The Akin Addition: Dear Graham, Weeks 49 and 50

Dear Graham,

You are enthralling. And exhausting. And inquisitive. And into everything.

These past few weeks your world has expanded to be anywhere you want it to be. No longer are you content to just sit and play. You want to explore anything and everything around you, and you make it your mission in life to do just that. This means we've had to make a few adjustments around here, including moving your crib to its lowest level and putting things out of your always-exploring reach.

You're more and more interested in actually playing with mommy and daddy, and your latest favorite thing to do is to crawl over Mt. Mommy and Mt. Daddy. Over and over and over you'll crawl, seemingly never tired of this game. You've also shown much more interest in toys that take more coordination, such as your shape sorter. You love to take things in and out of containers and dump your toys out.

Bath time has become one of mommy and daddy's most stressful times of day, because you can't get enough of exploring. You pull yourself up repeatedly, try to "crawl" up the back of the tub just to slide back down and pretty much do anything you can to put yourself one slip away from bumping your head. Which means we are repeatedly sitting you back down, telling you to stay on your bottom or attempting to distract you with your toys. None of which are successful.

You are eating more and more real foods these days, although you're still somewhat sensitive about different textures. While you've been drinking water out of an adult cup for some time, we've been working with you on your sippy cup for school. Speaking of school, you seem to be enjoying your new classroom, although you'll still crawl over to the door of your old classroom and peak in on them to see what they are doing.