Wow! It's hard to believe that a month has already flown away since little Irini was down with Roseolla. As many have visited the blog and worried about her, she has recuperated marvelously and has continued to impress us all with her daily discoveries.
Irini is now well on her way to independence, roaming around the apartment effortlessly and pulling herself to a standing position. Yesterday she even worked (with Daddy's help) on getting down off the bed to the floor feet first. The other day (Halloween night) she decided it was time to celebrate and she clapped her little hands together in a silent round of applause. She asks to be lifted regularly now and is often found sitting on the floor with her hands up in the air. We move along to her and put our our two hands, not to pick her up but to offer the support of our two index fingers. She happily grabs each one of them, pulls herself up from the floor, takes a brief moment to balance just so, and then starts a sometimes short (couple steps) and sometimes longer (across the living room) journey into walking. On occassion she will live a little dangerously and let go with one hand and take that one extra step, gingerly mind you, just to test out her skills. Then she carefully balances as low as she can before her little butt plummets the last few inches to the floor.
She continues to amaze us daily. She is as beautiful now, with six teeth (four top and two bottom) as she was with none. She is as smiley now as she always has been and her communication has become a repertoire of different sounds for different occassions. Mom and Dad are trying to figure out her language as best they can.
She is also now able to put herself to sleep. After just two days of the "new" approach to putting her to bed, she is comfortable being put to bed before she falls asleep, only to lie down and work on it independently. This allows us to bathe her, clothe her, feed her, sometimes read to her, brush her six teeth, and then put her to bed. Gone are the days when she would be placed into her bed while sleeping from her feeding. She's a big girl now.
It's amazing really to think that, in some ways, the mind plays games with you. In some cases you look at her and say "has it already been 10 months?" as she grows and develops by the minute. But then, looking into her beautiful eyes, watching her smile at you, it's as if time stands still, along with your heart. The beauty of parenting. :-)
Irini is now well on her way to independence, roaming around the apartment effortlessly and pulling herself to a standing position. Yesterday she even worked (with Daddy's help) on getting down off the bed to the floor feet first. The other day (Halloween night) she decided it was time to celebrate and she clapped her little hands together in a silent round of applause. She asks to be lifted regularly now and is often found sitting on the floor with her hands up in the air. We move along to her and put our our two hands, not to pick her up but to offer the support of our two index fingers. She happily grabs each one of them, pulls herself up from the floor, takes a brief moment to balance just so, and then starts a sometimes short (couple steps) and sometimes longer (across the living room) journey into walking. On occassion she will live a little dangerously and let go with one hand and take that one extra step, gingerly mind you, just to test out her skills. Then she carefully balances as low as she can before her little butt plummets the last few inches to the floor.
She continues to amaze us daily. She is as beautiful now, with six teeth (four top and two bottom) as she was with none. She is as smiley now as she always has been and her communication has become a repertoire of different sounds for different occassions. Mom and Dad are trying to figure out her language as best they can.
She is also now able to put herself to sleep. After just two days of the "new" approach to putting her to bed, she is comfortable being put to bed before she falls asleep, only to lie down and work on it independently. This allows us to bathe her, clothe her, feed her, sometimes read to her, brush her six teeth, and then put her to bed. Gone are the days when she would be placed into her bed while sleeping from her feeding. She's a big girl now.
It's amazing really to think that, in some ways, the mind plays games with you. In some cases you look at her and say "has it already been 10 months?" as she grows and develops by the minute. But then, looking into her beautiful eyes, watching her smile at you, it's as if time stands still, along with your heart. The beauty of parenting. :-)
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