Benjamin is becoming increasingly mobile. A few weeks ago he discovered how to scoot backwards when laying on his tummy. Now he is practicing getting his knees underneath him. He tries to move into a crawling position from sitting, but one leg always gets stuck. In order to pull it under him he has to rock back and forth. The problem with this is that he gets so much momentum he usually ends up flat on his stomach! If he is on the bed he can then pull his knees up, but the living room floor is much too slippery. He has two choices : scoot backwards, or frantically wave his arms and legs like a turtle on a rock until we come and rescue him. Benjamin is so intent on mastering crawling that he even practices pulling his knees up in his sleep. I went in to check on him the other day and caught him in this position with his little bum in the air!
We've been waiting and waiting for Benjamin to cut his top teeth because he has been waking around 5 times a night. Last weekend we were relieved to finally see the tips of his top two front teeth. He slept well for a couple of nights and then went back to his pattern of waking up every hour. Today as he was laughing with his mouth wide open I found out why - he has another tooth! This one is to the right of his top two teeth. So, now he has three on the top and only two on the bottom! And he's found a new hobby...grinding his teeth together. I don't know how to stop him except by giving him something to eat. I hope he doesn't start to connect the two or everytime he's hungry he'll start grinding his teeth! If you look closely you can see his top two teeth in the above picture. And here are two more pictures just because he's so cute.
