Almost a month later...

I can't believe I'm posting about pictures that are almost a month old, but I guess I'm just that far behind. It's 9pm on a Sunday and everyone is in bed--Den went to bed at 7:30, as last night was kinda rough. I've just got too much in my head to go to sleep, so I'll update the blog and blame any typos on lack of sleep.
Eddie wanted to feed baby J and still does on ocassion, but he tends to jam it in her mouth a little too far and it makes me nervous, so it's not something we encourage. I love the concentration he is showing here. I think she is recovering from one such jab to the back of the throat. This is I think the second or third day of feeding.

I have a similar picture of Eddie when he was learning to sit up. She's really quite good at this point about sitting up, but when this photo was taken, it was more of a sit her up and watch her fall kind of thing, so she always needed something to keep her in 'position'. Now, about a month later, when she falls, it's usually forward and far more controlled. I will say she's not hit her head nearly as much as Eddie had by this point. He still hits his head more. I don't know why it is at this point. Then, I could blame myself for not being vigilant enough.

He had already fallen off the bed at least once and she's only fallen off once and that was into a bunch of pillows and she didn't even peep about it (that was a week or so ago). I actually called the doctor once because he fell backwards onto the hard wood floor and I was worried. I can just see him now blaming his mom's lack of attention to anything related to early head trauma. He is quite worried about bumping his head., so I guess I have slightly scarred him. I do find it fascinating, the things that stick with them and have an impact that we as parents do (or don't do) and the things that are insignificant. In most cases it's difficult to tell at the time which category your or your child's actions will fall--impacting or not.