On The Move

For a kid who was on paralytic & sedation drugs the first few months of life, Carter hasn't seemed to notice. In addition to sprouting teeth (there is a teeny white "nugget" on his lower gum now), today he decided he was tired of being in one place. This morning, while lying on his back on his playmat, he figured out how to use his legs to scoot himself backward. I slid him back onto the mat, and he scooted backward across the floor over and over. He seemed so proud of himself!

I got a call tonight from Brad with some surprising news. Carter rolled over onto his tummy and got upset that he couldn't figure out how to roll back over. So you know what he did? He pulled his legs under his body, stuck his arms out in front and CRAWLED! He only took 3 "crawls" forward before giving up, but I'm still marking today as the day Carter became mobile.

We haven't even been home a month and Carter's already on the move--maybe he misses his nurses and he's trying to figure out how to visit them, or maybe he's trying to get away from the bottle!

4 months, 3 weeks old