Gracie has finally bought into "putting-things-INTO-the-container" concept! After months of her entertainment being taking little things out of containers (her absolute favorite playtime activity!) she is now putting things BACK into the container! I used to have to do hand-over-hand for every toy - clean up would take half an hour as we combatted her very strong compulsion to take everything out. Then she started doing it with verbal prompts with every toy. This week she has only needed periodic verbal prompts and quickly puts all the toys away! horray!
A year ago, my friend Rachel http://josiecomehome.blogspot.com/ emailed a photo of her beautiful son standing on his own... I've since dreamed of having a photo to post of Gracie doing the same thing. It was always one of those wild-don't-think-it'll-ever-happen kind of dreams, a romantic, fairy tale type of dream. But this week, Gracie made another leap in development and muscle tone. It started when I leaned her up against the wall and planted her feet a shoulder-width apart. For the first time, she didn't lunge for the safety of my arms or hands, but rather, she allowed herself to stand steadily on her own two feet and she kept her center of gravity centered over her feet instead of wildly in front of her or to one side or the other. She even quickly figured out that she couldn't lurch around in excitement while standing on her own two feet with no support but a wall behind her back, but rather had to express her excitement over this new development with a gentl...
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