Milestones..

i always find it interesting when they list baby development milestones in books with a space for you to write in the date when they have been reached.. i think with a lot of the milestones, it is hard to come up with a concrete date - things like, first smile - how do you know that they are really smiling and not just passing wind? first word.. does baa baa count? when does a sound become a word rather that just babbling? some of the milestones are easier to tick off though - things like rolling over and cutting first teeth are much easier to pin a date to..

and speaking of cutting first teeth, lachlan cut his first tooth last friday. it still isn't protruding up from his gum, but it has definitely cut through - you can see a clear-ish line where it is and it is very very sharp - sort of feels like a glass splinter when you run your finger over it - or when he bites on your finger! interesting times ahead!