Almost...
There are so many things that our girl is almost doing.
She's almost walking on her own. Her physio says it's just a matter of when now, not if. Her muscles are strong enough but her will is not. One day, just like she did with crawling, she will realise that this new way is faster, more efficient, and so much cooler. For now though, she's doing this hybrid bear crawl/one handed scooch thing that is hilarious to watch. Hilarious. She stand up and gives herself a big clap, then screeches or crawls over to us and makes us clap our hands if we don't cheer loud enough for her. Almost walking.
She's almost talking. This week we've heard new sounds, consistently, for words. She's always been very vocal, but more shouts or screeches rather than word sounds. She has been making mouth shapes for quite a while, but sounds are new. If you ask her what sound a lion makes she silently roars, owls have a pursed lip action, snakes are smiley. This morning she distinctly said 'bub buh' when we talked about breakfast (she eats Rice Bubbles that we call Bubbles). She then handed me a book and instead of 'ugh ugh' like it usually is, we heard 'booh booh'. Almost talking.
She's almost playing with other kids. Our girl is extremely social, but only around adults. Babies scare her (they always have, even when she was a baby) and kids her own age turn her into a koala who latches on to her Mumma and won't let go. She's been going to daycare for over a year now and just the other day the educators let me know that she was playing with another child, which is a big deal for her. She normally plays on her own, or corners an educator to play with her, but this day she handed blocks to another kid so that they could pile them high and they could both knock them down. Almost playing.
She's not a baby any more. She's almost a toddler - toddlers walk, talk, and play with other kids. They also assert their independence, make choices, and have tantrums when they don't understand or don't get their way. She is not almost doing that... she is definitely doing that.
She is also definitely dancing, definitely smiling, and definitely growing up. Almost.
She's almost walking on her own. Her physio says it's just a matter of when now, not if. Her muscles are strong enough but her will is not. One day, just like she did with crawling, she will realise that this new way is faster, more efficient, and so much cooler. For now though, she's doing this hybrid bear crawl/one handed scooch thing that is hilarious to watch. Hilarious. She stand up and gives herself a big clap, then screeches or crawls over to us and makes us clap our hands if we don't cheer loud enough for her. Almost walking.
She's almost talking. This week we've heard new sounds, consistently, for words. She's always been very vocal, but more shouts or screeches rather than word sounds. She has been making mouth shapes for quite a while, but sounds are new. If you ask her what sound a lion makes she silently roars, owls have a pursed lip action, snakes are smiley. This morning she distinctly said 'bub buh' when we talked about breakfast (she eats Rice Bubbles that we call Bubbles). She then handed me a book and instead of 'ugh ugh' like it usually is, we heard 'booh booh'. Almost talking.
She's almost playing with other kids. Our girl is extremely social, but only around adults. Babies scare her (they always have, even when she was a baby) and kids her own age turn her into a koala who latches on to her Mumma and won't let go. She's been going to daycare for over a year now and just the other day the educators let me know that she was playing with another child, which is a big deal for her. She normally plays on her own, or corners an educator to play with her, but this day she handed blocks to another kid so that they could pile them high and they could both knock them down. Almost playing.
She's not a baby any more. She's almost a toddler - toddlers walk, talk, and play with other kids. They also assert their independence, make choices, and have tantrums when they don't understand or don't get their way. She is not almost doing that... she is definitely doing that.
She is also definitely dancing, definitely smiling, and definitely growing up. Almost.
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