Standing, crawling, and tooth watch

Jonah hit a new milestone earlier this month: he stands up and supports himself while he is standing. This first became evident with his Leap Frog music table (ours is a little different than the one on Amazon). When we first began using it, we didn't bother putting the legs on it. He could sit at it and access it better without them. Then he started to reach more and climb across it to get to more of the buttons, so we put two of the legs in it to put it up at an angle. Not long after, he started to climb up it a bit, so we put the other two legs in to complete the table. We would stand him up at it so he could play it, and it soon became evident that he didn't need us to hold him in place. He could support himself!

Jonah's making music!

Supporting himself in a standing position!

Standing at his music table is one of his favorite activities now. When he sees it upon entering the living room, his eyes just light up! He isn't pulling himself into a standing position yet, but he certainly enjoys being set up in a standing position.

Crawling is still a work-in-progress. Jonah really wants to crawl, especially when there is an enticing toy in front of him, but he can only seem to go backwards and sideways (with a bit of rotation). He's worked himself into a couple awkward positions, like under his music table:

Backing into the garage...

and between a house plant and love seat:

"Hey, wait a minute... you're taking a picture of *this*??"

"Ha ha... very funny, Mommy and Daddy... now will you please get me out of here?"

That being said, he is trying really hard to get moving forward. I like to say that he is revving the engine, but not getting any traction as he rocks his body forward and backwards (I think Michelle may have caught some of this in video to post later). Sometimes he even gets up on one or both feet.

Jonah checks out his feet

Not sure if he is thinking about crawling or eating his sock here...

Up on all four!

"I think I can! I think I can!"

With my luck, he will probably start moving forward while I am away on a business trip... sigh...

Tooth watch: None of Jonah's teeth have broken through the gums yet. His drooling slowed down a little and we thought they might be close, but the drool is back in full force today. When we are able to actually look, it seems like we can see some faint outlines of teeth in his gums. Maybe we will see something soon!

You can see some more pictures from this month in Picasa.