We think that Jo is starting to show now, an old lady offered to give up her seat on a bus the other week! The size increase is not affecting Jo’s ability to play with Eilidh, she can still fit down slides but swings are becoming more challenging.
Archive for March, 2009
OK, we’ve been kind of slack…Jo had her 21 week scan almost 2 weeks ago on the 10th March and we’ve not posted anything about it. Everything went fine and BabyII was as chilled out as in previous scans. There’s a couple of scan pictures below:
Eilidh has just finished her first week in the toddler room at nursery. She has settled in really well. It’s sad in a way to see her leaving the baby room but it’s great to see her growing up. She was the oldest in the baby room when she left and looked so big in there; she now looks quite dinky in the toddler room but I think she’s happy to be reunited with some old friends! The change of room brings with it some cultural changes such as sitting at a table (in a proper chair) for meals and sleeping on a mat in a room with the other toddlers rather than in a cot or pushchair.
Eilidh’s speaking is developing fast. Sometimes she’ll randomly repeat a word we’ve said and then we won’t hear that word again for ages. Other times she’ll pick up on a word and we’ll hear it loads for days – the current favourite is owl! Last weekend she started saying mama (previously we were both dada). It’s said so gently and cute and makes me smile every time.
It’s amazing how much a toddler can understand even if they can’t always communicate things to you. Eilidh knows what lots of objects are (but can’t say or sign their name) and constantly demonstrates this by bringing us things that we ask for such as her pyjamas or particular foam numbers. She’s also very willing to copy and help me do the dusting which is great! We’ll certainly have to be very careful what we say and do in front of her to avoid potentially embarrassing situations.
It’s hard to believe that Eilidh is almost 17 months old. It’s been challenging but loads and loads of fun. One difficult aspect of parenting is that the effects of many decisions you make will not be seen until several years down the line so it’s always hard to know if you’re doing the right thing. I guess we just have to go with instinct. We both have very similar ideas on how to bring children up and this has undoubtedly been shaped by the way in which we were brought up. We can only hope that our best is the best for Eilidh. She certainly seems pretty happy (most of the time!) and that has to be a good start.
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