At this point you should make it as easy to cruise as possible but you don't need to encourage anything yet. Creeping is very beneficial, but it sounds like he's doing lots on his own! Whichever he chooses at this point is the right one.

We do one language per day. Between my husband and I, we spoke 5 of the 7 before Zed arrived. We only speak that day's language (as much as possible!) on its day. We have some playgroups that are for minority languages, some videos in a few langauges, CDs of songs and rhymes in each of the languages, and books, lots of books. We like to go all out with the culture sometimes and eat food, and play games that kids in China, France, Germany, Japan, England, Spain (or Mexico depending on the week), or Russia play. It's a pretty effective way to go IMO. We also sign with him everyday as well (ASL).

People are always telling me how advanced he is and I'm never sure what I can take credit for, and what was genetic.

I outlined it more here http://forum.brillkids.com/general-discussion-b5/minimum-methods-for-maximum-of-benefit/msg54331/#msg54331 and here http://forum.brillkids.com/teaching-your-child-to-read/multiliteracy-how-to-achieve-it/msg61850/#msg61850

HTH

I have no research handy, but I remember reading that kids have 10-25% fewer words per language on average for each additional language they speak. The average two year old monolingual child has 50 words. This implies that there is a limit to how many languages can be learned natively. So I made a chart:

Languages	Words per  language	Total words
1	50	50
2	37 to 45	74 to 90
3	27 to 41	81 to 123
4	20 to 37	80 to 148
5	15 to 34	75 to 170
6	11 to 31	66 to 186
7	8 to 28	56 to 196
8	6 to 26	48 to 208
9	4 to 24	36 to 216
]10	3 to 22	30 to 220
11	2 to 20	22 to 220
12	1 to 18	12 to 216
13	0 to 16	0 to 208

After 7 languages there may be an overall loss of words, and after 13 there is the risk of the child having no words at all. Statistically of course. I don't know anyone trying to teach their child more than 7 languages.

We are teach Zed 7 at once though. He has, at nearly 14 months, picked up about 60 words and a dozen or so phrases. But they are nearly all English (the language of the environment here) I'd say at least three dozen words and 7 phrases are English. 15 words and 2 phrases are French. He has no Spanish words but does have a couple phrases. And two words in each of the other 4 languages, and one Chinese phrase. Which just proves that my sample size is too small. 

"The" is used for a specific item. So I want the book from the top shelf, but if any book will do, I would like a book from the top shelf.

Dogs and cats went for a walk is technically accurate, but most people would say "Some dogs and cats" (if it were any dogs and cats) or "The dogs and cats" for specific dogs/cats. Also acceptable is "The dogs and some cats" or "Some dogs and the cats"

A/An is like saying "one."
There is an apple in the fruit bowl. So in a specific fruit bowl, there is one apple. The apple is in the fruit bowl. That would be a specific apple in a a specific fruit bowl. and lastly: The apple is in a fruit bowl. A specific apple is located in one of a number of fruit bowls. If there is a single apple and a single fruit bowl either (1) the apple is in the fruit bowl, or (2) there is an apple in the fruit bowl, or (3) an apple is in the fruit bowl. All three would be acceptable, but one would make more sense depending on what was being discussed beforehand. 1 would be used if you were talking about a specific apple or apples in general. 2 would be used when discussing the contents of the fruit bowl. 3 would be used when discussing the fruit bowl.

Does that help at all?

Friction! The harder it is for the baby to belly crawl, the more likely they are to get up on their hands and knees and creep.

But don't worry about it. Babies need to do a certain amount of crawling, but they don't need to it before they walk. Even a walking baby needs to go up and down stairs on hands and knees for example. Making a game of creeping and incorporating it into play will get toddlers creeping again. Zed creeped for quite a while before he walked alone, but we still encourage creeping whenever possible. Ikea, and I'm sure other stores as well, sell tunnels that kids love. Obstacle courses as well.

This topic has come up a few times before. Here's a recent one: http://forum.brillkids.com/for-guests-no-membership-required/9-mo-old-crawling/

Breastfed babies typically can change how they suck so that they get little to no milk at all while they're comfort sucking. It will be a lot of work to get her to take it, and then a lot of work to get her to give it up later. It doesn't seem worth it to me. I wouldn't worry about it if it doesn't bother you.

