Toddler Time!
After a mere 2 months, the transition from infant to toddler is basically complete and it has been a lot of fun to watch. At 14 months, Zoe loves to:
- Toddle, walk and run, especially in airports. She loves doing laps around circular houses, but the dining room table, couches and any chair will also do. This is definitely the new self entertainment.
- Play chase with Daddy, with mommy usually “rescuing” her.
- Open and close doors (especially the bathroom door) to play hide and seek.
- Giggle at Mommy when she unlocks the house door.
- Play with (terrorize) animals. While the kitties don’t stick around long enough to play, dogs are rather friendly up to a certain point.
- Flip through her board books, turning pages and lifting the flaps of the peek-a-boo books.
- Clap her hands. (Mary taught her this.) We’re still working on high five.
- Arch her back in full fledge temper mode when she doesn’t want to be picked up, or is being restrained against her will. Daddy calls it the “my will is being thwarted” tantrum.
- Feed herself raisin bran, peas, pineapple, Indian food, etc. While there are many items on the hit list, it is still a mystery to us as to which new foods she’ll like.
- Cuddle with pancake teddy. Sadly cuddle time with parents is less valuable after a long day, and pancake teddy is the preferred companion. Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The transitions are nearly complete, as soon as we can consistently get her to hold her own milk bottle, listen to something other than disco in the car, and stay happily in the nursery at church instead of crying.
