Ok, I'm keeping the blog...plus, someone is walking!

Inara took her first hesitant steps alone last Thursday, and now she's trying to walk everywhere! She can't get up on to her feet without the aid of a hand, wall, sofa etc, but she's getting much braver with just letting go and walking off. Not managed to get any video of it yet, but I will.

She's taken huge developmental steps lately. In the last month she has learnt:

- wave bye bye and say 'Buh Buh' (bye bye)

- knee shuffle so she doesn't have to touch the ground with her hands. This came form her fear of touching grass!

- walk alone, the length of the downstairs is the most distance she's gone in one go so far

- point at things she sees and says 'Der' (I think she means 'there'!)

- wag her finger at people and say 'nuh nuh' (no no)

- feed herself with a spoon. She can't manage to scoop yet, but she dips her spoon into the bowl and eats whatever stick onto it!

- climb the stairs on her own (with us behind her obviously!)

- clap her hands

- put the phone to her ear to 'talk'

- holds her hands palm up and shrugs when you say 'All gone!'

I am so proud of her and I can't believe how fast she is growing!