Boston Children's Museum

Today the three of us went to the Boston Children's Museum to meet up with 6 other May 2005 babies! It was lots of fun hanging out with everyone.

The day started in a cranky way because Arthur didn't have a very good nights sleep. He has one pesky tooth (#6) that keeps going back in and coming back out and causing him a great deal of distress.

In total we met nine 9-month old babies (three we met before our group arrived) and Arthur was definitely the smallest of the group. One of the babies was the same size but still a little taller. I didn't realize he was so little because everyone is always telling us how big he is! He definitely eats and eats and eats....

Arthur was a little shy at first and needed a little cry when everyone first arrived and we put them in the big, baby play waterbed in the infant room. After about 5 minutes he was right at home with his new little friends!

He was a very sleepy boy by the end of the day and snoozed the whole ride home!

Amazing what a couple of days can do

With the right motivation (food...specifically, puffs), Arthur can now successfully "crawl" from one end of the living room to the other.

When I say "crawl", I mean "kick furiously with his legs and uses his face to pull himself along." It's very comical to watch and he's very serious about it.

He has managed to sneak in a couple of real and true crawls in the midst of all of this and I'm sure that it will be a matter of days when he's really got it.

Arthur has also discovered something called "The Wiggles". No, that isn't something you get when your diaper is past its prime. The Wiggles are actually four very quirky and very thin Australian men who sing funny songs for kids. Apparently they are a big hit for the 0-3 crowd. He likes to dance anyway so it's good encouragement.

When I figure out how to post some links to Arthur's videos, I'll try and put some on here.

Six Teeth and First Word

It's been a while since we've posted about our little chomper. The holidays and then a couple of colds being passed around and the next thing you know, it's a month later!

The past two weeks have brought some exciting new things for Arthur. For starters he has four new teeth! The last one is just teasing us coming out and going back in but it's definitely there. That brings his total to four on the top and two on the bottom. He's just started sleeping better again the past three days and Joanne says this morning "I think he's getting two more on the bottom!". We'll see.

Arthur has also decided that his very first word will be "cat". It makes sense since we have three of them. He says it with intent for sure. When the cats walk by, he moves towards them and stretches out his arms saying "Gat!" "Gat!". He doesn't say it any other times so we're thinking that it definitely counts.

It's better than the "dadadadada" he says all the time which we've just attributed to one of the first multisyllabic sounds babies can make...

As for the crawling...mmmm..not so much yet. He can definitely find a way to move himself from one place to another but it's mainly by doing a ballerina twirl sitting on his bum. He can go from sitting to hands and knees and back again.

The closest he can do to crawling is to "army crawl" but he really hates it and gets all mad and frustrated when he tries.

He can "walk" from one end of something to another if it's just a few steps and still enjoys walking while holding on to mommies hands as his favorite form of transportation.

His food variety has also increased since he's learned how to feed himself with his hands. He's added several kinds of beans, lentils and tofu to the already diverse fruit, veggie, and cereal diet he's had. He still nurses three times a day but 60% of his diet is coming from the food he's been eating.

For all this mass eating (he really does eat a lot), he hasn't gained any weight in 6 weeks but he's definitely gotten taller. We're not concerned because he's healthy, hydrated and he eats as much as he should be eating. We know that babies slow down their weight gain about this time but we certainly will be checking with the pediatrician the next time he goes.

That's all for now! Hopefully we can get another post on here again soon!