Mark finally put together the changing table yesterday. We cleaned out the pack and play and washed the sheets. For the first night ever, Elias spent the entire night sleeping on his own. It’s been getting very obvious that Elias needs his own space to sleep. He likes to move around in his sleep a lot, which is not so fun for me.
He slept so well; I was quite surprised. He didn’t wake up once between 7pm-6:30am. He’s taken a couple of naps in it today without a problem. I know my boy loves his sleep, but I was expecting the transition to sleeping on his own to be a bit more difficult. We’ll see if it remains this easy.
Our bedroom is really coming together. It’s almost baby-proofed, but he keeps going for the glass cabinets on the TV stand and the standing fan. Not sure what to do about those other than sit in front of them (luckily they’re together). It’s nice to have an organized, spacious bedroom space again.
Elias is into dancing lately. He has a few musical toys he’ll set off and then start bouncing around and smiling. Too cute!
Mark and I think he’s starting to give kisses, but who knows. He’ll come at our face open mouthed and smiling.
His daycare keeps a daily sheet with details about his day (naps, food, diaper changes, etc) and Elias likes inspecting this sheet. He always has. Last night I played a game with him where I’d grab the sheet and say, “Mommy has it!” Then Elias would grab it back and I’d say, “Elias has it!” He LOVED this game. LOVED it. We’ll have to get this on video.
We have these leap frog blocks that pull apart and can be put back together again. He recently figured out how to pull the pieces apart, which delights him. He knows they can be put back together, but he isn’t coordinated enough yet to do this. Poor little thing gets SO frustrated at his inability to put them back together. It’s both sad and funny to watch. I hate seeing him get upset, but he acts just like I do when I get frustrated by something I’m having trouble doing.
Elias started saying, “uh-oh” over the weekend. I’m not sure if he understands what it means, or he’s just mimicking us, but a baby saying “uh-oh” is just about the cutest thing ever.
Elias has made so much progress in the last few days. He’s also been much crankier than usual and had trouble sleeping last night. I am not sure, but I think this must have something to do with his current state of development.
Elias is now able to pull himself up into a sitting position. He’s finally getting on his hands and knees and is starting to crawl. He’s not all over the place yet, but I know he soon will be. When in a standing position, he’s getting a lot more daring as he learns to balance himself. He’ll try balancing himself with one hand, bouncing up and down and sitting down slowly from a standing position. Sometimes he tries to take steps, but that’s not very common yet.
He is becoming more consistent in saying “baba” when he’s hungry and “nana” or “nigh nigh” when he’s sleepy. He says mama and dada a lot, so it’s hard to figure out if he’s just babbling or actually calling to us.
He seems to be starting to give kisses, if you want to call them that. With a large, open mouthed smile he’ll sort of attack an area of my face. He gets a kick out of it.
Elias is getting a kick out of a lot of things these days. He does things he knows we don’t want him to do with a big smile on his face.
Even though he is a bit crankier, he’s still a huge sweetie pie who loves to smile and have a good time. I can’t believe how much he changes every day. Hopefully I’ll have some pictures and videos up this weekend.
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