ALICE - AUGUST 2007

August 2007 was our first full month at home together, already Alice was changing so quickly. Her core body stability improved a lot - she was much less wobbly, able to push herself back up, able to twist without loosing her balance, she began to pull herself up to standing, she held her arms up to be picked up, she'd give me cuddled me as I lifted her up from her cot, she put her rolling together to go over and over to move around the room and she learnt her name! She also started standing while just holding onto a prop not a person, including several seconds free standing. She also started crawling - backwards! 3 more teeth broke through in August.

She became much more adventurous with food, though not fond of Mummy's homemade things to begin with, she was eating an increasing variety of foods at any temperature and lots of fruit. We went swimming for the first time - Alice adored being in the water, splashed and kicked like a pro! In August I became aware of the extent of Alice's TV addiction - let's just say it's the cheapest form of childcare I know!

1sts in August - babbling sounds, clapping, waving.
1sts (with Mummy) - hair cut, swimming, vomit (lots of it, several times, ugh!), playing in the playpen filled with play balls.