The many changes of Erin

When you live with someone day in and day out, it's hard to notice all the small, subtle changes that occur until either someone makes you stop and see them or they turn into big changes. So, when my parents call and ask me "what new things is Erin doing this week?" sometimes it's hard to come up with anything. However, when relatives come to visit who haven't seen Erin in months, I realize just how much she has changed and accomplished.

So, here's a list of some of Erin's accomplishments since the start of the year.

1) Erin is eating level 2 foods and starting to try meat
2) Erin is eating some finger foods using a pincer grip
3) Erin has gone from having two bottom teeth to a total of seven teeth and gets them brushed with special baby toothpaste!

4) In addition, Erin grinds her teeth
5) Erin claps her hands together - but not on cue
6) Erin can pass an object from one hand to the other
7) Erin loves playing "peekabo" and knows how to pull an object off her face
8) Erin grasps the concept of object permanence and looks for an object when it goes out of sight
9) Erin is holding her head erect and only has to go to PT once a week now
10) Erin has outgrown her reflux and is sleeping in her own crib in her own room full-time
11) As a result her crib/bassinette has finally graduated to being a playpen in the living room and Erin enjoys playing in her jail
12) Erin can make transitional movements from lying down to rolling, sitting, tall kneeling, or hands and knees without help and is able to sit unsupported
13) Erin is exhibiting precrawling behaviours such as turning in a circle, rolling, scooting backwards, and rocking on her hands and knees - we anticipate she will be able to fully crawl in a few short weeks
14) Erin has started to develop some stranger anxiety, but not consistently
15) Erin loves to "dance" - in sitting, lying down, or when you hold her up to stand
16) Erin has perfected what we refer to as "old man face"
17) Erin is babbling more to indicate what she wants with her favorite sounds now starting with "m". She occassionally uses "da" but is more fond of "ba", "ah blah", "ga", and "ca" lately.