It was a quiet day in the B household. We stayed around Ithaca so that hubby could get enough school work completed, but we still had some time for relaxing. For Easter Mass, we tried a new strategy to keep baby happy. In the past (when he was several months younger), he would nap through most of Mass - now he gets all squirmy and wants to crawl away. Usually we sit in the very back, but yesterday, we decided to sit in the front row so that Alistair could observe everything. And, for the first 45 minutes, baby was so delighted by all the smiles and attention he received from everyone around him that he was entirely occupied with smiling back and playing coy. Eventually, he got a little cranky when Mass ran into his lunchtime, but it was still the easiest time we've had with him in awhile. It was also a particularly happy day for me because I was able to wear some pre-baby pants for the first time!
I've been waiting awhile to make the official declaration, but I think it's safe to say that my baby is now a crawler. He's not a proper, tummy off the ground crawler, but he can actually move forward very quickly by dragging his body forward with his arms and pushing with his legs. Of course he still prefers to roll most of the time - unless you place something in front of him, like food, and then he shoots straight forward after it. My son is going to be like the tubby kid in Emile who was taught to run races when Rousseau bribed him with treats. At least in Alistair's eagerness to shove food into his mouth, he's rather indiscriminate. Broccoli? Yes please!
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