James is 48 weeks old (11 months): Neat stuff he can do

Lisa writes: At 11 months James can crawl for-real style, up on the hands and knees and everything. No more of that belly-scooting stuff. He likes to feed himself. He likes to repeat sounds (people, dogs, birds, the sounds things make when Tom accidentally drops them) and initiate noises for you to repeat. He can squeal long and loud -- often with delight; sometimes in frustration. He does this cute thing when he's getting tired or cold where, when you're holding him facing you, he tucks his hands down in front of him to keep them warm. He sometimes lies in his crib talking to himself in the morning. He isn't afraid of applause anymore. He can walk for a long time holding your fingers. He pulls himself up on everything and is getting pretty good at getting back down without catastrophe. He can turn the pages of board books. We think he is getting his two top teeth in because he's chewing on everything again and darts his tongue in and out against his top gums like a lizard (he did the same thing with the lower gums with the 1st two teeth). He used to hate going to bed and didn't mind getting his diaper changed; now he almost always happily goes to bed and fights lying down to get the diaper changed. He thinks belly zerberts are the funniest things ever.