Another Milestone
Today, Lachlan crawled for the first time! Well, sort of. He got up on his knees and moved forwards but only a couple of steps. He did it more than once too, so he’s not far away from liberty. We’re definitely going to have to childproof the place now! He’s also almost pulling himself up on things. He loves to stand on the couch, holding onto the back and bouncing up and down. We don’t have much furniture for them to pull up on yet, but it won’t be long. He slept really well last night after a shocker the night before. Richard and I are in two minds about continuing with the wrap-free sleeping. So we’re compromising and wrapping him to sleep and then he can unwrap himself if he wants to. Last night he unwrapped himself at some point and we didn’t hear from him all night.
Dan is getting better and better too. It seems his nose is only really snotty in the mornings when he clears away the nightly buildup, and then he’s fine for the afternoon. He’s really blossoming at the moment too, which is such a joy for Richard and I. On the plus side, he’s vocalising a lot more and saying all the consonant sounds that he’s supposed to – the bababas and dadadas. He finally went for the mamamas today, so it was a great day for me. He’s also dead keen to talk to Lachlan. This afternoon they were sitting side by side on the floor, and Dan kept grabbing Lachlan’s shirt and leaning forward so he could talk into Lachlan’s face. It was so funny – Lachlan didn’t know how to react. On the downside, however, Dan is fast catching up with Lachlan in terms of neediness. He’s starting to want to be picked up all the time, given cuddles and paid constant attention. I think they’re both starting to get jealous of each other too, because Lachlan gets really upset when I’m holding Daniel, and Daniel is more likely to want attention when I’m holding Lachlan.
I recorded another cute video of the boys, which I’ll show below. It’s good for a laugh or two. There are some photos with it too…
