Random Stuff

Carter is getting more and more mature! He definitely knows his name. When he's crawling around, if you call his name he'll turn to look at you and smile.

He's finally helping when you want to lift him out of his car seat or stroller by reaching his arms out towards you.

Carter grows by getting chunky and then he'll shoot up in height and get skinny again. He just keeps repeating that cycle. Right now he's in the "getting chunkier" phase.


When I'm driving and Carter is fussing (which is a lot), I can get him to settle down immediately (most of the time) by singing to him. He likes songs like "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "B-I-N-G-O", "Old McDonald", and "The Farmer in the Dell". As soon as I stop singing, he'll usually start fussing again. I have an awful voice so I have no idea why this soothes him!

When we're at home and I'm rocking Carter before a nap or trying to soothe him when he wakes up at night, I always sing "Hush Little Baby". It's the song I've used with him since he was about 3 months old.

For the last few days, Carter has really enjoyed taking his books off the bookshelf in his room. He takes them off one by one and will stop every once in awhile to chew on one of the books.



The books he is most interested in right now are the ones that have something to feel (like a little patch of fake fur on an animal). He sees those spots right away when I'm reading to him and feels them with his index finger.