Like I mentioned last month, this remains one of my favorite ages. He is still plenty little enough to (fairly) easy carry around, he likes being held, he likes to snuggle and at the same time, he is becoming very adept at moving around, exploring new toys and finding a myriad of ways to keep himself occupied. Although, one thing that did disappear this month is our morning snuggle in bed. Since becoming a little mover, he quickly gets bored and wants to get down and explore! So I'm glad that I appreciated those times as much as I could up to now.Knowing how busy we're going to be the next several weeks, I've been trying to make a special effort to "just be" with the kids. I want to absorb and enjoy all the little things that make this time so fun and special. I think I've been doing a decent job with that so far and hopefully I can keep it up.
I won't have official stats to report until Ezra's one year appointment in August, but I can tell the kid continues to grow like a weed. :) A few of the 9 month clothes fit him, but he is definitely fitting into a lot of 12 month clothes. I need to dig up Caiden's next batch of hand me downs!
I also did a better job of tracking items of note this month as they happen AND there are tons of videos to enjoy this month! So let's get to it!
- I'd say the biggest news is Ezra started crawling June 2nd. He had been rocking for weeks, and he finally figured out the finer details of turning the rocking into forward motion. :) He started of slowly and tentatively and had a combo army crawl and up on hands and knees. Now he is all hands and knees, and he has gotten FAST! We've had to move to that next level of baby proofing which means moving the cat dishes out of the way, sorting a lot of Caiden's toys and putting those with choke-able pieces into a box and away for a "snooze," and getting extra keen about vacuuming. It's been great fun watching him get around and explore. I love watching his little behind wiggle as he motors along. (I have video of this, but you can see him crawling in some of the other clips.)
- Along with the crawling, he has gotten really good at moving from a sitting to crawl position and vice-versa. He's also becoming quite adept at pulling up on things and balancing on his knees. I love seeing him learning all these new skills!
- Ezra also took his first plane ride and trip to IL. We stayed with Aunt Cathy & Uncle Bryan and got to see so much family! I think he was a little overwhelmed by all the people and attention and he definitely experienced some separation anxiety, but overall he did pretty well. He also did extremely well on both flights which was a big relief for me!
- Another milestone he crossed is holding his sippy cup all by himself. He is so darn cute maneuvering the spout into his mouth and then peering over the cup with his big blue eyes and shaggy bangs.
- We have finally cracked the sleep code for falling asleep. The solution? He has become a pacifier kid. After his last checkup, I got to thinking about self soothing, and decided we'd try really hard with the pacifier. He has learned to actually suck on the pacifier (as opposed to chewing on it and playing with it), and it has become the bedtime miracle. No more crying at bedtime and nap time. Hooray!!!! :D
- As for the actual sleep, it has been amazing. He takes 2 naps - one in the morning for 90 min - 2 hours and another in the afternoon for 1-2 hours. He is ready for bedtime at 7 and sleeps thru the night until sometime between 7-8 the next morning. Initially he was going to bed closer to 6, but after the trip to IL, we were able to shift him to a later bedtime. The only downside with the later bedtime is that it has shifted the nap schedule in a way that makes it tough to get out of the house during the day unless we go out first thing in the morning (because of Caiden's afternoon nap). But it's ok. I can manage until it invariably changes again in a few months.
- For awhile, he would shriek and screech at mealtime. Fortunately that habit seems to be gone (for the time being anyway) and instead he just has a running commentary during mealtime. :)
- Still toothless. Nothing new to report there.
- His latest vocalization is a "ba ba ba" sound.
- He is the best little hugger! He'll just spontaneously lay his head on your shoulder and snuggle for a moment or two. Totally melts the heart!
- He has started clapping which is just the cutest thing!
- He also started waving (June 20) which is just adorable!
- He seems to like musical instruments and really enjoys playing the drum. He knows how to beat on it with his hands or with another object. He also likes to clap objects together to make sounds too.
- I brought the sorting box of shapes back out of storage and he LOVES it! So does big brother, so there has been some refereeing needed to make sure fair play happens.
- Ezra totally notices the cat now. He likes to reach out and try to grab her. I think she helped motivate him to start crawling.
- We started getting rid of some baby gear he's outgrown. It has been such a bittersweet feeling for me, and sometimes I just don't understand why I have such a hard time giving up these things.
- He's rediscovered his raspberries with a passion!
- He still enjoys reading books. His face positively lights up we read the book that shows the faces of lots of babies.
- He HATES getting his nose wiped off. He will scream bloody murder once you go at him with a tissue.
- He has been "sharing" toys with Caiden. Caiden is fine when Ezra hands him toys, but we have been dealing with a lot of tantrums and meltdowns when Ezra starts to play with Caiden's other toys. It has been driving me crazy, especially when Caiden takes toys away from Ezra just for the sake of not wanting him to play with them. I would love to find a way to better manage this situation.
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