So last week she was walking, and this week she is running. Little Pants is all over the house, literally running circles around me as I type. She still falls on a fairly regular bases, but she gets right back up and off she goes again. It's really no harder than when she was crawling, but that's only in the house. I've taken her out and turned her loose a couple of times and that's when things get interesting. Like LC climbing stairs. We were at the park and I put her down from the swings and she made a bee line for the jungle gym. She hit the stairs and right up she went, no problem at all (yes, I was right behind her). We don't have stairs at our house (thankfully) so this was her first shot at it, but from her skill, you'd have thought she climbed them daily.
In other Big Girl news, Leyton is no longer nursing. I was waiting to ween her until we got back from our Thanksgiving and Christmas trips. So last week we dropped the noon feeding, which was right before her nap and this week we dropped the feeding before bedtime. She did great with both. She cries briefly when you first put her down, but for less than a minute and then she's quiet. I doubt she's asleep in less than a minute, but she is safe and quiet and that's all that matters to me.
Leyton has added a few new animal sounds. She can now tell you what the elephant, frog and sheep say. She is also obsessed with a couple of new books -First 100 Things that Go and Peek-a-boo Baby (both for which are from Aunt Phyllis. Thanks!). She has me read these over and over. When she's not looking I hide them (seriously, she has me read them 50 times a day, there's only so much I can take).
And last but not least on the big girl stuff... yoga and eating with a fork. She does Downward Dog, plank, and other yoga poses often. Gotta keep your chi centered. And this morning she started trying to eat with a fork and spoon (she would have tried this earlier if it were up to her, but Mommy was avoiding the inevitable mess). She did surprising well. She understands the spoon, and how to dip it in the bowl and then get it to her mouth, she just kept using the handle end instead of the spoon end - even when I turned it around in her around. She can use the fork as long as I help her stab the food, though sometimes she still takes the food off the end and uses her hand to put it in her mouth. Overall though I'm pleased with her efforts.
And enough typing... here's pictures of my kid.
P.S. we got a fancy new camera. It takes nice pics, even though I have no idea how to really use it.
In other Big Girl news, Leyton is no longer nursing. I was waiting to ween her until we got back from our Thanksgiving and Christmas trips. So last week we dropped the noon feeding, which was right before her nap and this week we dropped the feeding before bedtime. She did great with both. She cries briefly when you first put her down, but for less than a minute and then she's quiet. I doubt she's asleep in less than a minute, but she is safe and quiet and that's all that matters to me.
Leyton has added a few new animal sounds. She can now tell you what the elephant, frog and sheep say. She is also obsessed with a couple of new books -First 100 Things that Go and Peek-a-boo Baby (both for which are from Aunt Phyllis. Thanks!). She has me read these over and over. When she's not looking I hide them (seriously, she has me read them 50 times a day, there's only so much I can take).
And last but not least on the big girl stuff... yoga and eating with a fork. She does Downward Dog, plank, and other yoga poses often. Gotta keep your chi centered. And this morning she started trying to eat with a fork and spoon (she would have tried this earlier if it were up to her, but Mommy was avoiding the inevitable mess). She did surprising well. She understands the spoon, and how to dip it in the bowl and then get it to her mouth, she just kept using the handle end instead of the spoon end - even when I turned it around in her around. She can use the fork as long as I help her stab the food, though sometimes she still takes the food off the end and uses her hand to put it in her mouth. Overall though I'm pleased with her efforts.
And enough typing... here's pictures of my kid.
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| They are looking at the moon. LC loves to look at the moon, sun, and stars on her books and toys. She can point them out, even in books that are new to her. |
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