You are getting to be so independent, Miss Abby. Any help I offer in feeding you anything from cereal to yogurt is vehemently refused. You are determined to do it yourself. This has even come to include WALKING up and down the stairs unaided. No more sliding down on the tummy for you! You also try to put on your own shoes and hats and obtain your own snacks (yes, I catch you digging in the snack cupboard from time to time).
It is also clear that you would prefer to be walking with the rest of us whenever we are on a walk or a hike. But that slows us down just a bit too much, so it’s the stroller or the hiking backpack for you! You are very observant when we are outside – noticing squirrels, birds, flowers, even pointing out houses and cars.
Dropping your morning nap had been a bit of a painful procedure as you developed the habit of becoming overtired then only napping for an hour in the afternoon. I would hear you crying and my heart would go out to you so I would go in and rock you then lay you back down. Here your stubbornness really manifested itself as it reached the point where you would scream and cry when I sat down in the rocking chair and refuse to stop. However, if I walked out of your bedroom with you, you would stop instantly (knowing naptime was over for good). Once I clued in to your little game, I stopped going in to rock you when you woke. One day of you “crying it out” (very hard for me!) and now you’re napping 2.5-3 hours in the afternoon. Happy days!
Your verbal skills are amazing. You have a somewhat understandable word for nearly everything from “hungry” to “Roman” (cousin) to “no , thank you” (what nice manners!). The most recent verbal event was when we were all reading bedtime stories together. Isaac and I were reading a book of rhymes and came upon a picture of what Isaac thought was “Ring around the rosy”. Instantly upon hearing those words you sang out in a clear melody, “Ashes ashes all fall down”. Your dad and I looked at each other, flabbergasted. Since then, I’ve caught snatches of “real” words in the songs you sing constantly around the house. I’m convinced a lot of your time is spent singing “Amazing Grace”, actually. How I pray that you will know that grace in your own life even starting now!
It is also clear that you would prefer to be walking with the rest of us whenever we are on a walk or a hike. But that slows us down just a bit too much, so it’s the stroller or the hiking backpack for you! You are very observant when we are outside – noticing squirrels, birds, flowers, even pointing out houses and cars.
Dropping your morning nap had been a bit of a painful procedure as you developed the habit of becoming overtired then only napping for an hour in the afternoon. I would hear you crying and my heart would go out to you so I would go in and rock you then lay you back down. Here your stubbornness really manifested itself as it reached the point where you would scream and cry when I sat down in the rocking chair and refuse to stop. However, if I walked out of your bedroom with you, you would stop instantly (knowing naptime was over for good). Once I clued in to your little game, I stopped going in to rock you when you woke. One day of you “crying it out” (very hard for me!) and now you’re napping 2.5-3 hours in the afternoon. Happy days!
Your verbal skills are amazing. You have a somewhat understandable word for nearly everything from “hungry” to “Roman” (cousin) to “no , thank you” (what nice manners!). The most recent verbal event was when we were all reading bedtime stories together. Isaac and I were reading a book of rhymes and came upon a picture of what Isaac thought was “Ring around the rosy”. Instantly upon hearing those words you sang out in a clear melody, “Ashes ashes all fall down”. Your dad and I looked at each other, flabbergasted. Since then, I’ve caught snatches of “real” words in the songs you sing constantly around the house. I’m convinced a lot of your time is spent singing “Amazing Grace”, actually. How I pray that you will know that grace in your own life even starting now!
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