Calvin Tyler: 46 & 47 weeks old

Just as we suspected, Calvin thoroughly enjoyed his first Thanksgiving! He loved all the food. If I had to say a favorite, I would say turkey and dressing. He slept pretty good while we were gone and loved playing with his cousin Sarah. Calvin is a big fan of babies, especially ones he can get to so quickly! We are trying to teach him how to touch gently and not pull hair.

Along the food lines, he is still a good eater, but we're having to be a bit sneakier with his plate. For example, if he can see there is fruit to be had, he will whine for it and throw his other food around. If he can't see the fruit, he will happily eat the food in front of him. We've also started letting him drink some almond milk with dinner.

Sleep...we're getting there. He's still up more than once a night most nights, but will go back to bed pretty quickly without nursing most of the time. I do still nurse him once in the night. And he's made good progress sleeping later! This had led to a few days with only one nap, but thankfully on those days it's a pretty long nap. A couple of days he even slept until almost 8 AM.

He's discovered the Christmas tree, but is really doing a nice job of leaving it alone. We even have presents under it that he hasn't touched! Hope he will keep that up.

He's getting steadier on his feet and can stand on his own for a few seconds at a time. He has some interest in trying to walk, but he's pretty fast at crawling, so he's not in too big of a hurry to give up crawling.

Touch past couple of weeks for spills, tumbles, and bumps. Calvin dove head first into an empty bath tub twice this past week. Fortunately he wasn't hurt at all either time. Maybe he's part cat as he landed on all fours both time. He also fell and bit into his top lip twice this week, and if that wasn't enough blood, he got smacked in the face with a fire truck and got a bloody nose! He's pretty tough and a few minutes of snuggling was all he needed to calm down and be able to play again.