Ooopsie Daisy

In my opinion, learning to fall is one of life's important lessons. I want to make sure Dexter doesn't let fear of falling prevent him from reaching for what he wants.

Big Sloppy Wet Ones and Other New Means of Expression

Dexter loves to give big, open mouthed, drolly kisses on the face, especially after a bottle. He also loves to have a little face to face verbal "conversation" at these times. Sounds with consonants include ma, da, ba, ga, and pa. He's also continuing to explore his range of squeals, grunts, hums, and clicks. This week he has begun to clap his hands and, on occassion, will do it in response to someone else doing it and saying, "clap hands". When it comes to mobility, he wants to stand more than anything else and is getting pretty good at balancing on his feet. On the ground he continues to roll everywhere and, in the past couple of days, has shown promising signs of actually crawling - he can get his knees under him and stay on all fours but hasn't figured out that he can coordinate his arms and legs to move around. He either propels himself forward onto his face or straightens one leg putting weight on his foot and then ends up toppling over sideways. He still can't get himself to a sitting position when he's lying on the floor. He does some serious abdominal crunches but usually ends up raising his arms and squawking to be helped up.

Festival of Cherry Puffs

Increasing the Odds

The more puffs Dexter gets onto his face, the higher the odds that one will eventually get into his mouth.

Aunt Katie

Aunt Katie came to visit this weekend and Dexter fell in love with her. They had a great time together. I also had a wonderful time visiting with my sister. I learned a lot about parenting techniques just by watching her interact with Dexter (I'm sure Dexy will appreciate that I now give him more than 3 puffs at a sitting!!). I missed her the minute I dropped her off at the airport.

Senor Sweet Potato

Even before he has facial hair, Dexter is experimenting with potential mustache styles.

Cherry Puffs

Madoka convinced me that even though Dexter is not yet crawling with his belly off the floor (he's not crawling at all - just rolling and standing), he could manage noshing on some baby puffs. "He's got 6 teeth for crying out loud," is the way she put it. Seems that despite the 6 teeth, Dexter still needs to figure out this whole "chew and swallow" business. We captured his first "bites" on video.