Susanna sure surprised us by successfully (and superbly) sitting today. Hooray! I wasn’t expecting her to master independent sitting so soon; just yesterday, we were practicing and I couldn’t keep her balanced for more than a few seconds without her tipping over like a top-heavy bowling pin. But Susie was bound and determined to keep up with her sister. When I sat her down with Becky this afternoon, she simply grabbed onto the toy between them and started playing while sitting up, as if she had been doing it all her life.
We’re so proud of you, Susie!
Susie also wanted to show that Becky wasn’t the only one who liked bits of bread. I had the girls sitting in their high chairs while Jim and I ate dinner tonight, and the girls weren’t happy with simply watching us eat without partaking themselves. So I placed a few bread scraps on their trays and watched what happened. Becky preferred to be handed the bread, but Susie expertly managed to take it from the tray to her mouth (her transfer was successful about 20% of the time – the rest of the time, I was wishing we had a dog to help clean up the floor!).
First sitting, then eating grown-up food, what’s next? Our babies are growing up!
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