Pulling himself up!

Oren really is growing up so fast. Yesterday he had a nap and when I went to go and get him up he was knelt up and holding onto the cot rail and looking over the side of the cot, at the door waiting for me to walk in! So we lowered the cotbed and today I went to get him from his nap and was greeted by him as per the attached photo! Standing up waiting for me to arrive (of course with the compulsory tears streaming down his face lol). It is so cute but scary how much he is growing up, literally day by day.

He is now trying to take steps when he is stood upright and holding onto my hands. I still cant believe how much they grow up in such a short time!

7 months, 4 weeks & 1 day old

Oren has learnt today how to pull himself up into a standing position... as he demonstrated for mummy this morning by greeting her from his morning nap by standing holding onto the cotbed rail and watching the door for her to come in!



He has also realised that climbing up furniture allows him to get to things that he wants... he isnt always very successful though as this next video shows!

I love the way he giggles in his video as he slides back down the sofa!

Independence

Oren is quite clearly becoming more independent. Now that he can crawl, when I leave the room (usually to get something done in the kitchen) he comes crawling to find me. Yesterday DaddyB arrived home to find me sorting out dinner in the kitchen, and Oren mid-crawl watching what I was up to.

It has also meant it has been a bit easier to find out when Oren wants something. When he is on the carpet playing in the living room, if he gets hungry or tired (or just wants a cuddle) he will now come crawling up to where I am sat on the sofa and either try and pull himself up using my legs for leverage, or he will just lay his head down on my feet and start sucking his thumb. It is very cute, although he is normally squawking at the same time!

He is desperately trying to pull himself up on everything, and I am so glad we are moving house sooner rather than later, as we need to do some serious babyproofing! DaddyB has been ebaying for bargains, and we have babygates to collect and a new tv cabinet! Yesterday Oren found the ‘ON’ and ‘EJECT’ button the Daddy’s Playstation and managed to turn it on and then eject the disc in there! Which I didnt even know how to do.

He is getting more and more independent in terms of wanting to feed himself too. Im just doing it with finger foods at the moment – but he is very funny. He used to be so delicate with finger food, whereas now he just stuffs as much in his mouth as he can – as the attached photo shows – Oren tried to eat a whole Pizza Express dough ball in one go!! Luckily, he seems to have learnt not to try swallowing the whole lot at once!

He is so intelligent and learning so fast, I have no idea what he will have picked up by the time he is 9 months old!

We are in difficult week number 2 at the moment though. Although Oren’s croup cough seems to have subsided somewhat, he still has a nasty cough and it woke him up at 6.30 both this morning and yesterday morning – which is far too early for a tired, pregnant mummy! He was also a very cranky baby yesterday and wouldnt eat, sleep or play – so it was a very long day. And the poor mite has developed the worst bout of nappy rash Ive seen. He seems to be much better in himself today than he was yesterday, bar the early wake up call, so Im hoping that we are on the mend again.

Crawling!

Well Oren might be only 7 1/2 months but he can crawl… he is getting around with remarkable agility – able to climb over anything to get to anything else he wants. It was quite amazing to watch him crawl across the room to get to a toy he wanted to play with. He has an activity centre which he sits in, but has a base on it which he has also learnt to crawl in/through. Photo shows him inside it – and he totally crawled in and then our of there himself!

Yesterday I went out for lunch with my friend and her son, and while we were waiting for food to arrive she gave her son some Skips (the crisps) as a snack to keep him going. She put a couple on Oren’s tray and he picked one up in each hand and tried banging them together to see if they made a noise! It was so cute watching him clumsily bang two Skips together and then him working out that that wasnt their function! You could really see his brain processing all the information! Of course, his next step was to see if they were edible, and as soon as he worked it they were they didnt last long! Moments like that are so amazing – he is so cute!!