Sunday, August 5, 2007

Thoughts of the day..

At present, and for the past couple days, all three of us have been suffering through various degrees and stages of the same cold. Ella caught it first, then Kar, and now I seem to be coming down with it too. Yay, rhinovirus!

Today was a good day in general for Ella. Although she has done it a couple times before, today I had her take several steps while all I did was help her keep balance. This is definitely much improved, since a mere 3 weeks ago she had a strong habit of keeping one leg completely stiff while trying to walk. (Which leg she kept stiff would change, but she'd consistently do it with one leg or the other).

Ella also tried experimenting with pulling herself up from being seated flat on the floor, but wasn't successful. That said, it is good she's getting the idea, and we'll have to work on teaching her proper footing.

This whole weekend Ella's been quite vocal and babbling a lot, although it is still single-syllable (ma-ma-ma or ba-ba-ba, etc). Her babbling like this is nothing new, but I would say that she did it substantially more than normal this weekend.

The whole cold thing has been messing with her daytime naps and eating a little bit, but nothing alarming. She was being a bit reluctant with solids that involve chewing, but today she was back to eagerly eating puffs, bits of cheese, etc.

Anyway, I hope you're all doing well.

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