She cut her second tooth and pulled herself up to standing early this month. She has been wanting to stand ever since. She's been working on crawling but she can't figure out how to get that second leg behind her when she moves from sitting onto hands and knees. She celebrated her first Halloween and first Thanksgiving this month. She has also really started to feel the separation anxiety, which means people had to be patient and let her adjust before holding her over the holidays.
Dr. Sears says that human gestation is 18 months, but we are born after 9 months because the head is so big. I really believe that, because I feel like I have a newborn again with her clinginess, need to nurse, and sleep patterns. Also, she seems a little more equipped to be in this world now that she can eat a wide range of foods, move herself about (pretty quickly for a non-crawler), has a healthy fear of strangers, and just has more awareness and interactive capabilities than she did nine months ago.
