Codey’s on the Move!
Codey has really gotten the hang of crawling in the last couple of weeks. He was a little sketchy on getting all the components working in tandem and has been kind of shuffling and scooting for a while, but it seems like all of a sudden one day, it just clicked and he was off! He’s crawling all over the place now and is getting into everything. We thought we’d baby-proofed the house pretty well…but leave it to Codey to find the one thing we forgot to secure or put out of reach! It’s like he’s got radar for that stuff. But it’s so exciting to see him crawling, and he’s pretty pleased with himself too!
The downside of this increasing mobility is that he’s starting to hate his car seat. What happened to the little car sleeper I so adored? A drive in the car was our sure-fire way to calm him down if he was fussy - now he’s fine until we put him in his seat and then starts to fuss.
He’s so curious about everything around him and wants to check it all out and the car seat is obviously not conducive to any sort of exploration. Is this just a phase, or will it only get worse once he starts walking? 
He’s also getting the hang of standing while holding on to furniture. He can’t quite pull himself up, but if we get him up, he’ll stand there for a few moments and bounce up and down on his legs before losing his balance and starting to wobble. He gets so excited - he thinks standing is the greatest thing since the binky!
Codey’s like the Energizer Bunny - if we stop walking him around for a minute he throws a fit, so off we go again. And he’s off to everywhere and then back again - over to her favorite toy, back to the couch, over to the window, cruise by Scooter and try to pet 
him before he darts out of reach, back to his toy.
Have any of you gone back on parenting vows you made before you had kids - now that reality has hit and it’s useless to keep up the charade of being the perfect mom? For instance, I always vowed that I’d never let the TV babysit my kids. But I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve actually started using a Baby Einstein DVD and Baby ABC as a babysitter while I grab a quick shower or do the dishes or cook dinner. I just strap Codey in his car seat and he’s entertained for at least a little while and it gives me some freedom. A friend of mine had a Baby Einstein DVD and I was really impressed when I watched it at his house. I figure, at least it’s educational and Codey loves it - he’s completely enthralled when it’s on.
