Knock, knock... Who's there? A Tooth!

Daniel has continued to be quite mobile. He now moves from room to room, under tables and chairs, around the couches, pretty much everywhere! He has found doors and our doors are great as they have a stopper which sticks out on the base, perfect for grabbing and pulling open and close.

Knock knock. Can I come in?

As I mentioned, he is now crawling under everything. He is just the right height to crawl under the chairs and tables and he loves doing it. It's pretty cute watching him explore and try to solve problems like getting stuck under a chair and how to get out when he keeps bumping his head on the sides, but he gets there. He is also becoming faster (when he wants to get to something in particular). 

Where should I go?

 He loves moving to the oven (the one thing that we are not wanting him to move towards) so often it is him crawling there, then us picking him up, saying a firm 'No Daniel. It can be hot and hurt you' and then putting him back down on the mat. I'm not too sure how much is going in, or when he will start to understand but I am hoping that consistency is the key. The rest of the places basically in the house are fine for him to move about in (besides the music room/study which we will keep the door closed to). 

Almost there

Through the tunnel

Checking all is clear

Hooray!

On Friday I went with some of the mums from Mothers' Group to the soft play which is just down the road. It is lovely to see the babies growing up and slowly starting to interact and be more active and involved. It is a great set up and only $4 for unlimited play. There are jumping castles, a ball pit, cars and bikes to ride on (they have the car ramp which Maddie has that I love watching her play on with Ryan! Sadly Daniel is too little and unbalanced to go on it yet). They also have a lot of soft play pieces, cubby houses and heaps more. We mainly stuck to the soft play area.

Exploring

Daniel and Zoe are the only 2 bubs on the move at the moment through crawling. A couple of others like walking around holding their mum's fingers (I'm glad that Daniel is more independent in his movements). Most of the bubs had a great time. I think it was a little bit too much stimulation as he (and another bub Lachie) got quite unsettled after a 1.5hr nap and milk (about 20mins into playing) but I'm sure that is just because it was a different setting.

Crawling over to Eddy, Daniel and crawling away from Lachie

After sussing out the place he was keen to move around. One problem was that he crawled up to one of the other bubs who had a dummy in her mouth, attached to her bib with a chain. I guess this looked nice for Daniel so he crawled over to her and pulled on the chain to pull the dummy out. He then tried to put the dummy into his mouth until I pulled it out of his hand. The other bub wasn't very impressed. I found this interesting as he doesn't use a dummy, but I guess he does like putting things in his mouth and this looked like the perfect thing!
He had a go on a bike (a little bit wobbly)

There was a bucket cart which I put him in and pulled him around in. He loved it. A couple of the other mums followed suit and did it with their bubs too.

Just cruising

Hmmm... what to do?

'Playing' with Daniel and Lachie

 Yesterday we had another first. After a bit of a restless Sunday (did not have a nap in the morning and didn't settle as quickly as normal at night) on Tuesday morning during a 3am feed I noticed that he had a tooth just starting to poke though. Fortunately this wasn't because of him biting me, but instead me feeling his bottom gums and feeling a bit of a spike on his right side. So I have gone back to putting on the amber necklace (it can't hurt) to see if that helps the pain go a bit for him. Now we need to get him a toothbrush. He doesn't really like me cleaning it after a feed but I guess it will grow on him. 

I think the tooth is that little white dot on the left (his right). He really doesn't make taking photos of it easy!

 I am still loving watching him grow and explore new things. He is such a cutie and makes me smile each day, even on the hard days. I thank God for him each morning while feeding, even when he wakes me up at night.

My little angel. Butter wouldn't melt in his mouth!

Cutie boy!