do babies really change so much when they reach 12 months of age? or are we as parents and society so keyed into this milestone that we see things, expect things, interpret things, even pre-empt things that might not actually be there?
there are a number of things percy does now that she didn't do at eleven months. she's been working up to them for weeks, in some way or another.
1. walking. has it in the bag. she got lots of practice at oma and opa's due to the larger spaces to roam about it. she also doesn't walk in the zombie/frankenstein fashion with arms straight out in front anymore.
2. sign language. she understands the signs for eat and bath. she does the sign for 'eat' to us when she is both hungry and thirsty so i think she has interpretted that sign to mean both. she doesn't do the sign for 'bath' but understands it when we do it.
3. holding her own bottles. both milk bottles and water bottles are expertly gripped.
4. friendliness. she's quite happy to be held by or play with or near other people now. i attribute this to attending child care. she's learnt that it's not only mamma and pappa that are nice.
5. speech. she's switched from saying 'hi' to all and sundry to saying 'hello'. her first attempts where a little hard to discern. now her 'hello's' to strangers along the street are returned with a smile because she is understandable.
she's a little girl now, no longer really a bubba. which is sad and exciting at the same time. except when she is tired and wants to cuddle to sleep. then she is all baby. adorably so.
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