Honestly, I hold him every day. I change his clothes and marvel at how he’s already growing out of 12mo pants. But I still can’t believe how big Benjamin is. On Saturday morning I looked at him sitting in the high chair and just couldn’t believe it. Can you?
Something we’re working on with Benjamin is getting him to not put his feet on the table. This is something we had to work on with Jasper, too – but much later. We used the high chair tray with Jasper for a long time, so when he was finally close to the table he was old enough to understand the error of putting his feet on the table (and especially our displeasure). Benjamin isn’t there yet and likes to put his feet up when he’s frustrated or done. Jasper likes to remind him that feet don’t go on the table.
Last week we had a couple of walking injuries. On Wed (Oct 28), Benjamin was walking with his milk cup (with an integrated rubber straw), and he fell directly onto his cup. It cut the inside of his mouth – I think it was that tissue that connects your upper lip to the gum. It bled … a lot! And for a few days he looked like a platypus. I was calling him Platy for the remainder of the week. Poor kid. He fell on Sunday, too and cut his lip. He was carrying Drew’s water bottle, and I was there – watching, guarding but just far enough away to not be able to catch him before he fell. For a the immediate future, there will be no walking with cups or bottles of any kind. He’s walking really well – but he’s still just a month in and plenty wobbly.
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