Oops, it’s been a while since I updated here! Not a whole lot new though. Benjamin is still not walking yet, but we’re getting closer. He cruises all the time now and has been standing without holding on to anything for a few seconds at a time before he falls.
He’s babbling a LOT lately, within the last few weeks – he’s always “talking.” The only recognizable words are “dada” and “mama” but I am not sure if he is actually using those as names or it’s just more sounds.
Still no teeth!! I’m not worried by this as my mom tells me I was 14 months old before I cut my first. He’s eating mostly everything we do now. I don’t give him a lot of meat though because without the teeth it makes me nervous. He gets eggs and those smelly little baby hot dogs in the jar for protein. Still not much hair either. LOL
We’re working on clapping hands, “give me 5′ and some other stuff but he’s not very interested in doing it himself yet, though he gets very smiley and excitable when I do it. I guess maybe 25% of the time I ask him for a kiss he’ll give me one… he leans forward with his mouth wide open and drools all over me. LOL Once in a while he’ll give me one I haven’t asked for and of course that just melts me. 
We’re also working on being gentle – he gets excitable and flails his arms all around and ends up slapping, and with his little sister coming in 6 weeks or so, I can’t have him doing that!
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