Doing Things On My Own

Philip has decided that he wants to do things on his own now. When he's sitting in his rocker or his swing, he always wants to rock himself instead of having one of us do it for him. He even pushes our hands away so we can't help him out! Since he hates tummy time (again!), it looks like he might completely bypass the crawling stage too. He's very eager to stand when people are holding him and can stand by himself against a couch. He even tries to take a couple of steps but falls over since he isn't strong enough yet. When it comes to feeding, he loves to take a spoonful of food and shove it in his mouth. The only problem is he doesn't like to give the spoon back for more as he treats it like a teether! He is now eating three meals a day on top of the usual breastfeeding and loves every minute of it. He especially loves his rice crackers because he can crunch away on them all by himself. He really likes drinking out of his sippy cup now too, although he treats it more like a toy and gets water everywhere. You would think with all these feedings, he would gain a lot more weight, but it doesn't seem to be happening fast enough since he's such an active baby! Needless to say, Philip is keeping us on our toes but we're having fun every step of the way!