Two will be half the work of one, right?
Thomas stands more often now, perhaps once or even twice a day. At the library at the weekend he took 4 or 5 steps unknowingly, Tony having extricated his finger and me with my arms ready to receive.
Today he has just started to point to things that he wants, rather than just looking at [...]
We are definitely transitioning to a new stage in life with Thomas, as the current bookshelf reveals;
Toddler: Real-life Stories of Those Fickle, Irrational, Urgent, Tiny People We Love
Edited by Jennifer Margulis
The Girlfriends’ Guide to Toddlers by Vicki Iovine
Requested at the library;
The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
Thomas celebrated Capt’n Henry’s first birthday in style, as First Mate.
Please note the independent standing! It only happens very rarely. Thanks to Dan and Susan for the giraffe finger puppet that was so interesting.
One of the previous posts mentioned “The Ministry of Silly Walks”. I’ve realized that not everyone may be familiar with this agency. For those that haven’t heard of this before, the full skit can be seen here.
This is actually a pretty accurate replica of the current “walk” of the moment.
Thomas stood by himself for about 5 seconds on Sunday. It only worked because he was so heavily concentrating on the toy in his hand. The moment he realised he was unsupported he sat down.
He took what might be his first step. It was of the classic ‘controlled fall’ variety, between holding [...]
We all had a great time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium last week (though Thomas was scared of the octopus.)
Thomas had his one year check up, and he weighed 20lbs 6oz. (25th percentile)
His first top tooth finally broke through about a week ago.
Aeroplanes are a current fascination; as soon as he hears one he looks [...]
Cold Feb afternoon (56 F) at Stinson Beach. We were there just over a year ago today.
(I went into labour the day afterwards and I swear that the two events were connected.)
We had sand in the eyes and the ears and the nose,
And sand in the hair, and sand-between-the-toes.
Whenever a good nor’wester blows,
Christopher is [...]