She's Up!

Well, we're in for it now. Lil'Moo managed to pull herself for the first time this week...only to promptly pole-axe backwards when the Carer couldn't reach her in time. Luckily another wee girl gave her a soft landing :~

So this is now her favourite pastime - pulling herself to standing - and falling on her butt. About 30 times tonight. Apparently it can be difficult for kids learning to stand to get back down again, well, safely at any rate, but she seems to manage OK. Maybe the nappies she's in give a bit more padding.

So now we really have to crack on with Moo-proofing.

On more fun fronts. I wonder whether Marnie will be 18 before she sees enough snow to recognise what it is? (It has been a while since we posted...) She certainly wasn't fussed about it this time - if I understood her facial expressions, it's too cold to play with and it tastes of nothing. So what use is it? Snowy gloves, though. They're fun! You get a reaction shoved in people's faces! (Assisted by Mum.)

She's having a bit of a growth spurt, getting longer and heavier. Her nursery is coming along, but we'll need to be quick as she's pretty much out of her crib now. She wakes up with the cloth surround covering her head, looking like a very small nun caught in the act of wrapping her head. Doesn't help she's taken to sleeping with her hands behind her head - I guess it helps her find her dummy which is usually under her somewhere.Very comfortable, I'm sure.

She is definately developing her own ways of dealing with the world. She had two run ins with an energetic wee boy she knows. First time, he pinches her dummy (while she's watching, nonplussed) and gives it back with encouragement from his Mum. Second time, a few days later, he's standing on a bench as she sits on it beside him. His dummy's hanging free. While he's distracted watching something over the back of the bench, she leans forward and very gently takes his dummy and sits there sucking it until it looks like he's going to move, when she lets go and then pulls a face of pure innocence over her face when he looks her. Twice.

I think we're going to have to watch those tendencies, but it is good to see she's dealing with things rather than just accepting them.

Found an interesting story about being careful how you discuss things with chidren. Blue Peter does it again.

A slightly mixed rugby weekend down here, the Welsh dream shattered, but the Scots finally win something reasonably convincingly.

And finally a piece of news which may be good, or may be a really bad idea. We'll have to wait 'til Easter to find out. Red Dwarf is returning for a two parter - where they return to Earth...

More pics when we get them off the computer that isn't working...and yes, I can hear the groans / laughter down here.