Cohen is now a crawler.
Let me tell you it has been a proccess to get him there, but he is finally a crawler. It all started about 2 months ago when Tow started scootin and rollin around to go get things. If he was going somewhere in particular, it would take him a while to get there but he would be able to do it. If I just put him on the floor, he would be in a different spot in less than a blink of an eye. (The scooting has progressively gotten better. He is now a scootin machine.) Then he decided to learn how to get on all fours and rock. But that is all nothing else. Then about three weeks ago he decided that he wanted to start climbing.
Since then, the kid has fallen and bumped his head hundreds of times because he will not stop climbing on stuff. Not just pulling himself up, but he will climb onto the ottoman and then climb onto the couch. He is crazy and the whole time he does it, he just smiles! And then about a week ago I decided that I could finally call Tow a sitter as well. He still does not sit for long (he likes to go, go, go) but he can sit all by himself for 30 seconds or more at a time before he falls over. Now, starting today, he is a crawler. It was funny, because I was sitting on the floor and Tow crawled over to me. At first, I didn't even realize that it was a crawl and not a scoot. After I was holding for a few seconds did it process. So, I put him back on the floor a few feet away from me and sure enough he crawled the entire way. I was in shock and disbelief. He crawled like he has been crawling for months. When Arlo started crawling he was shaky and it took a few seconds for him to move each hand.
It is funny how different 2 boys from the same parents can be. They are polar opposites. Arlo started crawling at six months and then learned to sit up a few weeks later and then pulled himself up for the first time at around 8 months. He did not start eating solids till about 8 months and when he did it had to have chunks in it, he would not eat smooth food. Cohen has loved food from the first bite at around 4 months. He liked it so much I had to stop feeding him food, because he would fill himself up on food and not want to drink his milk.
Arlo slept through the night since 3 months old. Cohen has never slept through the night. I have slept trained him once to only wake up once throughout the night and that only lasted for a few weeks. Arlo was never sick, Cohen gets little colds ALL the time. Arlo has a very high voice, Cohen's is very low. Arlo has always had hair, Cohen has never had hair. Arlo would never take a binki, Cohen cannot live without it. Arlo did not go through a 'mommy' phase until he was about 17 months, Cohen will cry if I leave the room for more than a few seconds (it's bad, I can't even let Tim do night duty for me, because if Tim goes in and gets him, he screams bloody murder until I take over, and then as soon as I hold him he stops like he was never crying in the first place. Can you say SPOILED?) These are just a few examples of their differences.
I am so proud of my boys. I could not be a happier mama!
Since then, the kid has fallen and bumped his head hundreds of times because he will not stop climbing on stuff. Not just pulling himself up, but he will climb onto the ottoman and then climb onto the couch. He is crazy and the whole time he does it, he just smiles! And then about a week ago I decided that I could finally call Tow a sitter as well. He still does not sit for long (he likes to go, go, go) but he can sit all by himself for 30 seconds or more at a time before he falls over. Now, starting today, he is a crawler. It was funny, because I was sitting on the floor and Tow crawled over to me. At first, I didn't even realize that it was a crawl and not a scoot. After I was holding for a few seconds did it process. So, I put him back on the floor a few feet away from me and sure enough he crawled the entire way. I was in shock and disbelief. He crawled like he has been crawling for months. When Arlo started crawling he was shaky and it took a few seconds for him to move each hand.
It is funny how different 2 boys from the same parents can be. They are polar opposites. Arlo started crawling at six months and then learned to sit up a few weeks later and then pulled himself up for the first time at around 8 months. He did not start eating solids till about 8 months and when he did it had to have chunks in it, he would not eat smooth food. Cohen has loved food from the first bite at around 4 months. He liked it so much I had to stop feeding him food, because he would fill himself up on food and not want to drink his milk.
Arlo slept through the night since 3 months old. Cohen has never slept through the night. I have slept trained him once to only wake up once throughout the night and that only lasted for a few weeks. Arlo was never sick, Cohen gets little colds ALL the time. Arlo has a very high voice, Cohen's is very low. Arlo has always had hair, Cohen has never had hair. Arlo would never take a binki, Cohen cannot live without it. Arlo did not go through a 'mommy' phase until he was about 17 months, Cohen will cry if I leave the room for more than a few seconds (it's bad, I can't even let Tim do night duty for me, because if Tim goes in and gets him, he screams bloody murder until I take over, and then as soon as I hold him he stops like he was never crying in the first place. Can you say SPOILED?) These are just a few examples of their differences.
I am so proud of my boys. I could not be a happier mama!
