Ben's Blog

Well….I am back to work after my 2 week holiday now, so I thought I would take a few minutes of my lunch break to update everyone on Ben’s progress.

I saw a huge change in him whilst I was off….he seemed to grow and learn new things in front of my very eyes!

In my first week off, he suddenly started to try and pull himself up on chairs and in his cot, and after a bit of practice, he can now do it with ease.  He can pull himself up to his feet on nearly anything, which can be a little difficult, as he is doing it in his cot when he is meant to be fast asleep!  The number of times we would put him to bed to find, five minutes later, that he is stood up and banging the side of his cot was a lot.  It was probably because he had learnt something new, and his mind was keeping him active to keep on doing it.

Once he could do this, he then decided that he wanted to walk.  He couldn’t, and still can’t, do it on his own, but if he holds on to you, then he can walk a few paces.  He is very clever! ;0)

In my second week of holiday, he finally realised how to crawl properly instead of ‘cruising’ along the floor.  He still didn’t / doesn’t crawl properly all the time, but he is doing it more often now.  He can speed along as well, and seems to be obsessed with the video recorder and the Wii game boxes under the TV.

He has also learnt what ‘sit down’ and ‘stand up’ means.