Christopher is doing well and is just such a joy to have around!
He's sprouting three teeth these days. In this order: One down, one up, one down. Strange, but everything is different this time around, naturally. Thankfully.
He is a champion sitter and REALLY wants to crawl, but hasn't yet. He's starting to lean forward a lot more, and is getting braver and not as afraid of falling. He also works at reaching things by sort of oonching on his bottom. And he spins himself around to see or reach whatever he needs.
He babbles a lot, and makes lots of mouth noises with his tongue and cheeks. He also likes to hold things in his hands and turn them over and back using his wrists. I am holding a tiny bit of hope in my heart that he could be left-handed, because he does sometimes reach with that hand, which John never seemed to do.
He eats lots of baby food (2-3 tubs 3-5 times a day), as well as bits of whatever allowable solid foods the rest of us are having. I usually nurse him right when he gets up in the morning and right when he goes to bed. He can entertain himself in 20-30 minutes spurts (like when I'm doing my morning yoga) as long as he has toys and is near us. His favorite activity these days are building blocks.
He loves watching all the "big boys" whenever we get together with Henry and/or James.
We're including him in the bedtime routine now. Bath with John, then reading 2-3 books, then nurse, then bed with his monkey nightlight (thanks a million, Miss Kerri), pacifier (which he chews rather than sucks), his afghan, and Ikea stuffed puppy. He is still mostly sleeping through the night, although the past couple nights, he has woken up between 3 and 4am and needed some TLC from Daddy and some tylenol from Mommy to get through the night. I think his teeth might be troubling him...
We're all enjoying him very much!
