Look Who's Walking Now

Almost 15 months of anticipation for that first step, Calleigh gets the courage to stand up and walk. I can't say I've been disappointed but I have been waiting for a long time and it felt as if Calleigh just didn't care. She's become very mobile with crawling and I thought having her hang around kids that could walk would encourage her. As I stated in a previous blog, Calleigh does what Calleigh wants.

Last night, Calleigh used my chest as leverage to stand up and I slowly slid away and told her to walk. She did. I yelled to her Mom "Look Look!". I cannot express how excited I felt inside to see this day come.

It's been some time since I wrote on this blog, but here are some things that occurred with Calleigh in the last 3 months.

• Drinks from a straw cup. She never got the hang of sippie cups.
• Talks more using vowels/syllables, Speech is coming more defined
• Dances a lot, especially to Barney videos, and claps hands a lot
• Had her first Kid's meal ordered at a Tonkatsu restaurant
• Eats pita bread, oatmeal, Cheerios, sushi, ramen, bolognese, Kalbi, lots of different foods and loves cheese
• Loves her shoes and tried to put them on herself
• Officially off formula, although we are still finishing her last can. Instead drinks Pediasure
• Grew taller and has outgrown lots of her 12mth clothes
• Weight is still 3%, but head and height I think in the 20% range
• Learned to finger slide to access iPad or iPhone
• Holds the phone to her ear, tries to put ear buds in ear
• Had her first diaper rash which got out of control and turned to a yeast infection
• Likes to watch Dad play AngryBirds
• Gives big wet kisses on the lips while grabbing cheeks
• Wants to do everything that we do, i.e. eat with adult forks, sit with us on the couch watching T.V., play with a phone, computer or iPad

I'm sure there is a lot more to mention but I guess that's what blogging is for...to capture these moments as they happen.


Hmmm....Changes
When you want your kid to change, they don't change. When they do change it's unexpected. Being a new parent and understanding how I developed as a child, I now see a different perspective. Kids will change when they are good and ready. How they change may not be what you expected. The key is that they grow up because who wants to spoon feed a 21 year old child!