<div class="post_title">10 months old: Teeth and Movement!</div> <div class="post_title"></div> <div class="post_title">{Since Sunday is his 11th month anniversary, I figured I needed to write 10 – :-}</div> <p>In the span of 1 short month, ZBL has exploded with movement and teeth! At the month’s end, he now has 4 teeth: the 1st one came in mid-March. The 2nd one was actually above the 1st one on his upper jaw (I realized this while we were playing. I heard this strange noise that sounded like teeth grinding. And then I realized it was coming from Z and that meant he had not 1, but 2 teeth!). Then 3 and 4 quickly followed. He still wants to put other people’s fingers in his mouth now though so be careful! Those teeth are sharp!</p> <p>Movement: he went from sitting up and scooting to crawling slowing on all 4s to moving with purpose and intentionality. It’s been fun to watch! With this added mobility and opening up of the world, we added gates to our house so Z now is contained in the TV room and kitchen. We also have a play yard in that space that keeps him contained when need-be. Mostly though he’s out exploring: crawling to the couch and pulling up, noticing that someone forgot to put away the TV remote and cruising over to check it out; pretending he’s Spiderman and pulling himself up on glass windows or walls (no handles). At first he took awhile to cruise around the play yard but by the month’s end, he was proficient and could make it around half of the kitchen! </p> <p>He definitely enjoys his freedom but with that comes big changes for me and his dad. During the week, there is less time to “get things done” as Z requires a lot more attention and me being at his side as he discovers and explores his new abilities. But I know this too soon shall pass and all the “to dos” can wait (or at least most of them :-). It’s amazing to watch as literally each day we can see the changes: the confidence increase, the motor coordination improve, the stability increase. Awe. Some.</p>
In the span of 1 short month, ZBL has exploded with movement and teeth! At the month’s end, he now has 4 teeth: the 1st one came in mid-March. The 2nd one was actually above the 1st one on his upper jaw (I realized this while we were playing. I heard this strange noise that sounded like teeth grinding. And then I realized it was coming from Z and that meant he had not 1, but 2 teeth!). Then 3 and 4 quickly followed. He still wants to put other people’s fingers in his mouth now though so be careful! Those teeth are sharp!
Movement: he went from sitting up and scooting to crawling slowing on all 4s to moving with purpose and intentionality. It’s been fun to watch! With this added mobility and opening up of the world, we added gates to our house so Z now is contained in the TV room and kitchen. We also have a play yard in that space that keeps him contained when need-be. Mostly though he’s out exploring: crawling to the couch and pulling up, noticing that someone forgot to put away the TV remote and cruising over to check it out; pretending he’s Spiderman and pulling himself up on glass windows or walls (no handles). At first he took awhile to cruise around the play yard but by the month’s end, he was proficient and could make it around half of the kitchen!
He definitely enjoys his freedom but with that comes big changes for me and his dad. During the week, there is less time to “get things done” as Z requires a lot more attention and me being at his side as he discovers and explores his new abilities. But I know this too soon shall pass and all the “to dos” can wait (or at least most of them :-). It’s amazing to watch as literally each day we can see the changes: the confidence increase, the motor coordination improve, the stability increase. Awe. Some.