Look Mom, No hands!

Blake started a funny new habit today. He has decided to fore go the pincer grasp, the full hand grab, and the spoon. No hands is his new way of eating. At breakfast, he licked his peaches off of his tray. This afternoon when he dropped a Cheerio, instead of picking it up, he got down on his belly and did a face plant as he gobbled it up. Same thing at lunch and dinner. Take your mouth to the food instead of lifting the food to your mouth. Weird.


Other new things for Blake? Well, this week I could take it no longer and decided to cut his hair for the first time. He squirmed quite a bit, but eventually we made it through and I think it looks pretty cute. It is at least an improvement from the big swoosh that was going on before. Bless his heart, Blake has some swirly hair growing patterns. The hair in the back is sideways!

Before: Sitting on a stool, crazy hair combed out and ready for a new style.

During: Squirmy, not on the stool, hair all over the bathroom. Photography by big brother.

After: Looking older. He was smiling, just not in any pictures.

See down by his neck? That hair is sideways, and hard to cut!

Finally, tonight we moved his crib down a level after I found him with two feet on the bar for the drop gate, staring over at the floor after nap. He also climbed the baby gate downstairs. He had his little toes wedged in the holes about four inches off the ground. It looked painful, but he was so proud of himself. And, he can almost climb onto the couch when he stands on top of another toy. He's becoming a little daredevil, and I've got the feeling he'll be yelling, "Look Mom, no hands!" quite a bit.

Here he is with the crib in the lowered setting. Don't learn how to climb out of that anytime soon, Buddy!