In the last two weeks, our little T-Rex has made some new advancements. Add to the list of skills:
- Pulling herself up to standing, and then sometimes letting go (she has way more confidence in her balancing abilities than she should)
- Regular crawling instead of army crawling
- Pushing herself into a sitting position on her own
- Making sounds that indicate attempts at words (mamamamama when I leave the room, umumumum when I try to get her to say "yum" after taking a bite of food, etc.)
- Advanced signs of understanding object permanence (not only looks for dropped objects & enjoys peekaboo, but if an object rolls behind her from left to right, she will look for it as far as she can turn her head, and then turn her head around the other way, as she knows the object will appear on her other side)
- Will entertain herself with a toy for longer periods of time
Yesterday was Avery's first time at the grocery store riding in the cart like a big girl instead of riding in the cart in her carseat. Josh wasn't with me so I am always nervous to try new things with her by myself. I have a crippling fear of being "that lady" with the horrible child having a meltdown in the middle of the store and disturbing everyone around me. However, I always seem to forget that Avery loves to go places (except the baseball game), and I usually underestimate her. She was perfectly happy riding in the cart and did not try to escape. She did, however, try to turn around the whole time to see where we were headed. I guess she doesn't like the idea of having her back to all the action. She also reached for a few items on the shelf but was unsuccessful, and became especially excited on the baby aisle when she was surrounded by colorful boxes of diapers with big pictures of babies smiling back at her. She smiled & played peekaboo with me, and waved and smiled at other shoppers, eliciting such comments as, "Ooooh, what a cute baby!" Next time I will try to remember to leave my fears at home and bring my camera.
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