My little Alex is crawling! He's been so close for so long and finally started doing it probably a week and a half ago. He's developing so fast. It's like one day he started crawling and then the next day, he decided to start pulling himself up everywhere. It's amazing how fast it happens. He's fast at it too!
He pulls himself up on the ottoman we have. Anna likes to pull the cushion off it a lot, so he'll pull himself up on just the bottom part or with the cushion on it. He'll pull himself up by the TV stand (which makes me so nervous), on Anna's little learning table, her toy zebra, her bookshelf, the rocking chair in his room, the footstool to the rocking chair, etc. Anything he can get his little hands on, he'll pull himself up. He's still really clumsy, so he's constantly falling over.
Being a boy though, he's already much tougher than Anna was. He's usually fine, but every once in a while he'll cry. I, of course, feel bad. I was trying to figure out why he was crying more than Anna at this stage and realized that with her, we barely had any toys out and were able to watch her more closely. With Alex, we have Anna's toys out, so he wants to grab them, when they're too big for him and it's harder to give him 100% of our attention. I think also, because he's so big, that he'll be okay, because it seems like he's fine, then out of nowhere he'll fall down.
You can tell that he loves pulling himself up. He often gets a happy or satisfied look on his face. It's really cute. He's just such an active little guy. He constantly has to be doing something, holding something, reaching for something, grabbing something, etc. He's already getting restless during church. I can only imagine how it's going to be when he can walk!
Anna has had problems with Alex and sharing toys. She has also been pushing him a lot. We've been trying to discipline her and teach her about consequences for her actions. It's been hard. The last few days have been better. She's never been very good about sharing and since she's bigger than Alex, she can just take toys away. There are times when I actually can't wait for him to get bigger and he can start defending himself! :) All in due time...
Standing by the ottoman.
I'll often put toys on the ottoman, and he'll just stand there and play with them.
What a cute little crawler!
He doesn't do this much now that he's crawling, but for the longest time, he would bend over and rest his head upside down on the carpet. It was so cute, he loved it.
Standing by the ottoman again.
Starting to pull himself up!
Me and my sweet little Alex.
(looks like I need a haircut...)
Me and my little babies. They're growing too fast!
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