no fui yo!

(It wasn't me!)  I've been neglecting my madmommy blog duties. Too much going on!! LLM keeps growing!

he looks so huge laying on grandpas belly

The last couple weeks have been pretty interesting.  The day following the last post LLM got his first cold.  It wasn't a bad one, but you could tell just how congested he was and how hard it was for him to sleep because of it.  Despite that, however, his demeanor wasn't too different from normal.   A bit more grumpy, but I think that's due to the lack of sleep.  I still felt awful though, watching him struggle.

I was concerned about his cold being too much of a bother since I'd made an appointment to get him some pictures from Picture People at the beginning of the month.  He was somewhat irritable but it wasn't too bad.  Who can blame the poor guy having a cold and being thrown in front of a strange lady going "hi clayton! aboooo aboooo"?  Hahahaha.  I've got more images on my computer at home, so whenever I get the chance I'll upload the best ones here.  But, finally after 7 months, er rather 6 months, I finally have a framed picture of him at my desk! WOOO!!

Hut Hut!

Every day LLM gets better at crawling, and now is learning to pull himself up to a standing position.  I've seen him stand on his own for a second or 2 as well.  Dangerous. He's not suppose to be walking so soon right?!  

I've learned that he does NOT like to be contained or restricted, especially by himself, unless its nap/bedtime.  He will only protest a little if he's going into his high chair when he's hungry.  I think he's learning that high chair = food time.  But I don't dare walk away after he's strapped in, even when someone else is next to him.  He gets angry that I'm leaving.  More on this later. But if he knows I'm about to feed him he's pretty happy.

Then, there's meal time... to which he's taken to grabbing everything that comes close. He seems quite content when I let him feed himself.  I still feed him purees to make sure he's getting enough food, but now I've started to give him small bits of mashables - bananas, sweet potato, etc. and have experimented with other foods too.  Like green beans, tortillas, and chicken... yes, chicken (shhh...don't tell my mom).  He loves chicken.  Totally a carnivore. I'm definitely going to try scrambled eggs soon.

meal times are getting messier....

Now, on to his awareness.  I've always known that he recognizes me as his mom, but it still amazes me how he lights up when he sees me.  He also recognizes my voice, and if I'm not visible and he hears me he looks around for a bit.  He doesn't cry out at all if he doesn't see me, even if he hears me.  It's like he knows I'm there even if he can't see me.  Which is a big milestone right? People/object permanence.  He's starting to get it, but there is a bit of separation anxiety.  If I turn my back on him to leave he's somewhat upset.  Admittedly though, it's so hard to leave him sometimes especially when he's smiling at me.  My mom has a harder time leaving him, I think, than I do when he's smiling.  Hahah

No fui yo...I believe little man has started to understand NO.  Either that, or he hears it in my stern voice and knows that I'm not playing.  Last night he was trying to eat a plastic bag.  I grabbed it before he got it to his mouth and said "No, Clayton. Give it to me" and he froze and let go.  I said thank you and kissed him and he resumed playing.  I just put the bag to the side and then he started going for it again.  Before he grabbed it I said "Uh uh, NO" and he stopped and stared between the plastic bag and me.  I thanked and kissed him again and this time just took the bag away completely.  But, being mobile, he ventured off into another part of the room and soon found the cord for the lamp.  I had to scold him again when I saw him playing with it. And he stopped for a while, sitting there looking at me.  As soon as I looked away though he went for it again.  Little punk... I had to take him away from it and place him by his toys again.  Oh boy, things are starting to get interesting. :-P