Ian Week #44 Battle Report

Ian is now in the age range where the photo letter blocks don't quite work because no one expects any parent to actually follow through and take a picture every single week.

In the above picture, his pajamas are only half on because he tends to crawl away or roll over completely before we have a chance to finish putting them on. He hates being on the changing table and refuses to cooperate in any basic baby logistics.

Ian crawls just fine now and likes making laps around each room (whose door we haven't shut) to see what's new. When he's completely bored of the main floor, we do the same routine in the basement. He decided to tackle stairs the other day and got up 3 before falling backwards into my arms. Later that same day, he made it all the way up 8 stairs. This tired him out too much for the remaining set, so he just stayed in our split level foyer finding all of the dirty crevices that I really need to clean.

He wakes on average around 6:40 and is usually in bed by 8:00 PM. His naps are pretty good -- when he's at home in the morning, he'll gladly do an hour and a half without complaint. The afternoon nap, recently, tends to be more of a 45 minute "sit in the crib and pull on the curtains" followed by lots of crying to get out.

He can eat a meal of mostly finger foods now, mainly carrots, peas, and pasta supplemented with various meat pastes and squeezy pouches.

• Things he likes: Amber, anything with wheels, puzzle pieces, puffs
• Things he doesn't like: loud noises and bass vibrations, closed doors, baby gates in front of puzzles, getting a new diaper