Pierce's Milestones
First smile: March 1st - 2 days old
Roll over (front to back): July 4th - 18 wks old
Roll over (back to front): July 11th - 19 wks old
First solid food: Prunes, July 26th - 21 wks old
Holding Bottle: 22-23 wks old
First word: "Da Da", Aug 9th - 23 wks old
Second word: "Mama", Sept 10th - 27 wks old
Army-Man Crawl: Sept 13th - 28 wks old
Full-Blown Crawl: Sept 20th - 29 wks old
Pull-up-to-a-stand: Sept 27th - 30 wks old
Eating Cherios: Oct 11th - 32 wks old
No-Hands Balancing: Nov 15th - 37 wks old
Taking Steps: Dec 14th - 41 wks old
Our little boy is not so little anymore. Ok, it might be too early to say that but man has he grown. He's crawling, pulling up and balancing with no hands. He is just about to take off running we think. If he continues at the rate he is going, he'll be walking by Christmas for sure.Here's Pierce at his 9 month picture session at Kiddie Kandids. We think they came out so cute, but we are a little biased.
Pierce is pulling up onto things on his own and he walks assisted. Soon we will be quite literally chasing him around the house. As he learns to balance and move around he's going to be getting quite a few bruises, bumps and scrapes. As parents, Charles and I can't help but want to shield him and always be there to catch him so he doesn't hurt himself. I know he has to learn and part of that is falling and picking himself back up. But its so difficult and when he gets those little bruises and scrapes, I can't help but feel guilty...like I've done something wrong. Those of you who are parents understand what I'm talking about. On the flip side, he's such a tough boy. The cat bit him the other day when he tried to crawl over her. It was just a warning bite and she didn't break the skin or anything. Pierce was a bit startled but he never cried.
Oh boy...and it starts. Our Doodlebug has morphed into Crawly-Man (or Creepy-Man) and now its game on. Its amazing how fast he moves. Just yesterday I was washing bottles and looked into the living room where he was playing on the floor. He had crawled off of his blanket over to one of the dogs' bones, had it in his hand and was about to put it in his mouth! Everything slowed down for me as I dropped what I was doing and ran saying, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!" Whew...I made it just in time. Boy that was close. For the next few years, I'm sure he will keep us on our toes. Stay tuned to future episodes of Crawly-Man!
Our happy "bug" has had trouble going to the bathroom this past week. It had been over 3 days with no poopy diapers and so we were getting a little concerned. I called the pediatrician and they said to give him baby apple juice and maybe try some stage 1 foods like apples, pears or prunes. So, knowing their reputation, we decided prunes should do the trick (and, yes,they worked).I was a little worried that he wouldn't like them, but he did just fine. Of course he got more on his bib and face than he did in his mouth. Guess we'd better get used to that, huh?
Our little boy is not so little anymore. Ok, it might be too early to say that but man has he grown. He's crawling, pulling up and balancing with no hands. He is just about to take off running we think. If he continues at the rate he is going, he'll be walking by Christmas for sure.
Pierce is pulling up onto things on his own and he walks assisted. Soon we will be quite literally chasing him around the house. As he learns to balance and move around he's going to be getting quite a few bruises, bumps and scrapes. As parents, Charles and I can't help but want to shield him and always be there to catch him so he doesn't hurt himself. I know he has to learn and part of that is falling and picking himself back up. But its so difficult and when he gets those little bruises and scrapes, I can't help but feel guilty...like I've done something wrong. Those of you who are parents understand what I'm talking about. On the flip side, he's such a tough boy. The cat bit him the other day when he tried to crawl over her. It was just a warning bite and she didn't break the skin or anything. Pierce was a bit startled but he never cried.
Our happy "bug" has had trouble going to the bathroom this past week. It had been over 3 days with no poopy diapers and so we were getting a little concerned. I called the pediatrician and they said to give him baby apple juice and maybe try some stage 1 foods like apples, pears or prunes. So, knowing their reputation, we decided prunes should do the trick (and, yes,they worked).
Posts
