This past month has been fun as I've watched Krew gain more confidence in his abilities and learn new skills. Krew has mastered his army crawl and he moves super fast. He has been spending more time playing on his knees, so now he has started to crawl. I think he does it without thinking and then drops to his belly when he realizes what he's doing. He goes onto his knees so he can pull himself up to stand, which means that it takes him no time to stand. He is pretty stable now and he has balance even when holding on with just one hand. We've been teaching him to get down from standing (rather than just by falling), so now he does that. Sometimes. When he remembers. One of the side effects of learning to teach him to get down is that he is able to bend at the waist to pick things up while he is still standing. Krew still hasn't mastered how to get into the sitting position from his army crawl, but he'll figure it out. He's so close already, so I'm thinking it won't take long.
Another thing that Krew has learned? How to not nap. I don't understand this part, since most babies still have 2 naps a day for a few more months. However, Krew has decided that maybe 1 nap a day is fine. There are definitely perks to having Krew only nap once per day, the obvious being that he sleeps longer at night. He will still wake up once between midnight and 2 a.m., but will stay sleeping until 7 or 8. I've also noticed that if he has 2 naps that he will only sleep until 8, whereas if he has 1 nap that he will sleep in until around 9. I think the little stinker actually forces himself to stay awake and sometimes if you don't get him at the right time, he'll get his 2nd wind and keep on going!
Krew has definitely shown himself to be a determined (read: stubborn) little boy. He is also incredibly impatient. When he wants something, he wants it now. Even if it's something that he didn't even know he wanted yet. I usually put him in his high chair before I feed him and once he realizes that I'm getting his food ready, he demands it put in his mouth ASAP. Never mind the fact that he probably didn't even notice he was hungry yet. Also, if you take something away from him, he howls because he wants it. And if you remove him from something he shouldn't play with, he will go immediately back to it unless the door is shut on him. Even bath time has become more challenging since he insists on trying to climb out of the tub.
Oh, Kevin and I have also figured out that the mark that he sometimes has on his left cheek is actually the side effect of Krew scratching there. I've even witnessed it first hand. He doesn't scratch himself deep enough to draw blood or break the skin, but just enough to roughen it up and irritate the skin. The mark would usually clear up for a few days and then come back, so I think that we must have cut his nails short enough for his skin to heal before his nails were long enough to scratch again.
Overall, I'm really proud of Krew's progress and I can't wait to see what he learns this month!
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