Last Thursday Blake's parents came over to celebrate "Grammy's" birthday! Caroline had fun entertaining her grandparents and showing them all of her new tricks! She even convinced her grammy into riding her around in her car.
Caroline has also discovered my cabinet in our bathroom. Everyday when I get home from work, we go upstairs so I can change clothes. While I was changing clothes, I noticed that Caroline was quiet (not a good sign for a toddler!). So, I peeped into my bathroom and found her doing this...
She is going to kill me for posting these when she gets older but I thought it was so funny so I ran and grabbed my camera! But now, it's become part of her everyday routine. She clears out all of my tampons and then gets out all of my nail polish, all of my lotions, etc. She will empty my cabinet until she has enough room to sit in there and hide!
Other news, Caroline is STILL not walking. I'm getting a little frustrated with it b/c all of the kids her age that used to be in her daycare room have moved up (b/c they are walking) so she's now left with a lot of 6m old babies. I feel like she's a little bored in that room and I would love for her to be moved up and to learn new things...but she can't be moved up until her feet get to walking. After much thought tonight, I have realized the reason why she probably isn't walking. She's been pulling up and standing and walking holding on to things for awhile now. But she has yet to want to let go and try walking. Tonight I realized the reason is probably ME. We don't get home until 6:15ish and then I cook dinner, we eat, get a bath and then she goes to bed by 7:30. So, I don't really spend any extra time teaching her how to walk. Tonight, we practiced after dinner and she took 2 steps by herself and was standing on her own more. Anytime she would fall down to crawl I would pick her back up. I hope that with lots of practice she will learn to walk SOON! I mean she's almost 14 months old so it's time!!!
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I know it's so hard not to worry about reaching milestones, especially when you have other kids to compare her to, but she will get there on her own time. You're doing a wonderful job with her! I just got this off of babycenter.com -- "Don't worry if your child takes a little longer to walk. Many perfectly normal children don't walk until they're 16 or 17 months old." :)
ReplyDeleteYou might ask your daycare to let her try out the walker room for a couple of hours each day. The peer pressure and seeing other kids her age walk might be helpful.
Thanks Lindsey! You're a wonderful encourager!!! It is hard not to compare your child to others. And I really dont' think I've spent enough time teaching her how to walk b/c everything else so far has come naturally for her and I just thought this would too. I was going to talk to our daycare about maybe letting her play in the other room for a few hours. I really think her watching everyone walk will help her. I also bought her the stride rite high top shoes so maybe that will help too!
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