A running tally

We've come a long way from the days when his biggest accomplishment was pooping 6 times in a day.  He does so much more than eat, sleep, and poop.  It was nice when he would have a three hour nap.  Now, I'm lucky if he'll take a 45 minute nap.  There's so much more for him to do and so much more that he is able to do.  Below is a list of Huxley's accomplishments.  

• Babbles:   He could babble for hours.  He has three modes of babbling: really happy babbling, angry babbling, and regular babbling.  When he's really happy, the babbling is very high pitched and when he's angry it's a whiny babble.  There's a video at the bottom of this post of his angry babbling.

• Reaches for toys:  He will grab hold of the toys in his play mat and won't release his grip until he gets the toy off of its hook.   He uses his hulk-like grip to tear the toy down.  Once he has the toy in his slobbery hands it immediately goes in the mouth, just like everything else. 

• Clasps his hands:   He's realized he has not one but two hands.  He often clasps them together and plays with them like he's some kind of evil mastermind plotting his next move.    

• Sleeps through the night:  This one I don't think he's mastered too well, but he knows how to do it.  He has weeks where he wants to be up every hour from 1am onward and other weeks where he'll sleep for 8-11 hours. 

• Smiles:  He smiles all the time.  All you have to do is start talking to him and he'll get a huge grin across his face.

• Laughs:  Yesterday he burst into giggles when I was changing his diaper.  I'm not sure what was so funny.  If you tickle his chest or belly he'll erupt into laughter.  It's really quite cute.  

• Squealing:  This goes along with laughing.  If you really get him going, he'll squeal, also very cute but what isn't.
  

So what is the little guy currently working on mastering?....

• Sitting up: he's doing pretty well at this but will tumble forward and put his head in his lap.  I use a boppy to assist with his sitting exercises.

• Going to sleep without help from a bottle:  He's doing great with this and with very little crying.  He mostly talks himself to sleep.

• Rolling over:   He's getting close.  I estimate that he'll be rolling over by the end of this month.  I think I'll walk into his room in the morning or after a nap and find him laying on his belly.

• Getting his feet in his mouth:  Every day he hikes his feet up a little higher.  He gets the most practice during diaper changes.  He tries to help by throwing his legs and butt in the air.  Supposedly getting his feet in his mouth is a six month milestone.  I don't think he'll have a problem making this one.  

• Head/Shoulder/Arm Development:  This is still a work in progress since he's got such a huge noggin.  Everyday I throw him on his belly and make him do push ups.  Then I tickle him.  I'm cruel, but he likes it.

Here's the video of his angry babbling...