I love watching Elliot learn new things. It seems these days there are new things to brag about every day! Some good, some bad. He's learning how to sit by himself, how to grow razor sharp teeth to bite with (ouch!!!) how to play on his stomach without getting mad at the world, how to pull himself over to the wall while I'm changing his diaper so he can scratch the wall and flake paint off in the process, to give bear hugs and kisses. What we've been working on this week is how to sleep in a crib (during naps, I've been entirely too selfish to give up my nights so far - bad mamma). Yikes, I knew it was going to be tough, but this week has just sucked. After so many hours of crying, snuggles, researching new techniques to sleep train, and hoping he isn't going to hate me later in life we've gotten only a few 20 minutes naps out of him. Translation: overly tired baby and stressed out mom. Yesterday was our best nap - a whole 30 minutes!- and I took a picture of him sleeping in his pack n play just so I could remember how peaceful he looked and to keep me moving forward in this frustrating process.
Another new thing he is learning this week is to use a sippy cup. He sort of gave up bottles again so I thought I would pick one up in the store and try it. He loves it! Still not super great at it, but it is really cute to watch him!

I can't wait to see what new things he learns next - like the fake cry he has going on right now... oh joy!