Falling Down

Sam has been busy learning how to fall down this week. Sounds easy enough, but he's been very frustrated. He's been scared to pull up because he couldn't really figure out how to get back down. Sometimes he'd start falling and he'd go board stiff, which, as you can guess, does not translate into a very successful transition. He spent a few days where he didn't even want to try to get down. He'd just start fussing. He's kinda got the hang of it now. He doesn't want to just plop down on his butt like most of the other babies. He hangs on with one hand and streeeeetches to reach the floor with the other hand. Then he'll let go and crawl away. We've been trying to walk a fine line between keeping him safe and letting him figure it out. It's really hard not to just rescue him every time.



We got Sam this Leap Frog Learn & Groove Musical Table so he could have something small to practice pulling up and sitting down. I got it half off at a consignment store, Kid-to-Kid. He kept opening and closing this little compartment looking to see if there was anything in there. So, I put some banana puffs in there. He got a big kick out of that and was actually getting them out one at a time, putting them in his mouth, "chewing" them, and swallowing them. Up til now he has been spitting them out after he sucked on them for a while. (Look at all that drool!)



Of course, Cleo smelled banana, so she was very interested in what was going on. Cleo LOVES bananas. She comes running when she hears us break one off the bunch. I think she's gotten a third of every banana eaten in this house since we got her. Sam shared a few and thought it was funny.

Here's the videos from last week:

• Sam and Daddy playing with a new toy
• Sam eating (3 videos, click Next to view all 3)
• Last bath in the sink (3 videos)

-- Emily