New skills

Dane's been learning in leaps and bounds lately, figuring out what actions elicit certain emotions from us, what actions will get him what he wants and where he wants to go. I also had my first experience with disciplining him, which was a total eyeopener for how difficult it can be. He's been very drawn to an outlet that's eye-level for him. It's the perfect size for his little fingers to poke into and he knows it. After repeatedly catching him over there and saying and emphatic "NO" when I pull his hand away, I realized he wasn't getting the point. I found him over there again, and said no, but accompanied that with a slap on his hand. He immediately looked up at me and started crying, which of course made me cry and scoop him up to comfort him. I'm going to need to get better at this before he's a teenager!




He's also scooting in a much more coordinated way, showing us that he's getting ready to really crawl, and starting to pull up on whatever he can. He'll pull up, look over and give me a huge smile, like he's saying "Wasn't that cool, Mom!" It's really cool to feel a real connection with him and know that he feels a connection with us as well.