Sometimes, I wonder when certain milestones will be passed. I recall wondering over a year ago when Eleanor would be big enough to get into the carseat by herself. I wondered when she would start playing imaginative games and when Clara would roll over.
All those things happened today.
Eleanor wanted to climb into the car on her own and did it without help. Clara, when set on her tummy with arms under her, pushed herself over onto her back (at 7.5 weeks, wow!). And Eleanor informed me this morning that she was the mommy and I was the big girl. She then told me to watch out as the tiger was going to bite us. The relation between these two imagined scenarios is lost on me, but clearly there was enough connection for Eleanor to climb up into the chair to get her feet away from the ‘tiger-spider.’
We also pass some not-so-fun milestones as the days go by. Potty training is one that seems to drag on most miserably – sometimes with marvelous gains and other times with horrific messes – or is that misses? Either way, you get the picture. And today after Clara pushed herself over, I propped her back up on her tummy to try again, then ran to the other room to grab a cloth to wipe her mouth with. I came back to find Eleanor riding Clara like a horsey.
After a moment of utter panic and shouting sharply at Eleanor, who got off at once, I checked to see Clara was okay. I relayed the event to Elliott later on. He laughed, then I laughed, and Eleanor found this funny, too. Clara was the only one unimpressed, but then, she hadn’t said much when Eleanor was on her back, either. This is the blessing of her being such a solid baby – she wasn’t badly hurt.
So we all keep growing and learning. Sometimes we have nothing to show for it, and sometimes the change happens all at once.
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