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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Oops...his 2 top teeth are in

I was going to blog today about how well Sam is getting around.  He isn't crawling, but he is pulling himself pretty much anywhere he wants to go.  He is a little reckless though...which is why he now has his two top teeth.

After feeding Sam his dinner bottle I sat him in the floor.  He REALLY wanted to play with Megan's toy that was just out of his reach so he dove at it, head first, mouth open (as he does everything, because he wants to eat it).  Needless to say he missed and hit the toy with his top gums.  His top teeth were going to arrive in the next couple of days - we could see them, they just hadn't broken through yet.  Well....they have now. 

There was crying and bleeding on his part and lots and lots of holding and bouncing on my part.  He was fine as long as I was holding him upright and bouncing.  I put some teething gel on them to try to numb them for him and after a few minutes he was fine and playing happily again. 

He had some blood when his bottom teeth broke through which I thought was strange but evidently happens with some kids.  So he had a little more with the top.  I will call the doctor in the morning to make sure they don't need to see him, but he seems just fine. 

Monday, November 21, 2011

Getting around

Sam is really starting to get around.  He isn't crawling, but he is very close.  He is using his arms to pull himself a few inches to reach toys.  He is also going round and round in circles to get to things. 

Today he got up onto his knees and reached his hands out to pull himself which would basically have been a crawl but he got distracted in the middle and laid back down. 

Friday, November 18, 2011

Sneaky Sitter

This morning I put Sam down on his tummy in the living room floor and went out of the room.  When I came back in the room about 30 seconds later he was sitting up.  It took me a minute to process that he had been laying down.  I put him back on his tummy and watched him for 10 minutes but he didn't get into sitting again.  He seems to only want to do it when I am not around. 

Friday, November 11, 2011

Not to be outdone.....

Today Megan had surgery to correct her eyes.  Sam went with us to the hospital and did great.  He was very happy and pleasant even though he was tired and hungry. 

This afternoon while in bed Sam got himself into sitting.  Will watched him do it on his monitor 2 times.  He has been close before, but it didn't appear that he want to sit up - he was just playing around.  We will see if he does this in the living room later today. 

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Up on knees and elbows/hands rocking

This morning Sam got up onto his knees and elbows and rocked back and forth. This is the first time he has done this. He got a good reaction out of me and proceeded to do it non-stop every few minutes for the next 2 hours. Sometimes he is on his elbows and sometimes he makes it to his hands.

He travels backwards while doing this motion until he eventually runs into a piece of furniture and then he just bangs into it with his rear end.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Doing better sitting

Sam is doing so much better sitting up. He can sit for several minutes and even play with a toy while sitting there.

He is "ruining" our carpet because he leaves a trail of slobber everywhere he goes. It is really gross to walk where he has been - I keep a burp cloth with him but it doesn't really help.