Standing and climbing

Charlie is in his climbing stage; he'll use chairs, couches, people, even his little baby piano to try to stand. It's amazing how quickly he's gotten to this milestone, especially when I thought he wouldn't get crawling down-- jokes on me, he's a speed crawler, zipping across the room in the time it takes me to wash my hands. 

I  am in awe of how much this little guy has grown! It seems like just yesterday I brought him home and now he's exploring his world himself!

Roaches. Ugh.

I hate roaches and living in an apartment in Texas sometimes means they're around. We keep the kitchen clean and they don't get too crazy but when I do see them I try so hard not to use heavy chemicals to kill them. I don't want it on my hands or all over a place where Charlie will get to it.

So I started looking on the Internet for better choices and I found a list of natural roach repellants online!! Letting catnip soak in water then putting that "tea" in a water bottle to spray down the area is one. Diatomaceous earth is another-- it literally cuts them open and dries them out! You'll want the DE to be food grade though. Soapy water drowns them essentially because they breathe through their skin and the soap covers their breathing pores so fill a spray bottle with soapy water and you're set. Put moth balls in corners or sprinkle borax to repel them, they hate the smell.