Crawling to pulling himself up

So he is now crawling and he has pulled himself up and put all his weight on his legs. No...no...you cannot start cruising or walking yet...you are too young.

His motivation is the fact that to get things out of his reach, we've been picking the forbidden object up off the floor and putting it on the couch or table. He watches us do it, his eyes so big with curiousity. He is like a lion staring down its prey. And I see the look of determination, he knows where the items go now...and he is going to go get them.

My life will be over. HA!

Oh, another milestone, he is feeding himself. Cheerios seem to be his favorite snack. But he has wolfed down a bagel too (but half ends up in his lap). Boy, he loves feeding himself. He is doing quite well on solid food. I'm sort of doing the baby led weaning thing but still am doing pureed food too. He first solid meal was rice cereal. Then at six months, we did peas. I made homemade pureed carrots, he has tried green beans, apples, squash, and sweet potato. Oh, I've given him pieces of banana but I don't think he cares for the texture. I think he needs to get used to it...so we'll keep trying.