His first picture with his sneakers (1 mo.)
Now, these aren't just any sneakers. These are one of the very first things I bought for him when he wasn't even here yet and they are my favorite! In fact, they make me think of Weston so much that I have decided that they will be only Weston's and I will store them in his memory box instead of passing them down to other children. My plan is to pick out and save an item for each child from their first year that reminds me of them.
Now that Weston is mostly independent when it comes to getting around, we are working on getting him independent in other areas. He has always had an interest in his spoon and often wants to help when we feed him, but recently he WILL NOT allow us to help him! As a result, we have let him do it himself and he is getting quite good:) He manages to get it in his mouth with very little mess- check it out!
Speaking of him becoming independent, he is getting harder and harder to put down for naps and bedtime, and I have decided we need to help him learn to fall asleep on his own in his crib. We have always held him to put him to sleep and this used to be no problem because it didn't take him long to fall asleep. Recently, however, he wiggles and squirms and tries to keep himself awake and often bedtime can take up to an hour. So, the rocking/holding weaning has begun. I was going to wait until I could reason with him better, but it is getting to be a big time eater. I have also been inspired by Elijah, who easily falls asleep on his own. So, our first step is to get him to just fall asleep in his crib with our help if he needs it. (Tonight he was able to do this and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.) Once he is better at this, we will work on getting him to fall asleep on his own in his crib!
