Sam and Claire at Early Intervention

I am taking today as a vacation day to allow Lynn to catch up on her work and to save a little bit on child care. Lynn left at 8:00. I fed Sam and Claire homemade banana bread, a pear, canned green beans, and a banana Yo Baby. They both did a good job. Claire loves the green beans. Sam loves to eat everything. I made a little Tanzanian coffee, changed the babies out of their pajamas and settled them down just in time for the early intervention visit. Sam is doing great, he is "cruising" (crawling quickly from place to place, pulling himself up to standing at the couch or the tub). He is imitating, you point at the tummy of the stuffed dog. He points at it. You point at the dog's nose, he points at it. Claire didn't have as good a day. She has a bit of a cold so she was cranky and clingy. Nonetheless, she demonstrated her crawling, playing with blocks and the like. In how she sits and crawls she exhibits too much extension and not enough flexsion. She arches her back rather than shrugging her shoulders. When crawling she tends to keep her knees locked (especially on the left side) so that she crawls on her hands and feet rather than on her knees. Christy will be back on Monday of next week. I'll provide an update then.