Miss Independent

Now that Baby E.M isn't really a baby anymore but actually a toddler, she's beginning to show a lot more independence. Even if she can't work something out, or lacks the skill to perform a task she'll still try.

And generally she doesn't give up.

That is, of course unless she knows how to ask me for help!

She has baby signs for Open, More, Drink, Food, Down and Finished.

For example, when she wants something opened, whether it's a door or a toy, she'll say "Mummy, dat dat!" (knocking motion with both hands).

And that's how we communicate now.

I began to teach her baby signs since I sometimes find it hard to understand her myself, and we have to go through a whole process of elimination to find out "What baby wants?"