Reverse Gear, Tongues and Other News

Apparently Quinn pushed himself backward a little today. Mobility can't be far away! He's also started sticking his tongue out, following in a fine Simpson family tradition. He has pretty much mastered sitting up, which makes playtime a lot more fun, especially during Rubber Ducky Time at the end of baths.

Luther (our 18lb black cat) is bravely interacting with Quinn regularly. He's soooo patient. We're feverishly trying to teach Quinn to give him gentle pats, which is a bit anathema to him as toy tabs bear a disturbing resemblance to cat ears. He's doing pretty well though, he just doesn't always pay attention to what he's whacking.

Speaking of whacking, that appears to be his second Thing Evaluation Method, after sticking it in his mouth. Everything goes into his mouth, except solid food, which has been a struggle. He seems to be liking the taste of banana, but applesauce, cereal, beans, sweet potato and everything else has met The Big Rejecto. He doesn't seem to have put together the connection between food going into his mouth and swallowing, and he certainly hasn't connected solid food with hunger going away. But as Bec pointed out, we're establishing patterns and rituals more than anything at this point. It's just the Sleep Plan that's putting pressure on the solids. We've decided the sleep trainer is a (expletive deleted) but we can't argue that we seem to be getting results.

Sleep training is going...ok I guess. Some spectacular success, some minor setbacks. He usually cries on the way down some each night (tonight was very minimal though). He's had a few night wakeups and a few early wakeups, but he makes it through the night more often than not. The crying is hard on everyone when it occurs though, making the setbacks seem to carry more weight in my mind. But all in all it's going quite well I think. I wish there was a better way but I don't honestly believe there is.