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The Tater Tot is walking! She went from very little interest in walking to intense interest in walking with a walker to “Mommy you’d better walk with me and hold my hands or I’ll get fussy” to “Look at me!” in two weeks! Granted she is just taking tentative steps but she got most of the way across her room today all by herself. And she’s making a concerted effort to let go of the furniture and walk the 4-5 steps to the next location now instead of plopping down on her bottom and crawling. It’s so much fun to see her gain confidence. She concentrates so hard but smiles so big when I clap for her! Of course that means I need to make sure I get my rest because I’ll be running after her now.

Mommy tip: I bought Tater Tot some lovely rubber soled shoes from Stride Rite (more expensive) and Target (less expensive but still not cheap) when she started crawling alot and pulling up on the furniture. Completely useless. Don’t buy shoes until they need them to protect their feet when they’re walking outdoors unless you have money to spare/burn. I read today (I forget where) that they really should be learning to walk barefoot anyway to develop their leg muscles. I have little faux leather (in other words cheap) shoes that she wears sometimes but most of the time she is barefoot inside.

Update on the Back to Basics—Sleeping. She completely skipped her afternoon nap and was difficult to get down for bed time. I put her down after we went to the park even though it seemed a little early but she had rubbed her eyes and yawned a couple of time so I thought she was ready. It turns out that she had “quiet play time” in her crib for over an hour during the afternoon but didn’t want to sleep. When I went in there she was standing in her crib swinging Mr. Duckie back and forth and grinning. Huh. But by the time bed time rolled around, she was completely out of whack because she had been awake since 9:30am. Not good. Hopefully we’ll get back on track tomorrow.

Speaking of back on track, I’ll sign off for now so I can get the dishes done before my “on-time bed time” tonight.

See ya’!