We love thinking of our children's little selves as growing machines. It just makes sense to us. In our minds eye, we see little gears being added to their complex system. And no where does this seem more evident than the first year.
More of Eva's gears came online this week. We started the week with a visit to the pediatrician for her nine month check up (90 percentile across the board: 21lbs, 29 ins, head 18ins). She's doing great in almost all the developmental areas except communication. We've been so focused on baby signing that I've honestly have forgotten to do basics like bababa, mamama, dadada, etc.
What's so cool for us is how quickly their little sponge minds work. After a few focused days, she's vocalizing the ba's. And has also seemed to pick up more commands like sit down, where's fill in the blank, please give me, soooo big, not Eva's. So it was probably all there but we just weren't asking her to show us. I also think more baby signs are appearing like more, dog, light. So it's nice to start seeing the inner workings of Eva's personality.
She also started clapping his week, playing games with us, and pulling herself up to standing. She's starting to be more toddler like than baby. I'd love to freeze and enjoy all of these new found abilities for awhile. I know now once we cross into toddlerville tantrums and whining will be joining the party too.
We finished the week off with a visit to the cottage with Grandma and Papa. It took a little while for her to warm up to the place and people. Funny enough, she has an obsession with dogs. So Hunter (their dog) made her most happy the first 24hrs. But once she got thru the transition she had lots of fun playing with her grandparents and on the beach. She's not keen to be in the water yet but loves to play along the water's edge.
So our busy week ends and our busy baby continues on her mission.
More of Eva's gears came online this week. We started the week with a visit to the pediatrician for her nine month check up (90 percentile across the board: 21lbs, 29 ins, head 18ins). She's doing great in almost all the developmental areas except communication. We've been so focused on baby signing that I've honestly have forgotten to do basics like bababa, mamama, dadada, etc.
What's so cool for us is how quickly their little sponge minds work. After a few focused days, she's vocalizing the ba's. And has also seemed to pick up more commands like sit down, where's fill in the blank, please give me, soooo big, not Eva's. So it was probably all there but we just weren't asking her to show us. I also think more baby signs are appearing like more, dog, light. So it's nice to start seeing the inner workings of Eva's personality.
She also started clapping his week, playing games with us, and pulling herself up to standing. She's starting to be more toddler like than baby. I'd love to freeze and enjoy all of these new found abilities for awhile. I know now once we cross into toddlerville tantrums and whining will be joining the party too.
We finished the week off with a visit to the cottage with Grandma and Papa. It took a little while for her to warm up to the place and people. Funny enough, she has an obsession with dogs. So Hunter (their dog) made her most happy the first 24hrs. But once she got thru the transition she had lots of fun playing with her grandparents and on the beach. She's not keen to be in the water yet but loves to play along the water's edge.
So our busy week ends and our busy baby continues on her mission.
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