Tom at 8 months

Two months have passed since the last Tom and Martha report, so there are many changes to report as well as numerous photos and videos of course.

Since Martha's 3rd birthday is approaching, we will focus in this post on Tom's development, and leave the updates on M till next month.

Among the developments was the appearance of the First Tooth, which was shortly followed by the appearance of the Second Tooth, both on the bottom so they aren't any use for chewing yet, but are good for nipping Mum.

Tom's also moved into his own room now, meaning he can sleep better, managing 8 hours in one stretch most nights. Having the two kids together in the same room has not been troublesome at all; when one wakes up it does not (usually) disturb the other, despite the screaming. We love to peek in on them as they sleep peacefully a few yards apart. This step also makes their siblinghood more tangible; we can picture them in a year or so, prattling away.




Tom's on the verge of crawling. On quite flat surfaces he can inch his way forward, using elbow, stomach, face and/or buttock to get forward in short "steps" to some desirable object. He's still a way off proper crawling though. He can, however, shift some distance in a surprisingly short time when motivated to do so.

We've got him eating a variety of mushed up vegetables - sweet potato, broccoli, green beans, zucchini - and fruits - bananas, pears, apples all mixed into yogurt or cereal.

Our Martha will be 3 in a few weeks, so there will another report about that then, but here are some pictures of them all taken January to March in and around Berkeley.

Adrian