On the move!

Well in the space of a couple of weeks Will has become the master of rolling around the floor, and shuffling backwards.  This is somewhat frustrating for him for two reasons:

1) When he wants something that is in front of him, it gets further and further away as he has not yet mastered moving forwards

2) The combination of rolling and backwards movement often sees him heading towards places that are not suitable for 6 month olds, such under the clothes airer or towards pieces of stereo gear and cables.  When he encounters such locations, either Mum or Dad retrieve him, only for him to get grumpy because they have moved him away from where he had worked so hard to get to!

That all being said he is getting better at holding himself up on his hands and knees and is starting to rock backwards and forwards…so from here we are thinking he will soon be sitting on his own! In the meantime he is showing that we are all born with the ability to do full push ups, as he can even get onto his hands and toes (making Mummy very jealous at how easy he does it!)

He is loving his food, and now has a fondness for lamb or chicken bones.  He had a quick check of his growth progress…he is now 75cm long and 8.8kg!

This weekend he went to visit Grandma, as soon she wll be off on a wonderful trip to the UK and Europe.  While there Will showed just how much he loved her furniture, trying to take a bite out of an armchair!

This week Will is going to his first Gymbaroo class – as noted in an earlier post we are hoping he doesn’t grizzle the whole way through!

Busy Busy Boy!

Its been a busy couple of weeks for Will! Solids are coming along really well, with him liking most foods (though mashed brocoli wasn’t a big favorite!).  He is starting to get a big appetite now and often wants more food than he is given!

Will went to a trial Gymbaroo class last Thursday – some interesting elements (such as written word recognition – bizarre for 5-8 month olds, especially when the word is a long one like “dinosaur”!).  Will did grizzle through most of the class but we are going to give it a shot for a term, mainly so we learn some new games and activities, plus give him a chance to play on some equipment we will never have at home! Fingers crossed that he does like it!

Will is starting to move about a bit now, he has managed to moved backwards on his tummy, and is starting to roll from his back to tummy to get to toys.  The best one we have seen so far is Will rolling from his tummy to back and then gradually wriggling around so he could get close to Lucy! Lucy was happily curled up in front of the heater and so didn’t mind Will reaching over and touching her (I guess as long as he didn’t grab a fist full of fur or tail she accepts it!). He did manage to roll over and get both of his hands on her, however by the time the camera came out, he’d rolled onto his back and only had one hand on her! It has however made us realise that we do need to look at a guard for the heater pretty quickly (and in the menatime make sure we either keep a very close eye on Will and his travels or turn the heater off!).

Will got to meet Livia (grandma and Aunty Cheryl’s “triplet”) for the first time on the weekend – I think Livia was rather surprised at how happy Will was, and how we was happy to be held by a relative stanger the minute he met her!