
What David does while I am doing the washing up... He had gone very quiet, and when I looked around the corner, I understood why. He has climbed up to look at the Christmas music box, which shows a family of teddy bears around a Christmas tree. He usually only sees it under supervision - but he was being very gentle, and was very well balanced!
He is just getting more advanced all the time. The other morning he was standing on his plastic toy box to reach higher. Erin said that he and Katie were trying to push the toy box over to the sideboard, presumably to be able to stand on it, but were stopped by the carpet runner (they couldn't quite work out how to get the box wheels over the runner).
The next photos are also from this morning. Quite happy and proud of himself. You can see the soft lock that we have been using to close off the cupboard. It was off this morning and as there is nothing breakable in this cupboard, I let him loose, while I watched. First he unpacked the saucepans, metal bowls and colanders. I repacked, and then he unpacked them again.

Generally, he gets upset when you stop him doing something (eg, take him out of the garage, try to put him back in the pram after letting him out for a walk in the park or the playground etc) particularly if he is tired or hungry. Mini tantrums. He is still great, but stronger, more determined and as a result, harder work. He is also lightening fast, so we have to be really careful to watch him when we are not at home.
Erin took David to be weighed on Tuesday 19 December. The result was that he is 12gk DWT, 79cms long (or tall) with a 49.5 head circ. So, in the three months since his first birthday he has gained 1kg, grown 3cms and his head has grown 2 cms. Doing well.
