Leaps and Bounds

Charlotte got a good report at the doctor yesterday.  Her bone is healing nicely, as well as Dr. Maxey could’ve hoped, and it will be four weeks this time before we go back.  He is cautiously optimistic that the boot can come off at that visit, but he didn’t want to make any promises.  Charlotte is supposed to start walking on it as she is comfortable, and she finds that can, indeed, walk with no pain.  So, all is well!

Of course, the boot won’t be off in time for our vacation at the end of the month, but the doctor did say that she could ride a bike in her boot, if she wanted.  So, we’ll see how that all goes.

So, I have a question…if a baby can do this in the infant tub, has he outgrown it?!

I’ve tried bathing him a couple of times in the big bathtub, but I currently don’t have a bath seat that will suction to the bottom of it, which means that he kept falling over.  I don’t have enough hands to hold him up and wash him at the same time, and wet babies are very, very slippery.  So, I’ve just continued to use this small sink tub. 

But today, when I sat Jeremy up to wash his back and rinse his hair, he stayed that way!  And then he started grabbing the soap dispensers, the faucet, and whatever else was within reach.  I guess I’ll try the big tub again; after all, if he can sit up this well, he’ll probably be fine sitting up for a bath in it!

So…Jeremy has gone from being immobile to sitting up well and crawling forward, all in the space of one week.  On Sunday, he started squirming off of our laps to stand on the floor, crawling to things higher than he to try to pull up, and, just today, he decided that he could cruise along chairs at tae kwon do.

Of course, he can’t really stand up or cruise or walk, but he seems to think that he can.  Once he’s on his feet, he tries to let go of our hands.  It’s pretty crazy.  Charlotte and Elijah both crawled at seven months and walked at nine to ten months; Jeremy is a full month ahead of that already, which I find a bit alarming!  I guess it’s time to get this house child-proofed or something.

Jeremy, just like the other two kids, enjoys being outside, so we took him out on Sunday afternoon, along with the guinea pig, whose cage bedding we had to change.  (Yet another of Charlotte’s chores that we have to temporarily take over!)  Jeremy loved the feel of the grass on his feet and hands, but this was the most interest he showed in Humphrey.

Eventually, he got onto his tummy and started crawling down the yard, but we stopped him before he got to the street.  We’re careful that way.

 

It’s hard to believe that October is here already!  Soccer season is rapidly winding down.  Elijah has a game tonight, which is a bit unusual, but the local kids have Friday and Monday off school.  As their opponent is the team who shares the practice field, the two coaches got a ref and decided to play tonight.  It will be nice to have a soccer-free Saturday.  The last game is October 16, so we’re looking forward to freer weekends, at least until basketball season starts!

And, to close, I took these pictures of my two boys just this morning.  I love it!

 

Have a good one!