Noticing His Shadow

N found his shadow today. We were in bed... he was trying to not fall asleep. The lamp across the room was on, which cast a shadow on the wall at the head of the bed. He made a bee-line to it and started hitting the shadow with his hand. Then he'd move over and would notice the shadow following him. He yelled at it for a while.

Oh, and now that he's started to crawl, he's decided he wants to stand. All the time. He'll grab on anything or anyone and pull himself up. Then he doesn't know what to do.

Crawling

OK, I think I can now say N is crawling. For the last few weeks, he'd take one or two tentative steps and then sit back down. Today, he made it down the hallway. He still would stop after a few steps, but then he's get back up on his hands and knees and move a bit more. He tried the stairs too. Managed to get up the first step, but then wasn't sure what to do after that.

Finally... solids

N has had no real interest in solids since we started at six months. He might try a spoonful or 2 of something one day, and then would have nothing to do with it the next. It's still all breast milk for my little boy.

Well, last week I bought some Barbara's Breakfast O's (like Cheerios but sweetened with fruit juice). He'll eat those, if you give them to him one at a time. Then, a couple of days ago, I offered him some of my smoothie (banana, blueberry, watermelon, kale, rice milk and water) and he was all over it. He was trying to grab the glass out of my hand. Today, he had applesauce and sweet potato. A few spoonfuls of each!

Maybe it's the start of something.