We see this in her abilities and temperament.
When Charlotte is awake her legs are almost always in motion, kicking away.
She reaches for things now, most often to indicate that she wants to be lifted into a standing position at the couch or by her crib. This is her new favourite thing: standing supported - with almost total disregard for balance, mind you!
Charlotte's reaching motion is usually accompanied by a grunt, and her repertoire of sounds continues to grow. She has sounds for, "hey, look at me!", and "what is that?", and sounds that she makes when she's eating that are equally intense whether she's enjoying her food or not.
She's beginning to get into finger foods - cheerios (excuse me, "Nutrios"), toast, cheese and broccoli are early favourites - which is fun.
Charlotte is quite deft at turning the pages of her books.
She is also beginning to nap in longer stretches, for which I am thankful, although she keeps me guessing by throwing shorter ones into the mix.
As Charlotte communicates better, I see some toddler willfulness coming through. She wants to stand, not sit, then she wants to stand by the coffee table, not the couch, thank you very much, and after that, back to the couch, please. And while you're at it, pick up those books and coasters so I can push them off the coffee table again, would you? Today was a bit of a high maintenance day - I'm not sure if she was experiencing some discomfort, if she was spoiled by all the attention over Easter and didn't want to go back to playing on her own, or if it was just one of those days...
But Charlotte also laughs more easily now.
She plays little games with us and responds to our laughter. Every so often she'll come at us with a big open mouth - we're not sure if it's a kiss or not, but it's definitely affectionate. These are the kind of things that make the fussy bits not such a big deal after all.
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| An Easter family photo |
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