Ellie first started helping me in December, when she was just 14 months old.  It still amazes me that babies can do so much when they are so young!  She loved to play with the diaper cream while I was changing her diaper so I started having her “help” me put it away so that she wouldn’t get upset when I took it away from her.  It was through this that we learned that Ellie will happily put anything away, even dangerous (and of course, oh so fun) things as long as she is helping.

It also amazes me to see how wobbly she was at 14 months compared to how amazingly self-assured and in control of her body she is now.