More teeth!

I knew it was coming... there's been a whole lot of drooling lately, and N has been waking up more at night.

Yesterday he got one upper tooth (not a middle one, but one to the side), and I can see 2 more making their way out!

Puzzle

We have a number puzzle (not exactly as shown) covering the hardwood floor for N to play on. He's recently figured out that it's a puzzle and can be pulled apart. He can get the edge pieces off, but has some trouble with the number sections. One, each piece is a fair size, so when he grabs a piece and stretches out his little arm all the way, it's still attached to the rest of the mat, and two, he's usually sitting on the piece he's trying to remove.

I'm sure he'll figure it out soon.

What do you call them...

So I meant to post about this before, but didn't know the word to use...
Over the last month or so, N has become quite proficient at giving fraps/zerbets/foops. It's quite funny. He usually starts doing it when I'm trying to get him to sleep. He knows it'll get me laughing and maybe get a few more minutes of awake time...

Waving

N started waving last weekend. We were out for dinner and I was walking around the restaurant with N (it was getting late and he was tired). A waitress passed by us and said 'hi' and waved. N automatically waved back! He's done it a few more times since, but not regularly yet.

Oh, and he has a new sound. Loud ear-splitting screech. Screamed in his dad's ear while dad was sleeping. Works better than any alarm clock in our house.

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.