We had a fun beginning to our week, with Uncle Brian and Geema spending
a couple days with us in Suffield. Papa also came by for a visit on
Monday. Seth was motoring around his playroom, showing everyone what he
could do. I went downstairs to change out some laundry, leaving Seth
upstairs. All of a sudden I heard everyone clapping and cheering. When
I ran upstairs to ask what had happened, they said, "Nothing!" As if I
would believe that! Turns out Seth took his first step, from Uncle
Brian to Jason, but they didn't want me to feel bad that I missed it!
He is getting more and more daring and taking bigger steps in between
objects, but he still usually is holding on to the edge. So, I haven't
seen a step myself yet, but I am sure there are more to come soon! It
is very exciting.
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It's been a busy three weeks since we last wrote. A few weeks ago we
realized Seth has been in the world now for longer than he was in utero
- hard to believe time has gone by so fast! Seth has had lots of
advances in the food arena. He is a very good eater, and almost always
opens his mouth to be fed. When he is done, though, he is done - we can
tell because he smears his food in his hair and his eyebrows! He is
learning how to use a spoon - if we put a little food on it and hand it
to him, he can usually manage to feed himself. He is learning to use
his pincer grasp when picking up Cheerios and pieces of cheese. We
notice that he does many things with his right hand, but likes to do the
pincer grasp best with his left hand. It's interesting to try to guess
if he'll be left handed or right handed. He is getting better at
drinking water from a cup if we hold it for him, and he can also drink
from a straw! They started him on it at daycare, and it is so cute! It
makes sense, since he knows how to suck! Beef is definitely his
favorite meat, but he is getting better with chicken. He's had cottage
cheese, blueberries, raspberries, corn, potato, avocado, and pasta
recently.
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