At 13 months William doesn't walk on his own yet. He seemed like he was really getting there and then had a bit of a set back on Tuesday. He was standing next to me one minute, and next thing I know he had fallen over and was screaming. I thought he had hit his head so I picked him up and tried to soothe him, which took awhile. He's a pretty tough kid and doesn't usually cry over nothing so I knew he was in a decent amount of pain by the way he was acting. After rocking him and getting him to calm down, I put him down for his nap and he went right to sleep. After he woke up, I fed him lunch and then stood him up on the ground to play. He immediately started crying and I knew something wasn't right with him. After trying to get him to crawl (with difficulty) and testing out each part of his legs, I narrowed it down to his right ankle giving him trouble. I don't know if he twisted it when he fell or sprained it, but he couldn't stand or put any weight on it. He's gradually been able to get back on it and he's now back to cruising all over, he's just a bit slower now and limps a bit. I'm sure it won't be too long before it's completely healed as kids heal pretty fast.
But his preferred method of moving is definitely to pull himself up on anything and walk around holding onto things. He loves to get into EVERYTHING but he's doing well with learning boundaries. He has his own set of books which he loves, but he also loves getting into Mommy's books on the bottom shelf. He knows he's not supposed to get into them, and usually won't touch them.
Oh course everything is much more fun with you have your toothbrush with you
He loves finding his reflection in the oven door
"Who's that cute kid??"
"There are my toys!"
He knows where his head and his nose are and will point to them when asked. He also knows what the cow says and will say "mmm" (moo). He can say "Ma-ma," "Da-da," "Ah-sat?" (what's that?), "I-see-ah?" (either You want to see it? or Can I see it? which means he either wants to show you something or he wants something you have), "mo" (more), "ah da" (all done), and "Hi." He signs All Done, More, and Milk (which is usually his sign for food in general). He understands a lot of what you say and when I ask him where his "Bankie" or his toys are, he'll crawl around and go get them. If you ask him for kisses and put your cheek out to him, he'll lean in and just put his face against your cheek and then smile at you like he knows he made your day.
This Lent I've been working on staying more organized and structuring my day more. It's helped me immensely! I don't feel as stressed because everything has a time when it gets done so I don't have to worry about it until then. I work as I go, cleaning each room as I go into them in the morning. By the time William goes down for his nap, I find most of the tidying and general cleaning is done and I have time to sit down with my Lenten books and do some reading and prayers.
That of course is the biggest factor in how my day goes. If I find myself too busy or distracted to sit down at least for a little while to spend time with God, I am more stressed, my mind is all over the place, and by the end of the day, my mood has declined. There hasn't been a single day that after at the very least 10 minutes of reading or praying, I've felt worse than I did before. I always feel better as well as more focused. It's the one point in my day that I try to schedule everything around, rather than try to fit it into everything else. I doesn't always happen at the same time because as all mothers know, it's ridiculous to try to predict how are day will go and stick to strict timelines, but it's still good to aim for a certain amount of structure. Setting times to accomplish things by will just give you a goal you can work toward, and it may be an hour later that you actually reach it, but it's just something you can look ahead to and keep you motivated.
Happy Friday and have a great weekend!
~Lindsay
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