Transition

Maya is just about 1 year old, and it’s time for her to move over to Tree of Life with Claire. This is wonderful and convenient for us, because now we only have one drop off and one pick up. I was so excited for this day to come, and now I’m so stressed about it. I’ve grown to enjoy Kids R Special more and more. I still love TOL more than any other place, but now it’s getting ready for these new changes. Maya is supposed to be one and walking when she starts there. They’re letting her start September 1^st instead of September 13^th, so I have to get her up to speed for her new home away from home. She has to be:

• Walking
• Off of the bottle
• On a sippy cup
• Off of formula
• On milk
• On 2 naps a day instead of 3 (and on a mat instead of a crib)

She’s picking up the walking thing very quickly, so I’m not so worried about that. I’m more worried about how to transition her to the sippy cup with milk and the naps. I know she’ll do it, so I just need to let go and let it happen. Claire transitioned so smoothly and adjusted to TOL amazingly well. I’m sure Maya will to. It’s more about how will I adjust. J

Communicating "No"

Maya has just discovered how to give her input without actually talking. When she doesn’t like something, she shakes her head “no”. Or, if you tell her not to do something, she looks at you, shakes her head “no”, tries again, you tell her no again, she shakes her head “no” again, then stops doing what she was doing. Very smart little girl. She’s also very excited that she can now communicate more with us. So cute!

Mommy's attempt at face painting. She kept wanting me to make another one. I think i made 4 princess crowns. Definitely not a princess crown artist. I'll stick to my flowers. Now to make sure she doesn't put her face on anything until we take it off.

Maya's learning to walk!

Maya is quite anxious to get off the ground and start playing with Claire. Rather than learning to crawl, she wants to get on her feet and walk. I’m guessing she’s giving up on the crawling since it seems hard for her to do. I think it’s because of her chubby little legs. She just can’t get the one to move under the other. Poor thing will lay on her belly and throw a fit because she can’t get up and move with us.

 

Last weekend we started practicing the walking, and she took a few steps and then would stop. A few days later we came home from daycare, and she chased Cielo around the couch without stopping. Give her something to go after, and she’s on the move!  Claire’s been amazing with helping her get there too. She’s so excited that her baby sister is finally starting to be able to do more with her. Yesterday she took Maya’s standing toy from our bedroom into the living room so that Maya would have something to play with and be happy. So sweet of her. Such a great big sister. They both work so well together. My sweet girls.

Happy 4th!