Just yesterday I noticed that little miss was up on her hands and knees. It comes as no surprise that such a curious kid is in a hurry to crawl. I suspect life will be very different for all of us when she starts.
This morning Leila was lying on the floor, rolling around. Trying to go forwards and continually going backwards. She was starting to sound a bit tired and hungry so I went into the kitchen to prepare a bottle for her.
When I came out with the bottle she was sitting up! And looking very pleased with herself too.
She hasn’t repeated this feat so it may have been a complete fluke. It was still quite impressive, though.
It’s hard to believe that Miss Leila has been out and about for as long as she was in gestation. Or that this time last year I was pregnant and living under the air conditioner … well the latter is still true some of the time. So much changes in such a short time …
As always with the Little Princess nothing much seems to be happening for a while and then, all of a sudden, there’s a lot going on.
For a long time her preferred position has been sitting up and she’s become very good at it. She no longer needs pillows behind her because she rarely falls backwards and she’s become adept at leaning and reaching for things without toppling over. When she does fall over she does it gracefully and - usually - without tears or upset. She’s even managed a bit of bum shuffling here and there to get where she wanted to go.
I actually thought she’d just be a bum shuffler and might never crawl properly, but in the last couple of weeks Leila has chosen to prove me wrong. When she is on her tummy on the floor she’s working hard at learning to crawl. Most of what she manages to achieve is swivelling, sticking her bum in the air (and mashing her face into the floor at the same time) and going backwards. The latter really gets on her nerves: She’ll put a great deal of effort into try to get to something in front of her, only find that she gets further away, rather than closer to it. Outraged yells always ensue.
We don’t think it’ll be long at all before she’s at least commando crawling. Leila is such an curious and interested kid, that we’ll all be in a lot of trouble once she’s mobile. The cats will never be safe again and Finn might have to learn to keep his toys in his bedroom.
As well as getting mobile there are all sorts of developments occurring. She eats like a champion, devouring 3 meals a day, plus bottles and the odd biscuit, piece of bread or banana. She can wave ‘hi’ or ‘bye’ and will even do it on request sometimes. She will play peekaboo when I drop a cloth over her face and ask “Where’s Leila?” and this morning she was putting her hands over her eyes to play. On first seeing Mark today she pointed at him and said “dad-dad-dad!” It might have been a complete accident but it was very, very cute! Both her bottom front teeth have come through and her hair is showing signs of being wavy.
And she’s eaten her first Tim Tam.
It is possible that I am wrong but I am pretty sure that a few minutes ago I saw Leila lying on her tummy and now she is sitting on her bum all of her own accord.
Soon we will have two non-stop walking and talking little people in the house.
ShuffleBum
December 10, 2007 , 9:06 pm by nicky
This morning I sat Leila down on her mat with 2 cushions behind her as usual. I sat phaffing on the computer, looking up every now and then to make sure she wasn’t choking to death or anything similarly drastic.
I didn’t notice that she had moved until she was touching Finn’s box of wooden Thomas toys, which was sitting near the edge of her mat (in the photo it has been moved at Finn’s insistence). Little Miss had managed to shuffle herself forward on her bum by at least half a metre.
It won’t be long now before the Thomas toys will have to stay in the bedroom for their own safety…
The aftermath of dinner
December 5, 2007 , 5:03 pm by nicky
And if you look very closely you can see her first tooth
