The other news of the weekend

It was warmish this past weekend, so we took Peter for several walks. He definitely likes going outside. It’s very easy to get him strapped into his stroller before a walk now, he doesn’t fuss or anything. When we’re out walking he may chat a little bit, but he mostly looks around. No shrieking, that’s for sure.

 

Peter’s mom noticed Saturday morning that one of the teeth on his lower jaw that had been lurking under the surface of his gums for the past month has finally broken through, but at the rate it’s been moving it may take a while before it’s noticeable. So he’ll just have those two bottom teeth by themselves for a little while longer.

 

At one point in the middle of the day Peter filled his diaper with a little something special. I had to remove his pants to make sure it was what I thought it was, and after confirming that it in fact was what I thought it was I left him standing next to his mom, minus any pants. She had been eating an orange and had a paper napkin to hold the rind and pith bits. Peter took the napkin while I was getting out his changing equipment and he gently started wiping the outside of his diaper. I can only hope he is this helpful when we’re doing the actual diaper change itself.

 

He got another compliment at the grocery store that afternoon, too. He’s a magnet for that kind of stuff. Sometimes I think people just notice him and say nice things, but we’ve caught him flirting, so he may be working his charm on purpose.

 

Saturday evening Peter crawled up the stairs at 8:30, all the way to the top. I asked him if he was going to bed, and sure enough he kept crawling all the way to the bed and stood up. He must have just been playing with our heads, because he spent the next hour pretty much just jumping up and down.

 

Sunday we were up and about earlier than normal, and it seemed to throw him off his sleep schedule. He barely napped all day (and only in the car, at that) and then got cranky in the evening. We put him down at an extremely early 7:30, and he was out of commission until this morning.