The latest from the little one involve standing up everywhere to look around. I leave the bathroom and the toilet is still making noise so he’s climbing to see what’s happening inside. I have decided to start closing the toilet seat.

We have propped up the baby toy table he has (the Learn and Groove musical table) on the table “legs” that are raised up. This makes the toy feel newer and he actually goes up and plays with the table more often. The table is sturdy but it moves when he pushes on it, and he’s starting to walk with it or lowers himself.  I’m finally not freaking out anymore.

That said, he’s been spending the last few months discovering new parts of the apartment, and he crawls everywhere.  Usually, he crawls back into the office and plays with the toys on the floor.

Today, he did something different. I had him on my lap and fed him Cheerios (yes, he eats Cheerios now!) and then he spit up on me for the first time in a long time (he used to spit up dozens of times a day). I put him on the floor and let him roam around as always. He decided to make a run for the floor lamp behind me to the left and knocked it over on my head. It could have gone in so many directions but the darn thing hit me on the top of my head. The “shade” was plastic and shattered on me, and all these dead bugs landed on my hair and on the shirt I’m wearing.

Of course, it scared him, but otherwise he was a trouper. I, on the other hand? Uh, ew, there are bugs in my hair!

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Baby Teeth!

by Tamar Weinberg on February 26, 2010 · 0 comments

On Wednesday, David had his 9 month old appointment. Thankfully, there were no vaccinations, and they pricked his finger to see if he had lead or arsenic issues, but thankfully he was fine.  He didn’t seem to be bothered too much by the finger prick (I was more distraught than he was!).

But the big news was that I think a tooth had just broken in at the time, since the doctor had to tell me that she felt it!  And when I put my finger there, I felt the tooth too!

That was 2 days ago, and he only had one tooth.  Today, he has TWO.

YAY BABY TEETH!

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9 Months Old.

February 20, 2010

Today, David turns 9 months old. It’s insane how he’s almost one year old. Time is flying and I’m having fun!
I thought month 8 wouldn’t have much to it, but in reality, he has grown a lot. Here are the significant milestones of the past month:

He holds the bottle with both hands.
He crawls [...]

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It only took 8.5 months…

February 14, 2010

but I think he’s holding his bottle by himself now. Yay!

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All Fours!

February 5, 2010

The baby finally realized that commando crawl wasn’t doing it for him. Yesterday, he decided to start crawling on his hands like normal babies do. Whoopie! That was about 6 weeks of confusion.
Lately, though, he figured out that he can stand up on two feet. That, too, makes me super nervous. [...]

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Mommy’s Getting Better.

February 1, 2010

I had my surgery on Friday. I was totally nervous all day long but it wasn’t so bad. It was scheduled for 7:30am and they didn’t take me in until 9:45 or so. The first two hours were spent with paperwork, interviews with nurses and the anesthesia doctor, the guy who was [...]

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Separation Anxiety.

January 20, 2010

Besides having a freak out, I’m dealing with a baby who I feel has serious separation anxiety issues. I wrote that I love it when he crawls up to me. I do, but it happens too frequently. I can’t really do anything without him getting distracted by me and having to approach [...]

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Freak Out.

January 19, 2010

Freak out. That would be me. With baby now climbing on EVERYTHING, including the gate we erected to prevent him from crawling into my wires, I’m seriously afraid that he’ll fall backwards and land on his head. I caught his arm today before he fell. I wasn’t so lucky the [...]

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Righty?

January 17, 2010

We think we gave birth to a righty. David is grabbing things with his right hand and is crawling with more effort with his right arm versus his left.
My husband Brian is not too pleased with this, and well, I have mixed feelings. See, both of his parents are lefties!
We are starting to [...]

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First Post of 2010.

January 16, 2010

The first month of 2010 is half over and not much has changed in baby development. He is still crawling with his elbows, and some people say that it might be because our floor isn’t carpeted at all so it’s easy for him to slip if he went on his hands and knees. [...]

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