Well, here we are in the first few weeks of July, and my little angel just turned 5 about 3 weeks ago. She is still the human incarnation of joy and is a delight to be around as she develops and is totally becoming an individual.
She lost her first tooth on June 10th (9 days before her 5th b-day) and another is loose right up front in her grill. We thought that she might need a helmet, yet in watching her, it seems as if she is not only doing better with her balance, but when she does fall, she is falling on her butt or at least her side and elbow rather than doing face plants...lol.
She is walking, yet still is not able to get up on her own and is only getting down by "plopping", which she is not always so keen on. She is starting to walk a lot without her braces. Part iof this is due to the summer, and part is due to her doing so well flat footed.
She is still not talking, yet Lis and I are making her communicate more in other areas, from tapping her tray when she is done with a meal (rather than throwing her head back violently and whining), to tapping on the door to go out to the pool, to coming to us and being "let down" rather than just falling.
She is feeding herself as long as it it "finger foods"; ie, cut up sandwiches, cheerios, ect. She is not yet using a fork or spoon on her own. She has progressed for a "straw-cup" to a "sippy-cup", and is doing well with tipping her head back. She can drink out of a glass, yet ends up dumping it all over herself...lol.
There are still some big challenges, more for Lis than myself. She has become clingy and needy, which results in her following a parent around and holding on to clothing or hand, which makes it VERY difficult to get anything done. She will tolerate the pool as long as it is not TOO cold and she gets to watch her Little Einsteins as she sits in her little chair (what a life, eh?).
Anyway, that is my little angel. Very mobile, yet still in need of lots of help and supervision.
