if he falls asleep in the car; besides, he may not like it as much, as it doesn’t recline quite as much. And, we will need to buy two seats, one for each car, as the seat does not have a removable base. Now the challenge will be to find one that fits in Tizi’s car.