Water Table

I haven't had much time to post lately because Teagan's bedtime has been very unpredictable. I think it may be related to Paul's busy schedule and I remember this happening last time he was working crazy hours. If I try and put her to bed at a normal time, she will either fall asleep and then wake up within an hour and stay awake, or she will just not go to sleep until really late. It seems like she is waiting up for Paul. When he was home more on the weekend, she did much better with going to sleep. Just a few more weeks until Paul's schedule gets back to normal, so hopefully bedtime will improve also.

Teagan made an attempt at her "first steps" yesterday. She does really well with standing, but hadn't really tried to step forward yet. Yesterday she was standing and decided she wanted a toy that was on the floor in front of her. She stepped forward with one foot before squatting down to get the toy. Normally she would just squat down and crawl forward. So maybe she's getting the idea that you can go forward standing up!

Tegan got a new toy this weekend that she really likes. It s a water table. She has been having a lot of fun splashing in the water and putting all the water toys in and out of the bucket. Sheould be a fun toy to enjoy outside this spring and summer.

Into everything!

If you want to keep Teagan busy, just give her something to take apart, take out, or put in a bag. She just loves to get into everything! She can stay quite busy when I give her my wallet to play with. The challenge is to round everything up when she's done. She sure can scatter it around. Up until recently I hadn't let her play in the pantry. We kept the door closed, and she'd crawl as fast as she could whenever we accidentally left it open. Then one day I realized, I always let my nieces and nephews play in the pantry, why not Teagan? She has been enjoying unloading everything off the shelves and shaking the boxes of Mac & Cheese.

Yogurt as a finger food!

Teagan is so determined to do it all herself with feeding and makes her wants very clearly known! Instead of just having the food on her tray, she wants the bowl, spoon, and food. She wants the whole piece of bread, not just pieces. She wants to drink from my cup instead of her sippy. And even if we are eating the same food, the food on my plate certainly looks more appealing than what is in front of her. Last night she wasn't too happy that I was trying to feed her yogurt, even though that consists of me putting the yogurt on the spoon and handing the spoon to her. That wasn't good enough. She wanted the whole bowl on her tray. I knew it would be messy, but it sure was funny! Although she is mostly just playing in the video, she actually ate the whole bowl of yogurt with her hands and wanted more! She did feed herself a few bites with her spoon but decided it was just more fun with her hands. When I cleaned her up, she actually had yogurt on her eyelashes!

Big Helper

Teagan loves to "help" with laundry. She stands by the drier whenever I put the clothes in or take them out, and if anything falls on the floor, she will get it and throw it back in the drier. But nothing beats unloading the laundry baskets. When I am actually trying to fold clothes, it is kind of like a race. I fold as fast as I can, and she pulls things out of the basket as fast as she can. Once the basket is empty, she goes for my folded piles. I accidentally left a basket of folded towels on the floor and as soon as she got a chance, she went for it!

Purse

A girl has got to have a purse, right? I gave Teagan a little purse to play with since she loves to put things in and out of bags. She is so cute playing with it. Sometimes she will drag it around by the strap. I thought it was so funny when she brought it with her over to the window and hung onto it while she stood looking out the window.