Cruise Control
Cambell has gained the ability to climb up a piece of furniture to a standing position. He then uses the furniture as a prop to walk, or cruise, around the room. He’s enjoying it quite a bit. His parents are flustered. Suddenly, he’s mobile.
In response, the wife and I spent the weekend babyproofing the family room. The room got a good cleaning, had some furniture rearranged, and had nearly all of its contents first removed and then reintroduced to a new resting place. It was an all day job. We couldn’t believe just how much junk was stored in that room. DVDs were moved from here to there. CDs were pushed out of reach. The knick-knacks on the shelf better move or, better yet, find a nice, cozy storage box. It was the kind of cleaning where you look about the room in the middle of the job and realize that there isn’t a spare patch of carpet anywhere. What do we do with all this stuff? Like any good pack rat, mostly we just moved it around.
A side effect of his new mobility is that Cambell is beginning to learn what the word “no” means. He doesn’t understand (or choose to understand) entirely — his chuckles at the wife testify to this — but he’s getting it. Still, the TV now has a habit of changing channels without my assistance. Those CDs he has his hands on have already become a point of contention.
Accompanying the little guy on his latest fully upright travels are his first two teeth. They came in as a group, sprouting on the top left and right of his mouth. In my opinion, he’s been a pretty good sport about the whole bones tearing through flesh thing. After all, it doesn’t sound very comfortable. The odd thing is that his two new teeth will give him a vampiric look if they don’t soon get some company. Thankfully, that whole turn into a bat thing seems to be beyond him, at least for now.
Debbie (Sister)
October 30th, 2003 at 2:22 pm #
I have read all of your “writings” for the past year and have thoroughly enjoyed them. I am so glad you are doing better from the “palsy” – I was worried about you!!
Cambell is growing up so fast and he changes every time I see him. It’s a lot of fun watching him and I hope to spend more time with him soon!!
Lots of Love to you All :) :)