My son did have a soother. We had one as an aid to getting him to take his reflux medicine (as in squirt it in his mouth and quickly put the pacifier in there so he'd suck and swallow) He would only take the soothers that have round nipples, not the "orthodontist-approved" flatter nipple shape. And he still preferred to comfort suck at the breast. He would only take the soother if I couldn't nurse him like in the car, other times he would suck on it a couple times and then spit it out.

The bigger the better, but I've only used 8.5 x 11 cardstock and it's worked fine for us.

LOL. Not really... Zed has very few toys.

I can list everything he owns.
Assorted stuffed animals (all gifts that he has never played with)
Wooden letter blocks
Wooden standard blocks
Shape sorter
Pound-a-peg
Stacking rings
Wooden puzzles
Leapfrog alphabet magnet phonics thing
Stacking cups
6 wooden vehicles (cars, planes, helicopter, locomotive)
Bead rollercoaster (AKA Bead maze)
Many balls of different shapes and sizes
Lots of books
A bucket of duplo blocks
Vtech laptop (not age appropriate at all)
Waldorf style newborn (life size) doll (with a carrier, a couple outfits, a blanket and it's own tiny teddy bear)

He had a crawling track when he was very small. We built it ourselves. If you search there are a few people who have posted how they've made theirs. Ours was not the best.
After he outgrew that, he would crawl towards anything. Stacking cups were a hit though.
We also had a wooden dowel that we used for the beginning stages of brachiation. We were hoping to build a ladder for the house, but we don't have the space. We take him to the park a lot though.

There is a lot of good information here. If there is something specific that you're looking for searching is easiest, but just random curiosity, I'd browse the  Teaching Your Child - Other Topics sub-board for topics about the Doman physical program.

We have washcloths just for this purpose. Just standard "face cloth" sized washcloths that we wet with warm water.

Walkers can be dangerous in two ways.
1) A child can 'walk' themselves into a dangerous situation. Babies have 'walked' down stairs, over seemingly small obstacles that then cause the walker to tip, and a variety of interesting other things. Walkers are actually illegal in Canada.
2) They are not really good for development. Walkers only supports the babies' weight by their crotch. There is little to no back support. The walker must be at a height that the child's feet are not flat on the floor (or else they could climb out). The child could develop hip problems from the strain of supporting a significant protion of their weight by their crotch. They also tend to develop bad walking technique because they try to stand solely on their toes. This can cause foot problems as well.

My doctor specifically warned against anything for the baby that supported them by their crotch. Exersaucers, jumpers, Baby Bjorn/Snuggli/Infantino carriers, this thing

All of them, because of the possibility of hip problems.

A bumbo chair or a proper baby carrier (BabyHawk, Beco and Ergo are all soft structured carriers that use the correct positioning) are good tools to use to keep your baby from resting on their head. Also at your baby's age, he should be spending more than two hours on his stomach (according to my doctor).

We did baby-led weaning. We started with table foods and never gave any purees. (I shared my applesauce :P but it's something that I typically eat in a mushy form.) Nothing was altered from how I would eat it other than to make it an appropriate baby-holding size. IMO it's the best choice. Seeing the kids of my friends having trouble with table foods at 8, 9, 12, 18 months and their preference for purees, I feel like I dodged a bullet on this one.

If they will ever go to school, I'd tell them that they're going to go whenever that is. But we are not sending Zed to school, so I tell them "Never." Or if they're a jerk I tell them he's going to Harvard/Yale/Cambridge/Queens or another highly ranked school "in 15 or 20 years."

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Both are $222, and LR is regularly $149 and LM is $119. That's a $46 savings if you purchase them together. (or more than 17%)

1/2" to 1" red dots whatever is easiest to find.

It really depends on how severe it is. Everyone has a lumpy bumpy skull because of positioning as children, or knocks to the head, and that sort of thing. So a small flat section wouldn't really be noticeable.
But a large flat spot can put pressure on the brain, the sinuses, the ocular nerves, the inner ear, etc. It can be quite problematic. If it is severe you need to get special headgear for the baby that reshapes the skull.