Life with a climber

Okay I know it has been awhile but we have been busy busy and quiet playtime is no longer really happening in our house.

You see since Miss Kiya has learned to crawl she is all over the place and is VERY fast. She can be in her toy area one minute and the next half way up the stairs.

Yes, Kiya has learned to climb the stairs. She can do all of them in a matter of minutes. She is quite good at it actually but for us parents it means we can really never turn our back on her. A baby gate is going up this weekend so access to the stairs will be only when mommy and daddy want her to have access. I have a distinct feeling she isn't going to like this.

She has also learned to climb into her chair and the stand up in it and try to climb over the arm of the couch and thus onto the couch. She hasn't been successful at it yet but she keeps trying. We thought after she fell off of her chair while standing that she would stop but that didn't stop her in the least.

She is also pulling up on EVERYTHING. Tables, couches, chairs, mommy's pants, her high chair, anything and everything. We are excited for her. You can see the confidence starting to come through as things that were a struggle and now a piece of cake.

With this new love of pulling up, she is into EVERYTHING she can reach. Yesterday it was the Kleenex box and Daddy's ESPN magazine. Then it could be a coaster or the strap for the diaper bag. Tabletops are being cleared. My tables have never been so clutter free. Still working on the kitchen table but that has to happen fast as I discovered that she can in fact pull herself up in socks on the slippery kitchen floor and reach the top of the table.

Let's just say life with a toddler is never dull. She is full of life, energy and love. She is just so sweet and yet is very opinionated. Her new favorite word is No. Sigh.... Before it was just a head shake or Na but we get a very clear no and it is used appropriately. She has also learned the word happy and she can say Otto which is my parent's dog's name. We are also working on getting her to tell people how old she is by holding up 1 finger. We ask her, Kiya how old are you? and then we hold up one finger. Sometimes she does it and other times she just says No.

She also ate her first Oreo cookie. My daughter ate a cookie. I think her dislike of sweets is not so strong. She seems to like ice cream, Oreo's, rice krispy treats but still no cake. That is a texture she just doesn't care for.

So Miss Kiya is keeping us on our toes...and we couldn't be more thrilled with all of her progress.