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Welcome back to Dylan's Den!

Dylan had his return visit to see Tricia, the physical therapist, and she has given Dylan two thumbs up. He is now exhibiting "age appropriate behavior" which basically means that for his adjusted age, he is doing all of the things he should be doing. He's been discharged from the therapy, as there is no further point to it. It really shows just how much work his Mom has been putting in with him, encouraging him whenever he tries something new and congratulating him whenever he succeeds. Ever since the idea of physical therapy was brought up, Barbara has been something of his own personal therapist- working with Dylan every day, making playtime have a purpose besides fun.

And he seems to be learning new things every day.Since my last post, Dylan has started trying to pull himself up to a sitting position. He can also hold himself steady with one or two hands while in a sitting position. He's even trying to use one hand to play with his toys while holding himself up with the other. Sometimes that works out pretty well for him. Other times it ends up with him laying sideways, wondering how he got that way. He is also pushing his front end completely off the mat with his front arms, building the strength he'll need when he starts to learn to crawl. Tricia said that crawling is still a little bit away, even for a full term baby.

He has also taken to sucking his thumb. He seems to do it most when he is either tired or right after eating. Maybe it's something like an after-dinner mint? It's pretty cute to see him do it.One funny thing to see is watching Dylan trying to suck his thumb and roll over at the same time. He hasn't quite realized that he can't do both. He has however, started to realize that he can roll over several times to get to the other side of his playmat. Just the other day while playing with him on his mat, he decided to roll from one end to the other, to get to where his pile of toys was. He seemed quite pleased with himself when he got there. I know I was pretty excited about it.

Something else that Dylan is rather pleased with, it seems, is jar food. He now eats a full jar of Beechnut Stage 1 food before each bottle. Sometimes he even goes for another 1/2 jar. He's been eating peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, pears, applesauce, bananas, even turkey. He really has gotten the hang of it. Soon, we'll be switching to the Stage 2 stuff, which is larger jars and new flavors, too.

Every day seems to be something new for the little guy. Who knows what the next few days will bring? Whatever it is, check back here to find out. I should have a new post up in the next few weeks.