Going, Going, Gone!

Gage is officially up and crawling. He had been army crawling for about three weeks. The day after mother’s day he decided that army crawling wasn’t for him and he was up on all fours. And when I say he is crawling, I mean crawling EVERYWHERE! The favorite things to crawl to seemed to be the dog food bowl and water dish. Oh the fun he has with those. Splashing in the water always gets a giggle or two out. Twice I have got to him just in time…… as he had a handful of dog food ready to chomp on for a mid-day snack. The dog bowls have subsequently been moved. The second favorite; the DVD player. Check ------- that has now been moved. The third favorite: Cooper! Now that has caused a predicament because he is not as easy to move to an out of reach place. Cooper is not fond of Gage following him around or getting up in his grill!! Thus, we are using the baby gate to separate the two until they can figure out how to be good buddies.

Along with crawling was an immediate attraction to pulling himself up once he reached a destination. Just a few places Gage loves to use to pull himself into an upright position are: couch, exersaucer, kitchen chairs, dishwasher, recliner, sliding patio door, our legs, etc! Hence, he got his first “look I can move” bumps this week. The first prize went to a bruise that was on his right forehead - we got to see a few colors of the rainbow; red, blue, yellow and a faded green. Second place: a small bruise that he got on his left cheek from climbing the kitchen chairs. Baby proofing Step Two: a second baby gate is added to keep him in the living room or fireplace room. I have a feeling we are going to have Baby Proofing Steps Three, Four, and Five in the coming weeks!!