Postscript

Hi Sidra,

Well, I told you things are happening fast with you. I already want to add to what I just posted earlier today. I forgot to put something in the earlier post. It is a pretty big milestone. You are on your first 24 hours without a binky. We are taking you off of it cold turkey. You napped without it yesterday and so we decided that we were halfway there and this might as well be the break from it. Last night you woke in the middle of the night as you do sometimes and I tried rocking you back to sleep. Without the binky, no way. You came in to sleep with us in our bed and that went ok except that you are kind of a thrashy sleeper. So, we’ll take one step at a time. We’ll wean you from the binky, then wean you from wanting to come into bed with us all the time.

Another thing you just learned tonight is how to catch a ball. I made it pretty easy for you but you get the idea. We used a ‘Gymboree’ ball which is really a small beach ball with a corporate logo on it. It was not entirely inflated so you can get a grip on it with one hand. But we had a good time throwing the ball back and forth from point blank range.

You’ve been to your second ‘gymboree’ session. It’s a place where you get to play on some cool play equipment and hang with other kids your age. You like it a lot and spend some of the time just staring at the other kids. You haven’t quite got the hang of being in a group class and sometimes wander off when the instructor is trying to get the attention of all the kids, including you.

The picture is one we took of you yesterday in your ‘hot’ outfit of halter and shorts.

Love, aba