Getting ready to Crawl

Ben is starting to lift his body onto his knees. He wants to crawl - now he just needs to figure out how!

Ben Pushing Himself up onto All Fours
[9 April 2013]

Teething

Ben now has his first tooth! It's one of his bottom front teeth and it's clearly showing. The tooth next to it is starting to poke through as well.

It's almost impossible to get a picture but I'll post one if I do.

The teething pains are bothering him constantly and I can see this going on for some time. It wakes him up several times most nights.

We've tried a few things, like Calpol obviously and teething gel. But the product I'd have to recommend is Teetha Teething Powder. It's basically a small sachet of powder that you just pour into your baby's mouth and he grimaces a little bit but it seems to give him almost instant relief. The only problem as with everything is you can't use this constantly.

Edit 12th April:

Finally got a (slightly blurry) picture of Ben's teeth. So tiny!

Ben's First Teeth
[April 2013]

First Meal

Today we started weaning Ben. Here he is having his first ever meal.

Ben's First Meal
[10 February 2013]

He had about 10 small spoonfuls of mashed carrot. About half an hour later he had a full bottle of formula milk.

Ben is definitely teething. We can't feel a tooth poking through but he's taken to chewing anything within reach and his cheeks regularly glow bright red. Poor thing!