Mid-Month Update

Carter has been quite a busy boy this month. Here are a few updates from the past few weeks. Teething has continued to be a big story. Carter's 3rd molar has started breaking through so he has cut 8 teeth in 3 weeks. Needless to say there have been tears shed and some overall crankiness but it looks like that is almost behind us and smiles have returned!We have 1 molar and 3 cuspids left and then hopefully a LONG break before the 2 year molars hit.

Carter has been getting better at walking and thus is into all sorts of new things. He likes playing in the toilet and opening all the drawers/cabinets. He is really enjoying touching everything at his new level and trying to grab onto things one level up. He can't wait to get his hands on everything in site! With Carter's new mobility, we bought him his first pair of real boy shoes. He has taken a few days to get use to them but they definitely haven't slowed him down.

Carter has started saying a few new words. "Uh-Oh" and "Bye-Bye" are his two new favorites. He even has his accompanying wave down - it's pretty cute!

On the food front, Carter is doing really well with the switch to milk. He has been taking 1/2 whole milk bottle for a few weeks with no issues so we'll probably switch to 100% in the next few weeks. We have also had fun with Carter's food. He definitely prefers pasta over his veggies but we have been trying to be extra sneaky and get them in. Unfortunately Carter doesn't seem to enjoy chewing his food, he prefers to just swallow everything whole so we'll have to figure out how to stop that habit!

Other than that, Carter is doing really well. He enjoys Daycare especially the Bye-Bye buggy. And his favorite activities are anything active, outdoors or "reading" books.
Stay tuned for what the next few weeks will bring!