7.5 months and crawling

Mommy lost track of counting Junior's age in weeks a long time ago.  He's about 7.5 months old now.  He's learned a bunch of new tricks over the past couple of weeks.  Crawling is a piece of cake now.  He has several different techniques.  The first one he mastered is what we call the "belly slide".  He prefers using the belly slide on smooth surfaces such as our hardwood floor.  He'll use both hands to reach in front and pull his whole body forward while sliding on his belly.  Daddy wants to tape a swiffer cloth onto his belly so that he'll do some cleaning while he's at it.   Next came the standard crawl.  He likes to use this on his playmat since the surface is rubbery and less conducive to the belly slide.   To turn, he'll plop onto his round belly and use the force of his arms pulling on the floor to change directions... the "belly turn".  He can also go from crawling to sitting.  This skill is important if he wants to crawl to the bookshelf, scatter all the books onto the floor, and pick one up to chew on the corners.

Junior's seventh tooth is starting to peek out.  To celebrate, mommy started giving him some rice teething crackers, and he loooooves them!