Growing by leaps and bounds

Okay, the title is somewhat of a cliche, but seriously, it's really something we're seeing with Rian. We got back from India when Rian was 7.5 months old, and he took ~2 weeks to settle back into his routine, get over jetlag, and start eating his solids with relish.

10 days after coming back from India, Rian was comfortably sitting (1 March) if we propped him up. 2 weeks after that he was balancing fairly well and sitting on his own with one hand. A week after that 8.5 month old Rian was crawling, and he was all over the place!! For a couple of days he only responded to toys placed just out of reach, to crawl. After those 2 days, he had "lift off". He'd just get up and GO! Unfortunately even his afternoon naps ended short this way - he'd wake up and just start crawling :D



In the last 10 days, I've seen Rian grow up a lot. Now he's all over the place - tur tur tur palto! And now he wants to hold things and stand up. He stands up very well in his crib. Now the latest is he wants to stand up and let go of his hands :-) Poor fellow is ending up with some hurts here and there. He has learnt to identify a few things - when we call out, he looks at that thing. Most recently he's learnt how to "clap", well he puts his hands together! And guess what... His first
tooth is about to sprout! In the bath yesterday, he looked at his bath toy and purposefully dipped it into water, to get the bubbles coming out. I was STUNNED. Rian has started understanding that if I hold this toy with 2 hands and turn it upside down and push it into water, bubbles come out. He then holds the toy up and lets the water drain. I had tears in my eyes - my baby is not a little baby anymore, he knows how to work his bath toy!!

Yesterday we took Rian on a hike - the Stanford dish 3.6mi loop. We totally enjoyed it, although Daddy's wicket is a bit down from carrying Rian for 3.6 miles.



We're having a wonderful time with Tuggy right now!