Our Adoption Journey: Two Months Home

Kellin will have been home two months tomorrow, and I know it's been too long since the last update, so here is what's new with us!

The biggest news - Kellin is CRAWLING! All by himself! He stays within the living room mostly and usually will only crawl far enough to get a toy, but still, he is doing it! He's been able to stand up for a long time, but we are seeing that he is cruising along furniture more often, usually when he's trying to get closer to a window to see the light.

He is understanding more language. For example, when asked if he wants to sing a song, he will reach for your hands, ready to do the actions. And the other day, I said, "Where are your toes? Should we take your socks off?" and he reached down and started pulling his socks off. As far as talking, he's really not saying any words yet. He makes sounds and very occasionally repeats a sound you say to him, but that's about it. He loves music and has favorite songs that he will "request" by trying to move your hands through the actions. He hasn't yet figured out that he can use his hands to do actions or signs without hold onto an adult. We are not really sure what that is all about and how to help him use his hands independently.

He has a favorite toy. And when I say favorite, I mean he is slightly obsessed. It's a musical cube that plays classical songs when you push the buttons on each side. It's a good thing because he will nearly always crawl to get it, and it's also something we can put him on the floor to play with and he will play pretty appropriately without stimming much. But it's sometimes a bad thing because he doesn't want to do anything else. He has a few other toys that he likes, too (all musical ones), but the cube is clearly his favorite.

Kellin will play on the floor now. He scoots around, crawls, and explores in a limited way. He stays sitting up most of the time, but even if he lays down, sometimes he sits himself back up all on his own.

We are still struggling with eating and sleeping. Kellin eats a few spoonfuls of baby food 2-3 times a day, but it's not really increasing, and he won't touch any finger foods at all. Most of his calories are still coming from his bottles. As far as sleeping, he will sleep about 6-7 hours when he first falls asleep at night, and then wakes up sometime between 3:30-4:30. And then we just hope he goes back to sleep - sometimes he does, sometimes he doesn't.

And a few other fun pictures: