Turner's eating it up

Aside from his first big trip, which went great, Turner’s had a big month.

Turner’s really been teething – he’s been chewing on everything he can grab, even his feet -- so Thursday night, we gave him something new to put in his mouth. Rice cereal! It didn’t look or smell like much, but he seemed to think it was all right. Some of the time he opened his mouth like a pro for the spoon, and the rest of the time, Mom and Dad had to compete with his thumb to get the food in there. It’s a pretty exciting big step!

He’s also really interacting with everyone and is paying attention to everything. He’s been staring at his mobile as well as brightly colored animals and shapes on his play mats and sheets, has paid attention when we read books, and watches people more than he used to.

Turner’s also more mobile. He now rolls both ways and scoots himself, almost crawling. He can get pretty far pretty fast and when he’s in his crib, he scoots until he wedges his head in the corner. Then he screams until Mom helps him out.

He’s becoming more interested in the Jumperoo and he is sleeping better – he gave up his swing and just sleeps in his crib now.

Turner must have grown a lot the past month too. He’s in the next size in both his clothes and diapers!

Here are some of Turner’s funny stories from the past few weeks:

One night, Mom was putting us all to bed, and Hazel, Turner and I were sitting on my bed reading one of my favorite books, How Do Dinosaurs Laugh Out Loud. Hazel and I were cracking up and then Turner really started laughing too. Hazel kept making a funny noise and laughing at him, and he just laughed and laughed at her. Mom said he never laughed so hard at anything before. It was really cute.

A day or two later, we went to Ikea. Mom loaded us into the car, then tried to nurse Turner. He ate for a while, then kept staring at something intently, totally transfixed. Mom looked up and noticed he was starting at some flags in front of the store that were blowing in the wind. Turner doesn’t ask for much, so we gave him some more time to watch them before we went home.

Turner has been as sweet and snuggly as ever, and it’s really fun watching him grow up! We can’t wait until he can really play with us!