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Well, Luke is really crawling now, and to celebrate he is sleeping much better. I have read that children will have trouble sleeping while they are working on a new skill (crawling, standing, walking, talking, etc.) but I've never seen the association so clearly. (I do realize that by saying that Luke is sleeping better I am almost guaranteed that he won't sleep well tonight.) It's as though he was working on a project or something, and now he's relieved that he doesn't have to worry about it anymore.

His new found mobility is causing another developmental milestone: separation anxiety. This morning at church he would be happy without me for a few minutes, but then he'd get anxious and start crying. When I picked him up he would sort of collapse into my arms and be very cuddly for a minute or two, just to know that I was there, and then be off crawling around again. He definitely wanted to know that I was around---turning away from him while he is looking at me can cause him great grief.

It has also become almost impossible to hold him while we are out at a restaurant eating dinner. I guess we'll have to wait until he develops his pincer grip (which he's working on on the food his sisters drop under the kitchen table) so that he'll be able to amuse himself with some cheerios.
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