Asher has linked his first coordinated crawl AND he pulled himself up to stand! This the day after I went upstairs after hearing a pretty upsetting cry, and found him laying on the floor next to the crib. Crap, that's not where I left him. Thank God he wasn't hurt, and up went the crib rail and everything else in the house. UP, up UP. The name of the game these days. Speaking of up, we are about to enter another phase of sleep training, as he woke up 5 times last night demanding to be nursed back down. We got into a good rhythm with sleep just before our Mexico trip where he was only waking once a night, but things went wonky during vacation and have stayed that way. So looks like Roger will have to be on night duty for awhile so we can night wean him again. This is a baby who LOVES to nurse. He is mostly toying with baby food, occasionally consuming it. He's just learned to spit and stick out his tongue, a new favorite move in response to being fed. We are struggling with the "real food" piece. He is simply not that interested in food just yet. I can't wait for him to catch on, I'm pretty worn out from being the constant food supply.
Okay, a few days have passed and Roger has developed the magic touch for feeding Asher. No distractions. You have to get close to him, act serious, keep the spoon close to his face. Seems to work. Hallelujah. Now we just need him to sleep more......
