Kailey is ten months and into everything. She finally decided she would enter the world of drawers and cabinets so nothing is safe. She loves to climb the stairs so the gates are up and locked and I love having an extra pair of eyes on that one, "MOM, she's going upstairs again!" She is babbling constantly and now putting two words together like, "bye bye dada." So far her recognizable, consistent words are mama, dada, bubba, baby, duck, puppy, all done, bye bye, hi, no, yum, ball, book, and I'm pretty sure she's trying to say some other people's names as well. Just yesterday she took off to a new level of walking and took ten steps! Here we go! She is content to play by herself with whatever is around her for long periods of time but then returns for a snuggle every now and then. She doesn't want baby food, she wants big people food she can feed herself and will eat absolutely anything. She listens intently to what Bubba is learning and doing and I can tell she's going to try to keep up with him in every area! Last week when we were working on potty training, she would crawl in the bathroom and try to sit on the little potty! She is a constant delight and this first year with her is flying by so quickly.
Into everything (notice the green crayon and the mark where something rolled down the stairs and bonked her little head!)
She never wants to sit when she can stand
Bubba is the funniest person in the world
And it's so fun when he'll have crawling races!
These videos have been wonderful for Little John. He started watching them before he was two and quickly learned all his letter sounds, a song to help remember them, and words and pictures in his mind associated with them. They do a good job with the sounds, for instance "m" says "mmm," not "muh" (which can cause confusion in the reading process). We're working with another curriculum now that he's starting to read and have moved on to the next two videos that talk about building words. I would highly recommend these for anyone!