Ramp Up to Month 8: The Baby Sitter

Leading up to your 8th month birthday you are really kicking it into high gear as far as becoming smarter and more mega-awesome!

On Saturday, your Mom and I put you down in your crib -which we had fortuitously already lowered down to the lowest setting because of you clunking your head while making your early-crawling moves- to play for a second while we were doing something.

So, you were playing in your crib, we did adult stuff like take out the garbage really quickly or something.

And then I walked back into your nursery and -low and behold- you were sitting up! Just sitting there in your crib!

I called to your Mom: "Holly! He's sitting up!"

We couldn't believe our eyes! "How did you get like that?" We asked. But you just smiled at us and then flopped back down on your side to keep playing.

Then a few moments later, I returned to your nursery and we saw something very similar to this staring back at us:

You did it again! You were just sitting there in your crib!

You've been able to prop yourself up on one arm like a kickstand for a couple of weeks now, and been able to stay in a sitting position when we put you in it for at least a month. But we never thought this monumental day would happen so quickly.

Finally we caught you in the act to see how you were getting into a seated position. And it was pretty awesome. You just got into your arm-as-kickstand position and then just slowly leveled out and balanced. And, voila, you were a baby sitter!

You love doing this now! Every time you're free to move around, you get into a seated position.

In fact, you love it so much that it sometimes gets you in trouble. On Sunday night you were trying to fall asleep in your crib. We heard you make some of the usual little cries and moans as you talk yourself to sleep-- but then the crying got louder and more intense. Something was wrong.

Your mother went to check on you and the sad-Aidan noises stopped a few seconds later.

She came back upstairs and told me that "It's hard to fall asleep when you're sitting up!"

She had laid you down and you fell asleep instantaneously! Apparently you'd gotten into a seated position and couldn't figure out how to sleep that way. So, sitting isn't always a plus. But it's definitely super cool!

We even have a hot-off-the-presses video of you doing it. Granted, you're a bit pissed in the video..but, as you can see, the urge to sit conquers all!

Sitting is definitely one major step forward for you, young Master Weinstein...but wait til you see what else you've been doing this week!