Wednesday, March 4, 2009

And he's....


Crawling. Yep, I didn't think Blake would crawl ever. Sure I thought when he was a bit older, but he started to crawl a bit yesterday. 3 weeks shy of 1 years old and he is crawling. I am so excited! Yes..it's much harder to keep track of him and I am ALWAYS on my toes telling him he can't bite wires, can't put his fingers in the socket, can't touch the lamp, but as Jason says, " I would much rather have an active child than one who doesn't do much." It has become much harder to clean, cook, and do laundry. I have to watch him at all times, but I am sure this is just a phase. He is getting more and more of a personality. He knows when he isn't suppose to touch something, he will look at me and touch it. Ugh..it's quite fun here...never a dull moment. When I tickle his feet, legs, or hands, and stop, he raises his other hand or foot to be tickled. It is really cute. He has tried to feed himself with a spoon..WHAT a MESS! I have to be more at ease about how messy he is when he eats. I give up on trying to ALWAYS have a clean floor by his eating space. He isn't napping much either. A total of an hour and half a day. I am trying all sorts of things out to see how he will transition to one nap. He takes a morning nap no prob...it's the afternoon ones he won't nap for. But I feel like he needs that morning nap. I have tried putting him down at 1:00 and he naps an hour that's it. Bedtime is still 8:00 pm. I am thinking about putting him down at 7:45 instead. I don't know. Any idea of naps and transitioning at all?

4 comments:

Ben & Bobbi said...

Blake looks so happy in this picture. It's fun to hear how his personality is developing.

Megan said...

YAH FOR CRAWLING!!!!
Get lots of outlet covers!!!

Lana said...

Yippee Blake! And, as for napping, Nathaniel was all down with 2 naps right before a year. I couldn't believe it - I thought he would take 2 until 18 months. Nope! And, 90 minutes has been the standard ever since. He goes to bed earlier than he did with 2 naps. And, once in a while, he will crash for a 3 hour nap! But, usually, he does just like Blake seems to be transitioning to!

kdana said...

woo hoo. that is awesome he is crawling. that will be so exhausting for you to keep up with him, but awesome, awesome, awesome!!! wish i was there to see it.