Our Developing Boy

Benjamin now eats primarily table food, unless I want him to eat more vegetables. He still loves baby food vegetables, so I will somtimes give him a jar of those since he sometimes doesn't like the table food-sized version. We are also working on, slowly but surely, him drinking out of a sippy cup. Today is the first time he drank four ounces of milk out of the sippy cup! Usually he gives up on it and asks for a bottle. I gave him the sippy cup while we were going for a walk and then he finished it while sitting on our couch. Once he finished, he got down off of the couch all by himself! He is getting quite adept at backing himself down from things. He can go down all the steps, he can get off the couch, and he tries backing himself down the driveway when it seems to slope down too quickly for him to go forward. Conversely, he is quite the climber! Today he climbed into his old bouncey chair and turned himself around to sit down. I am amazed at how well he gets around, but still no walking!!



With bits of chicken deli meat on his cheeks - he loves deli meat


Yummy milk

Here is a sequence of pictures showing him get off the couch:

Preparing to turn around


On his way!


Getting close!


He made it!