Animal crackers

I've discovered you cannot share a bowl of animal crackers with Jude.

She bites the head or leg off of a cracker then puts it back with the rest.

Nothing so pleasant as grabbing a soggy, pre-gnawed nugget out of the bowl. Nummy num!

M

Verticality and Mobility

Yesterday was Vertical Day. Jude spent most of the day standing and toddling.

 She has been able to stand and get up and down, as well as walk with assistance.  She walks around furniture and holds your hand. She takes three or four steps on her own. I've been working on encouraging her to walk, as she has to be walking for her day care center.

Sunday she took off on her own, stepping out over and over to walk about. She figured out how to ride her push horse and how to push her shopping cart. I moved the portable gate blocking off the living room too (that was there to keep the dogs away from the baby).  She rarely sat down all day.

Today was Mobility Day.  Back to the shopping cart - she chased me around the first floor for a bit.  I noticed she didn't want my help to stand or get back up, which was a first.  She walked between furniture and the TV, then from the toy basket to the TV, and so on.  Her longest walk was a walk around the dog, a perfect circle.

I think she's had her breakthrough.  The house is no longer my own!

m