I can hardly believe it but my little Peanut is 11 months old today. WOW. How did this happen??? She has gone from a tiny little 5 1/2 month old infant with little muscle tone to a strong, little girl who loves to laugh, clap, stand, talk and walk. She is almost a toddler.
A toddler??? AHHHHHHHH. Baby proofing 101 will be taking place in my house very soon. I really think she will skip crawling for now as she just loves to stand and walk holding onto our hands. She is getting faster and more confident every day.
We have taught her how to make the touchdown sign and the clap when we are watching football. She LOVES to show off and does this often. We say Kiya, touchdown and hands go above the head and then she claps with a HUGE smile. So sweet. I know kids aren't supposed to watch TV but we live in Wisconsin and you might not survive if you don't route for the UW Badgers and the Packers.
She just amazes me every day. We are pretty sure we are going to have a spirited little girl. She already is showing signs of this. The other day I gave her her sippy cup in the high chair and she grabbed it and immediately threw it on the floor and proceeded to smile at me. So cute yet.... We have also noticed that she is very interested in feeding the dogs from the high chair. She hands crackers, fruit, pasta and anything else she can pick up off the side of the high chair, mostly to Badger. It has become quite the problem as most of the food on the tray is finding its way on the floor. We are thinking the dogs are going to have to go outside during dinner time.
We have tried to say "Kiya that is your food" or "Let's not feed the dogs" as if we say "No" to her (which we have done a very few times) she looks at us and then builds up to this whimpering cry. It is kind of pathetic but it breaks my heart too. I know there is nothing wrong with her but hate to see her cry. We are limiting the use of the word "No" so that it won't be one of the first words she says back to us. Not sure if that will work but trying to be more creative in our redirection.
So as we gear up to our little one being not so little and 1, we continue to enjoy every day with our sweet little girl. She is the light of our lives and we are so blessed to be her parents.
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I think that's a good idea, not to say "no" too much. I try also to come up with other ways to re-direct or stop Charlie from doing things that aren't appropriate. I hate hearing it come out of my mouth, and I don't want to have it be her first word either!
Even with the dogs I use "eh-eh" instead of "no" , I save "no" for the dangerous situations when they have to listen immediately. I use "eh-eh" for all the little no-no's.
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