Tracking, Rolling, & Elbows!

Jack's big sister is one of his favorite people on the planet. He often spends Saturday and Sunday mornings in her arms for a warm snuggle while I get his bottle ready. Any time that I put Jack down someplace and turn an instant later to find that he's gone missing, I only have to find Miss Peach to find My Ducky Boy. He is her real live baby doll and she has appointed herself the guardian of all things William. Will has always been able to screw his head around 360* to track me, and now he does it whenever his big sister is afoot.

On the play mat this week Will's new skill is turning onto his side and holding there for about 3 seconds before flopping back onto his back. He only does it on the play mat, repeatedly, and no amount of coaxing can get him to do it on any other surface.

He continues to engage in quiet back and forth babble with me, especially in the late morning, after his first nap and second bottle, when The Littles are at school and the house is quiet. He's very tentative about it yet, like he's just now certain that if he makes a noise I will make it back to him. He often does this chatting thing with his little grabbers held together under his chin. He wiggles and smiles when I jabber back to him. Then he gets an expectant sly smile and jabbers to me! It's FUN!

On the 11th, Will had his first visit from Anna, the Early Intervention specialist. It was mostly interviewing me that first day, as by the time she was ready to hold and greet Will, he was working on a tummy ache. He was fine with her holding him at first, but quickly started with the hard crying that heralds gas pain. I sat with him in my lap, rubbing my fist in circles on his belly while the farties rolled out. He was content to sit and stare at Anna, smiling at her now and then, as long as I didn't stop working on his belly. It amazes me still that I can dig so hard into his tummy to get relief for him. By the time he was de-farted it was time for Anna to leave. We'll try again next week. At least the initial meeting was a success!

In the evening after his first EI meeting, Will started rolling onto his sides and staying there! I usually put him on the floor surrounded by toys. He would roll over to see a toy more closely and then it was very clear that he was flipping back onto his back when he wanted to rather than simply falling back. Then he'd see a toy on his other side and roll that way! He entertained himself for an hour this way!

And my new favorite body part are his sweet pointy elbows! They are too cute!