Baby Steps

The last week has marked many changes for Luis - signs that he's growing and growing. He upgraded from the infant carrier car seat to the convertible one. Currently, we are borrowing one from Sarah to help me decide if I like that model. While he looked so BIG in the infant carrier (mostly because he'd outgrown it), he now looks so little in this other car seat. (I don't yet have a photo of this.) Second, before Diego left, he lowered the crib mattress. On his stomach, Luis can push himself backwards a bit. He can turn over from stomach to back. On his back, he can rotate his body 180 degrees. With this new mobility, I wanted more distance from Luis to the top of his crib.

Third, Luis has graduated from the infant tub to the bath tub. The first two tub baths he took produced very little reaction from Luis. Mostly he just lay still and looked around. Tonight, however, he figured out that there is now considerably more water to splash around. He spent a good long time kicking and kicking and kicking. While Luis still fit into the infant tub, Diego made an excellent point: We are getting ready to embark on lots of changes and lots of travel. This would be a good time to wean Luis off of a piece of equipment (the infant tub) that is bulky and would be cumbersome to travel with. Bathtubs are a little more universal.