Happy 9 months to Jay! We are on vacation and I am again writing from Cape Cod! So far I've been able to post on the first of each month so I didn't want to break the tradition. Jay has changed a lot this month. Lots of new things to report.
He is up on all fours and rocking and dragging himself around. It's not "crawling" exactly because his current method is quite funny-looking: army crawl mixed with swimming strokes mixed with pushups. It is definitely not as smooth and fast as actual crawling. But he's close! He also loves it when you hold his hands so he can stand up. He always want to stand. And jump. On you. Yes, his favorite activity is standing on or near your tummy and jumping as hard as he can. Pat "walks" him around and he likes that too, especially outside on the grass.
Jay has also become a biter. My shoulder has quite a few bite marks and Pat almost lost a toe or two. We are trying really hard to stop this habit before it gets worse. We firmly and loudly tell him "no". But he thinks "no" is funny and just laughs. We're working on it.
Another new thing is he is exhibiting fear for the first time. We bought this duck tub since he is too big for the infant tub and too little for the regular tub. At first he was completely terrified of it. He didn't even want to look at it! When we put him in, he whined like a puppy. It was kind of funny. We had to put it on the carpet and practice playing in it so that he wouldn't be afraid. It worked and he's fine with it now but it was kind of a surprise to see him scared.
Jay had a two week stint at day care. It was very successful. He didn't ever cry when Pat dropped him off and was very happy when I arrived to pick him up. His teachers said he was good all day and didn't have problems with eating or naps. Except one day he got a "Jay was cranky!" note on his daily report but that's ok. I'm proud of him for handling it well. Unfortunately though, as mentioned in the previous post, he did catch a stomach flu. Yuck.
Now we are on vacation! We'll also be going to the Red Sox game on the 4th! By the way, we're celebrating our three year wedding anniversary too! Time flies.
Today is the big Ashish and Tejal wedding in India! I hope everything is going well and everyone is having fun. We miss grandma and can't wait to see her in a week.
Off to Boston tomorrow for the second half of our adventure!
