1. Walking. They are both speedy, confident walkers and now toddle into nursery together. I try to take them out for walks in the park whenever I’m at home as they really enjoy it and it seems to wear them out. I’m so glad that the clocks have changed and the evenings are lighter so that we can go for long walks after the girls’ tea. They aren’t quite at the running stage yet, but I don’t think it’ll be too long.
2. Teeth. Still only 6 each. I think the tooth fairy has stolen the rest.
3. Weight. I have no idea but I reckon they are probably about 24lbs each now.
4. New skills. They can both climb onto their walkers and perform a variety of Evel Knievel poses. The crawl up and down the stairs with ease.
5. Chatting. Now that they’ve mastered walking, they have turned their attention to talking and forming actual words. I was fretting about their lack of clear speech but they seem to be reaching the ‘parrot’ stage and will copy random words. Their latest words include ‘juice’ (used for both water and milk) and ‘teddy’ (which basically describes anything cuddly)
6. Sleep. We’ve moved bedtime to 7pm. G has (touch wood) been sleeping better since she discovered and adopted a small cuddly Pingu as her bedtime companion. As long as Pingu is to hand, she sleeps. We wish she’d found him sixteen months ago...
7. Feeding. They now feed themselves about 90% of the time. In the last couple of weeks they have started feeding themselves yogurt (mostly using a spoon) and cereal. We’ve pretty much dropped the morning and afternoon snacks as they weren’t really eating them and don’t seem to be missing them. They haven’t really started using a fork yet, so I guess that’s the next thing we need to work on.
8. Cross-stitch project. I’ve done a very small amount of work on it this month because I’ve been ridiculously busy. Maybe next month...
Next steps? More words. Running? Mastering using a fork. Teeth? Don’t make me laugh!
