Soren's sitting up

Wowie-kazowie, Soren's made a huge developmental leap: he can sit up (pretty much) on his own now! In just the past few days, he has made great improvements in his balance.

We started sitting-up practice holding him, of course, then graduated to the surrounding- pillow-fort. This weekend we pared that down to a Boppy pillow (as seen in this video, shot Jan. 25), and today he sat up unaided on the rug, with throw pillows surrounding him on three sides in case he flopped over, but not actually supporting his weight. What a difference this seems to make in his view of the world!

Here Jeff "plays ball" with Soren, a game Soren interrupts by trying to mouth Dad's knee (showing us he's getting hungry). You may also notice Soren blinking and flinching when the ball comes near his face -- an unfortunate (but remembered) reaction from me squeezing blasts of air from the ball onto his face two days earlier. Jeff's mumblings reference this event. Sorry, Soren, I won't do that again!