We have officially entered the next phase of parenthood. It's hard to believe that just 3 months ago, Nate was crawling, drinking out of a bottle & we were carrying him around in a Hip Hammock. Now, he's walking & climbing everywhere, can't stand to sit very long and would rather push his stroller, started signing back to us, claps, waves "hi", will pet the dog gently when you say "Be nice to the dog" & climbs up into his car seat by himself. Things that were out of his reach, no longer are. I look down at my laptop for 2 seconds and he's walked into the laundry room to pick up the dog's dish!
He'll point to the birds we feed every morning and say "Durd!" or he'll look down at Harvard if he gets too close to his highchair & say "Dit!" (We tell Harvard "Git!" if starts begging around the table). He's totally mimicking everything we do and gets very frustrated, sometimes downright mad, if he can't get what he wants or if something doesn't work the way he wants. Like if he sits on his toy and he's trying to pull it up but can't because he's sitting on it! He's so darn curious about everything and as his confidence has grown, he's not afraid to try new things, open things...basically getting into everything! He's also cutting tooth #8.
It's an exciting as well as challenging phase. We know that certain things we do & teach him are critical at this point because he's processing things and learning so rapidly. Just when we got used to his behavior, it changed and now WE'RE having to re-learn again. ha!
Today we went to this nice outdoor mall here called "La Encantada" and had breakfast at A.J.'s Fine Foods. Then we walked around the mall's courtyard for a bit. Nate had his squeaky shoes on and walked quite a ways...further and longer than he mostly does. One good thing about squeaky shoes...at least you always know where your kid is! At one point he fell down and a lady walking by stopped to help him up. He looked up at her and held out his hands for her to pick him up! That is VERY unusual since he's normally very particular on who he lets hold him and it's almost never strangers or women! We think he might have thought that she looked like grandma. After a few moments, he realized that this wasn't who he thought it was and reached out for us to take him. It concerned us a little because we're not used to him doing that and we realize we need to keep an eye on him now that he's more mobile.
He's getting better about being around people at church. Stays in the nursery now and plays the entire time. The little girls at church LOVE him and are constantly hovering around him, trying to pick him up or hold him and it drives him nuts! He'd rather walk, play ball or explore. Not too interested in being held anymore. I started playing bass on the praise team again so I'm glad he's enjoying being in the nursery now.
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What a fun age. Yes he probably thought the lady was his grandmother.
Beverly
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