As usual, this blog is about Connor. I should re-title it to read "Connor's world". There are so many fun things happening right now with him. His world is such a cool place to be and I get to see it in his eyes. For a 7 month old, this child really thinks he can do much more than he physically should at this point, but determination should be his middle name because we can't hold him back. In a matter of the last 2 weeks, he went from inch-worm crawling to full hand and knee crawling, which immediately turned into, OH, Look! I can pull up on the couch if I can get close enough. That went from shakily pulling up to putting said feet underneath and standing up. Wow! I think he is amazing.
Mommy and Daddy's bed is a new favorite of lil man's. Not that he sleeps in there, just that we all love to cuddle and play. He loves to roll and crawl and climb between us, I think mainly he sees us as obstacles to try to climb to the floor, eat the remote or my phone, or get to the water bottles on my night stand. Everything is game for that child.
Speaking of climbing, and I don't even want to post this, but here goes. Since Connor mastered pulling up in a matter of one day, I put him to bed Friday night of Memorial weekend. As is normal, he woke up at 5:30 and I went to check on him. I had to make a pit-stop in the hall bath before I fed him, so before I could take care of my business, I hear a loud THUD followed by a deep very scared cry from my baby. I took 3 large steps around the corner and see my angel lying on his back in the floor in front of his crib. Let me pause: Never ONCE has this child EVER touched the sides of his crib with is hands. He has crawled end to end of it for a month or so now but never has pulled up or anything. But earlier that day, Friday, he had started pulling up. I assume he figured out he could get his hands on the spindles and push up enough that he was almost chest high, looked over the edge and flipped out! What a horrible mom I am for not lowering the crib in time. But honestly, how would I have known that he was ready to pull up on the crib when the one and only attempt, he was too tall. I am still having nightmares about it. We took him to the children's ER to have him checked out, and he is A-Ok praise the Lord! We immediately lowered the crib and now he can only peek through the bars on his knees. But how long will that last I ask myself since he is so tall for his age.
We are still having issues with sleeping through the night, but I am trying to just understand that he is figuring out this world and it takes a lot of brain connection to make that happen, and nighttime is a time for him to think about all the cool thing he learned that day. It will all work itself out, and when he is gone from the nest and I am sleeping 8 hours again, I know I will miss these sleepless nights and sleepy days...
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