Working on a social life

Last week, Daddy and Graham had their first play date with Eric and Ethan DeVries. Graham seems to like other babies and isn't afraid to touch them (grab a facial appendage). It is interesting to see how Graham compares to other kids. Ethan has almost 3 months on Graham so he was more mobile than Graham. Graham likes dogs more than Ethan, so Ethan's dog was a little surprised that this new baby wasn't afraid to touch him. Our dog, Dakota, can empathize - she wishes Graham wouldn't touch her! Mommy and Graham are still having their weekly story time at the library. Graham likes the other babies and you can tell he would love to be able to somehow 'get' to the other babies.

We continue to try new vegetables. The first was carrots - those were okay. Next we moved to peas. He seemed to like peas. We just tried sweet potatoes. Those went over well too. All in all he seems to like to eat. We have to limit the first few servings of each veggie to make sure he doesn't have a reaction to it. Graham would prefer to eat as much as he wants, but doesn't get frustrated either.

Graham likes to stand more and more. He can pull/push himself up as long as he has something to hold on to and pull himself. He is a strong little guy.

Graham is working on sleeping better. He has really gotten better. We suspect he might be working on a tooth which might be interrupting his night. He is a busy guy so he needs the sleep but once he is up those eyes are wide and he checks out the world to see what is happening!

Grandma was in town to celebrate her birthday. It was a good chance for Graham to experience someone other than Mommy and Daddy to put him down for nap and bedtime. He wasn't phased by the change in routine and of course loved playing with Grandma. Everyone took a turn at feeding him his cereal or veggies including Uncle Greg. As long as you keep it coming, he doesn't care who feeds him. The bottle can be more of a challenge - he will pause to see what else is going on or assert his authority by pulling it out and putting it back in his mouth. He is a strong little guy!