And so does Veronica. Yes, our girl has mastered the art of balancing on two feet. She is cruising all over now, and loves to walk around (as long as you’re holding her hands). She even took a single step on her own a couple of times. It won’t be long now before she realizes she can do it (walking that is) all by herself.
And this has made Colin jealous, so he is working on standing alone too. (We’ll just skip the whole sitting up thing, Mom. This standing and walking bit looks so much more interesting.) Now that we’ve gotten the constipation problem mostly under control (thank you Miralax), Colin is doing much better with sitting — he can sit on his own for as much as 20 minutes, but he can’t get into or out of the sitting position on his own. But he no longer wants to be put into the sitting position, he wants to stand or kneel. And he can get there on his own. He just can’t always get back down.
Both babies also are making strides in communication as well. Veronica is regularly signing “more.” It is her go-to sign for everything, in fact. If she wants something, she signs “more.” If she’s happy, she signs “more.” So we’ve been trying hard to get her to pick up some additional signs to make our lives easier.
Finally, she has added some new signs to her repertoire. She will now sign milk; banana (sometimes); please (started doing this for ice cream); up; and today, spontaneously, she added bath.
I say spontaneously because we haven’t shown her the sign for bath. But this morning, when I was changing the babies’ diapers on the bed, Veronica sat up, pointed to the bathroom and started moving her hands across her body like she was bathing. When I asked if she wanted a bath, she started signing “more.”
Colin isn’t quite as far along with the signing, but he now will regularly sign “more,” and has done what we think might be his attempt at “milk” a couple of times. As with everything, I’m sure Colin will pick up the signs when he feels like he’ll benefit from using them and ignore us until then. He’s very practical that way.
Life continues to get more interesting, chasing two mobile and independent babies around the house. But in many ways, it is getting more fun too.
Both babies also are making strides in communication as well. Veronica is regularly signing “more.” It is her go-to sign for everything, in fact. If she wants something, she signs “more.” If she’s happy, she signs “more.” So we’ve been trying hard to get her to pick up some additional signs to make our lives easier.
Finally, she has added some new signs to her repertoire. She will now sign milk; banana (sometimes); please (started doing this for ice cream); up; and today, spontaneously, she added bath.
I say spontaneously because we haven’t shown her the sign for bath. But this morning, when I was changing the babies’ diapers on the bed, Veronica sat up, pointed to the bathroom and started moving her hands across her body like she was bathing. When I asked if she wanted a bath, she started signing “more.”
Colin isn’t quite as far along with the signing, but he now will regularly sign “more,” and has done what we think might be his attempt at “milk” a couple of times. As with everything, I’m sure Colin will pick up the signs when he feels like he’ll benefit from using them and ignore us until then. He’s very practical that way.
Life continues to get more interesting, chasing two mobile and independent babies around the house. But in many ways, it is getting more fun too.
These types of posts just makes my heart so happy! I guess is this case the phrase "you've come a long way baby" truly applies!
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