7 months old and crawling
Josh was 7 months old on Friday and boy, has he managed to do quite a few more things since being 6 or even 5 months old. He has been sitting up nicely since before 6 months old and has been able to go from sitting to the crawl position and rock back and forth on his hands and knees.
He has even sat at the restaurant table in his little chair for the first time on Valentines Day while we were having a meal at the Tavern in Gordon’s Bay.
2 weeks ago he went from the crawling to the sitting position for the first time at my parents house. It was awesome that he did this as they witnessed their little grandson do something for the first time in front of their eyes. They loved that a lot !! He have a “doughnut” at home, which is a round cushion, padded around the outer edge. We put him on that with some of his toys to entertain himself. We felt safe thinking that he can remain there while we watch TV, make supper or whatever. It worked wonderfully – until now!
On Friday, he started to crawl. Yep, the dude is crawling now and it is time for us to have our hands full from now on. We place him on the doughnut and within a few seconds, he is on his tummy and making plans to get off the doughnut and make his way to the closest dog and if he has his way, a tail or fur will be pulled. But his mission is to get to the dogs! Needless to say, they are not particularly amused at this new development. But little do they know, that Joshua is going to chase them around the garden right into their dying days.
But he had another trick up his sleeve! He managed to pull himself up onto his legs against Bridgitte who was lying down on her side. The dude surprises us every day.
But he has remained a very happy boy and happy with life as we know it. He has been at day care during the latter half of each day during the week and enjoys it very much. He loves being around people. While in church and face him to the back, he totally jumps with joy as he attempts interaction with the children and people behind us.
We are seeing our baby grow – not only physically, but mentally too and it is awesome – such a proud moment and it is these things, that make parenting a real reward.
Below are a couple of pictures and a video for you to see. Wait until the slide show has loaded below. The video is also included within the slide show.
