He Crawls

That's right, Nate is finally crawling! And now that he is, look out! We started baby proofing the house awhile ago, since he's been able to get around by rolling and scooting, but you quickly find out all the other things you didn't think about when they can really crawl and pull themselves up. But it's fun to watch him crawl and follow me into rooms. He's really becoming such a big boy! His new favorite activity is sliding the kitchen chair back and forth. His second is playing in Sammy's water bowl. So I moved that so hopefully he won't find it, at least for awhile. We knew he'd be crawling, but just didn't know when. He's been scooting and rolling for awhile, so this wasn't a "he just started crawling all of a sudden" thing. The last few days he would move a hand forward and then his knees and then flop down. It was a learning process and you could almost see the gears working as he began to figure out the process. It amazes me how babies learn these things without anyone really telling them how. And it's not like I crawl around to show him, well, not that often.

In unrelated news, the battle to get him to eat people food continues. And lately the battle to get him to eat stage 3 baby food continues as well. He won't eat the cut up fruit or the cheerios or the oatmeal. He will eat his teether biscuits and baby fish crackers and smooth baby food. And above all he still prefers his milk. I guess we will just keep trying. I think, like the crawling, one day he will just decide to do it.