Standing alone

Miss M is now standing on her own.

She isn't getting up from a seated position and standing yet, but rather she pulls herself up with something then will stand by herself fairly well. She is also pretty good at getting back down to the ground without getting herself hurt.

We went to a play cafe this week where there are a bunch of toys for kids of all ages. She enjoyed herself. She just crawls off from one thing to the next and only occasionally looks back to see if I am still around or to see if I am chasing her down. She likes train tables because they tend to be at her height. There is a train table at one of the gyms as well that she frequently enjoys.



We also went to the aquarium this week. The sea lions were out and barking very loudly. Miss M loved it. She thought they were dogs. She loves dogs and babies (as mentioned before I am sure). She points at all little kids (even if they are 12) and all dogs and gets excited. We get magazines geared for parents and she looks through them over and over again and points at all the babies.

She also has been giving kisses when asked. She comes at you with an open mouth and they are the best things ever. Well maybe not the best things ever but they rank right up there. It's pretty sweet when you ask her to pat you and she gives you pats. It's as close to a hug as we're going to get for awhile.

She is a lot of fun right now. You can ask her questions and she knows what you're talking about. I ask her where the ball is, if she wants to have a picnic, if she can play some music at her table, where a certain book is and she goes and gets them or at least points at these things. If I ask her if she's hungry she looks at the kitchen. If I ask her if she wants to go check the mail (which she thoroughly enjoys) she looks at the front door. It's reassuring to know that I haven't just been talking to talk and that all (some) of my talking is meaning something to her.

She isn't sleeping very well. I could go into how she wakes up and stays up and a load of other things but they aren't worth discussing. And I have stuff I need to do so I can go to bed so I can keep up with her tomorrow. There are a lot of people who say that waking up in the middle of the night can be a sign of new developmental things or new teeth. Based on her waking patterns for two hours in the middle of the night I expect her to be doing cartwheels pretty soon.

She did cut her first molar last week so maybe that is apart of it.

Later.