>These past two weeks have been an incredible growth period for McKenna. She went from refusing to even entertain the idea of popping a cheerio into her mouth to gobbling them up along with almost anything else put in front of her.
She went from plopping her bum on the ground to crawl to wherever she wanted to go to actually pulling herself up on something, letting go and walking there with two feet. Yep, I said walking. She’s not great and certainly isn’t keeping up with Bean, but she’s trying. She can take a few steps, stable herself, take a few more…even change direction before plopping down. She sometimes gets a bit excited and goes to fast, with results in a face plant, but she shakes it off like a champ and tries again. I’m so ridiculously proud of her.
She no longer sleeps like a baby. I used to place her in her crib and she’d fall asleep like she always had…flat on her back, hands up by her ears, head turned to the side just slightly. Now, she rolls over, piles up her blankets to create a pillow and plops down face first…like a real person. She squirms all over the crib and can even turn on her aquarium all by herself. I even had to move her monitor because she repeatedly grabbed it from the edge of the crib. I often go in to get her only to find everything from her crib thrown to the floor while she stands there smiling ever so proud.
She’s babbling…she’s saying “dadda”…she’s making great efforts to start signing for “more” and “eat”. She’s a big person now. My infant is gone….and will really be gone in 15 short days when she turns 1. Nursing is the only thing I’m holding onto at this point and even that is slipping through my fingers quickly.
I’m both scared and incredibly excited at the exact same time.