copycat/daredevil

You've changed so much this week, it's crazy!

Here are a few of the 'copycat' things you're doing these days.

-If we start talking baby to you, like, bababa and dadada, you repeat what we say. Except for mamama... What's up kid!? You say dadada when I say mamama... Dad loves it.
-You're still playing peek-a-boo. I'll sit on the floor next to your pack n play, and when I look over the top of it and say "peek a boo!", you bounce up on your toes and look over the top. And when I squat down and look at you through the mesh side, you squat down and look through the mesh. Then we touch noses through the mesh, and you usually start to lick it.
-If dad and I put our hands in the air, you put your hands in the air.
-I clap for you when you stand up, and I also clap and cheer when you fall or bump into things. (Sounds mean, but you usually don't cry if I give you a happy reaction to your little crashes.) But its looking now like you're trying to clap when I clap. It doesn't make much of a sound, and your fingers aren't straight when you do it, but you're definitely hitting your hands together when I clap.
-You hum and flip your bottom lip when I flip mine. I got a couple videos of it, but it's hard to get you to do things as good when you see the camera, it's a big distraction for you.

And you've become so daring the past few days. You're walking along pieces of furniture by holding the edge, but if you see something you want, either another piece of furniture or a toy on the floor, you turn and go for it. It always results in a fall, but you are determined to get what you want. You know where you want to be and you will get there. It's led to a lot of little fusses, you don't cry, but I hear a lot of frustration fusses throughout the day. Dad keeps saying you're trying so hard to walk. I don't see that quite yet, and I told dad we are not going to push walking. Crawling is enough for a few months! You get into everything, and go everywhere! I'm not ready for faster moving and higher reaching yet. Keep crawling kiddo!