Salmon and Souvlaki

Remember my joy at independent play returning last week?  Here’s an example of independent play, when Ellie was 14 months old.  She’s not so fascinated by the clean diapers now but she does still play with them if I leave them out for her.

If you don’t want to watch all 2 minutes of the video, you’ll get the idea in the first few seconds of the video and then you could skip to about 1:30 to see some more knee walking and interaction with me. 

She was still so fat three months ago!

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. 

Ellie walked on her knees for a long time (2-3 months?) before she was willing to walk on her feet.  Here’s a little example of that when she was 14 months old, along with her determination to also learn how to crawl up on the bed!