Moving on Up

Over the past week or so, Bry has made strong efforts at defying the second law of thermodynamics, remaining in as close to perpetual motion as possible given nothing but breastmilk, baby oatmeal, and sweet potatoes as fuel.

(By the way, the sweet potatoes rated a definite 'eh' which is better than 'aaahhhhhhhhhh!')

This kid is ready to be on the move. Unfortunately, his body is not cooperating so much. From a sitting position, he lunges forward, trying to grab whatever we've so deviously placed just out of his reach. He simultaneously pushes forward with his feet, plants on his belly, and then looks up at us with a look on his face that says, "Oh, heh, silly me. I seem to have pitched over again. Dear parents, could I trouble you to prop me back up into a sitting position again?"

Right. It's more like this: He pitches forward, realizes he's on his tummy (ah! evil! tummy time! noooooo!), and then fusses and makes indignant sounds until one of us sits him up again. When we try to prop him on his hands and knees, his legs promptly slide out from under him until he's back into position for...you guessed it...tummy time, and the whole cycle ensues. Even more frustrating for the little man is that he's started in the past 2 days to scoot backwards when he's on his tummy. You can watch the transformation on his face from determined to devastated as whatever object he desires steadily gets farther and farther away. It's hard not to laugh. And as empathic parents, we totally laugh. And then push his toy within his reach. He knows we're totally laughing with him.

I think everyone in the household is hoping for a dip in frustration as Bry learns to embrace his manifest destiny and start crawling. I'm pretty sure the first place he's going to crawl is right towards wall outlets. The kid has a thing for electrical cords. *Don't worry, we only let him chew on the ones that aren't plugged in. Although now that we've started the baby-proofing process (by which I mean Steve went out and bought some gates and various locking devices), he'll probably decide he's content to stay put wherever he is.

*Kidding!