Dear inquisitive bloglanders (not that anyone has asked): no, Mimi isn’t walking yet… she really is but she just has to have a hand laying on something while she does it. This is a psychological case of not-walking, and I don’t intend to do anything about it but wait… and wait… and wait. I don’t want her to feel rushed, because I’m a physical coward myself. She is so mobile that there is no advantage to me in her not starting to walk, and a lot of advantage if she does. We can start going to playgrounds when she does, for instance, and doing more there than just sitting in the baby swings. But I digress…
14.5 months is an interesting age because I am realizing that she understands some of what we say, now. She definitely understands “breakfast” “lunch” “dinner” “snack” “nap” “bedtime” and “walk”. I suspect she understands “new diaper” but doesn’t care.
A month ago we broke her of her pacifier habit. Going-to-sleep is still rockier than it had been, but she’s much better at staying asleep once she’s there. Onward and upward, little trooper.
