The last month has seen Steven getting faster and more steady on his feet. He loves exploring the house and trying to get into things he shouldn't. One day he found the toilet paper in the downstairs half-bath and then the cabinet full of baking dishes in the kitchen. Even though we do have a lock on that cabinet we mostly leave it unlocked, since there isn't anything in there that could hurt him, and it keeps him entertained.
He's also been popping some more teeth in the past month. The bottom two that he first got on New Years have come in fully, and he's got two more up top and at least 3 or 4 more that look like they're on the way. I'm wondering if this is the reason he hasn't been napping well lately. Not that he's ever been a great napper, but lately it seems he'll only go down for 30 minutes at a time, and so he's still tired when he wakes up. I know eventually he'll figure it out, but it's frustrating in the meantime.
He also is "talking" a lot more, babbling pretty constantly to himself while he plays and to us while he eats. He says "dadadadadada" and "mamamamama" and sometimes seems to associate those terms with the two of us. I'm pretty sure he's said "up", since I have been constantly saying it to him every time I pick him up, and I think I've heard it several times when I come to get him out of his crib in the morning or after a nap. We're also 90% sure he's said "kitty", since there was a day when he said something that sounded like "giddy" twice, both times right as Knute was walking by. And Mike swears he's said "shoes", since he loves to play with my shoes in our room while he's in there with Mike after work and Mike says he was walking around holding them and saying "choose, choose."
He's been eating like a fiend lately and has finally gotten back on his growth curve. At his last peds appointment he was at the 50th percentile for weight by height, a great improvement from his 6 month visit, when he was less than the 2nd percentile for weight by height. He's trying more and more table foods; pasta with marinara sauce was a big hit this past week. He has days when he's all about feeding himself and days when he doesn't really seem to want to pick anything up. All trial and error! Knute has discovered that mealtime is a good time to lurk beneath the table, particularly on days when we're trying tuna or cheese crumbles. He's not such a fan of the dropped peas, though!
Some last pictures, this time of an exploration of the office, which is kind of a catch-all mess right now. He found Daddy's spare stethoscope and spent the better part of an hour playing with it.
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