My Man Child

Considering Charlie was born 9lbs 7 ounces, he never had the "newborn" phase. This continues on. He is jumping over stages. He is over the crawling stage, and he basically just got the hang of it last weekend. He wants to walk. Okay, but he's 7 months old (tomorrow)!! He will crawl, but only to a place/object where he can pull himself up, then he walks around the object. I am amazed. We recently had to drop his crib mattress all the way down, after we saw him trying to climb out. Since he's so long, when we dropped it down to the next stage, he was to tall, and could lean over the edge, all the way down it went. I almost have to crawl inside the crib to lay him down at night! (what an image I tell you) Not only does he want to walk around, he DOES NOT want to be confined in one area, cries when we put him in his excersauce, our easy days are over. He has such a strong personality. (go figure!) I am not looking forward to the "tantrum's" I saw a sample of one last night at bedtime. Wondering if this is payback from him being such a simple quiet baby. Wait a minute is still is a baby!! But he just wont act like one. He truly is a little man with crazy hair. Can't wait till he's one, then I'm cutting it into a style. F and his mom have this 1 year tradition thing on hair cuts, so I'm agreeing to not cut it until then, but after February, it's go time.