Milestones and Magic

Grant has been pulling himself up really well. Not like to couches and stuff. He is too short for that but he does pull up on your fingers, the laundry basket, and the vacuum. He is also sleeping upwards of 10-12 hours at night. Ever since that one night we accidentally turned the monitor off he has slept for 10 hours straight from like 6pm-4am and then one more hour to hour and half til he is up for good. I'm so happy and proud of our little sleeper. He doesn't even cry in the middle of the night now. He also has dropped his third nap and takes two 30 min to 2 hours naps. I read that if a child his age get 12 hours of sleep or more in a 24 hour period it reduces his risk to illness and obesity. So I'm excited about that. He also tried pureed carrots yesterday and liked them and does not like pureed green beans. However if you mix the green beens with carrots and sometimes rice cereal he will eat it. Maybe after the 10th try he will like green beans. He just needs to warm up to the flavor. I also noticed if I want him to drop something, say my glasses or my hair... I just have to place my hand around his wrist with out force but enough to not allow him to move his hand (so that he doesn't break the glasses or hurt my head) and he will let go! Anyway, I'm loving being his mother and the Lord has helped me gain strength in my abilities to put him to sleep and not fear if he wakes. Because if he doesn't go right down I get to cuddle him to calm him and put him right back. It may seem weird but I didn't have much confidence as a mom, in the soothing aspect of it, or putting to sleep. I could put him to sleep fine by nursing but I had no other techniques and I would always want Perry to be the one to put him in the crib, because I didn't want to be the one that woke him up after he was put down. Now Perry does what he can but I have taken over the bedroom duties and feel really confident about it.