What Edwin does now (from Daddy)
1) Successfully squeaks squeaky toys!
2) Pushes around a dining room chair, and walks behind it (like a walker)!
3) Stands up in his portable crib!

Quick update... Edwin had a day alone with Michael! Friday, I left the two of them at 6am, roughly, and came back roughly 10 hours later. The two of them had had a blast! I'd left them with 5 oz of milk, and it wasn't even all used up! Edwin is getting better at standing himself up using the furniture, and also does it in the small laundry basket if you hold the basket secure. He's eating bananas, cheerios, and arrowroot cookies quite nicely, and just about anything else he wants to, now that he has had his two front teeth for awhile!

Quick update...  Edwin had a day alone with Michael! Friday, I left the two of them at 6am, roughly, and came back roughly 10 hours later.  The two of them had had a blast!  I'd left them with 5 oz of milk, and it wasn't even all used up!  Edwin is getting better at standing himself up using the furniture, and also does it in the small laundry basket if you hold the basket secure.  He's eating bananas, cheerios, and arrowroot cookies quite nicely, and just about anything else he wants to, now that he has had his two front teeth for awhile!

Quick update...  Edwin had a day alone with Michael! Friday, I left the two of them at 6am, roughly, and came back roughly 10 hours later.  The two of them had had a blast!  I'd left them with 5 oz of milk, and it wasn't even all used up!  Edwin is getting better at standing himself up using the furniture, and also does it in the small laundry basket if you hold the basket secure.  He's eating bananas, cheerios, and arrowroot cookies quite nicely, and just about anything else he wants to, now that he has had his two front teeth for awhile!

He just stood himself up!!!  I mean that I left him in a seated position next to the sofa, and he managed to get himself standing up using the sofa!!!  Even with socks on!!!  I'm sooo excited!!!

Earlier this week, he learned how to climb/fall off the sofa as well.  I was sitting on the sofa and he was about to go head-first off, so I placed a pillow under his head and he was fine otherwise.  I did this twice.  But, he does need to learn about gravity, so now there is a soft blanket there rather than a pillow... a compromise.  If he falls, he'll know he has fallen, but it won't be quite as hard as the floor. 

I forgot to blog that last Saturday at his first (women's basketball) sports game, we found out Edwin is getting his first tooth! :)  He's apparently going to have his first experience in serious snow today as well!!!  Whoopppiee!!! 

From: Michael Robinson
Date: Feb 8, 2007 8:19 PM

There is this drawer in Donna's office, that opens very
easily.  We keep baby-related things, like toys, diapers,
etc. in it.  Since the handle is right at Edwin-level, he
sometimes likes to try to go over and open it, which
we'd prefer he not do.

So on Tuesday, I placed his jungle toy (which is a large,
flat object) on the floor in front of the drawer.  That way,
when he climbed onto it to pull open the drawer, his
weight would anchor the toy and block the drawer.
It seemed to work -- and he quickly lost interest in
the apparently locked drawer.

However today (on Thursday), he figured out how to
circumvent this admittedly simple scheme.  After finding
that the toy was held down by his weight, he simply
got off it, and pushed it aside.  Of course, the drawer
was free to open!  So I replaced the toy, on the off chance
that this was an accident.  But of course, it was *not*
and accident, and the toy was duly moved again!
This kid is pretty capable!

-- Michael

This week, he has started sitting up on his own by crunching his feet/knees under him as if to crawl, then sitting back. Still fighting colds, and still not 20 lbs yet :( no teeth, and still mainly playing with foods. Rice chex and kix work though.