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Thu, Jun 22, 2006 11:00 AM
So the Bug-bug is officially in full out toddler mode.

Nothing organic/inorganic is safe from her all prying fingers and curiosity. Crawling is done at warp speeds only. All stationary items are for pulling up THANK-YOU-VERY-MUCH.

Couple that with the fact that she **thinks** she can walk and we're in trouble.

And by think I mean fearlessly lets go of solid objects and lands head first on the floor screaming with the indignity of it all...(or at the slow reaction time of her Mama who should have psychically KNOWN she was going to release her hold at that second and try to step off)

She is also a prattling maniac. Mama, Mommy, Grandma, Nonno, Lu-Lu (Lucy), Bye-bye (waving included), HI, No-no-no-no (head shaking included), and an emphatic "A NI NI" which we have no clue as to what she means, but by gum she means something serious.

Arden is also starting to get familiar with places. The other day I was dropping her off at my mom's, a place she doesn't stay at all that often and when I opened the car door and pulled her out she looked around and said in a very satisfied voice "Grandma".

What else? She loves to order me around and lately demonstrated the power of the tantrum. (I laugh at her...somehow that is evil I'm sure but really...must we be so DRAMATIC?)

Arden has also become a tattle-tale. The other day she was banging on a window...a NO-NO in an old house with leaded glass windows. I kept capturing her wrist and saying NO BANG and if she did it again removing her from the window. She started to get frustrated. Tossed a tantrum which got her nowhere fast so she stopped, sat up and started yelling "NONNO! NONNO!"

I actually had to call my dad to share...turns out my dad lets her hit the window to her heart's content at the factory.

When Mama says no, Nonno says yes.

Until Arden pays the repair bills Mama wins.

:-) Dora

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Thu, Jun 8, 2006 12:33 PM
Bobby,

I think we'll be like Angelina and Brad and start charging for pics of Arden. I think it's a fiscally responsible decision. ;-)
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Update on the Queen

Let's see. Arden is now mobile. She started really "military" crawling while Grandma Joanne was in town, which was such fun. All of a sudden, she was moving, and she was fast!

She's now up on her knees and has almost got that perfected. She is desperate to walk, but just doesn't quite understand the gravity/balance concept yet. Soon though, I'm sure.

We're working on teeth 3 and 4 now.

Of course, we've continued to battle cold after cold accompanied each time with an ear infection. After her 6th double (or a really long 5th, which just never cleared up), we decided to explore our options with the pediatrician. The first thought was putting her on a low dose daily anti-biotic. If she had any "break through" ear infections when on that, then we would talk about tubes. However, because this latest infection still hasn't really cleared after 2 rounds of antibiotics, the gut feeling is that tubes is probably the best choice.

So, she's on the low-dose until our appt with the pediatric otolaryngologist in July, at which point it's about 99% likely we'll schedule the surgery. We would hate for her to have speech or hearing problems in the future because we didn't take this step.

She had her 9 month well baby visit this week and was pronounced great and wonderful and advanced, especially verbally. Always what a parent likes to hear!

We promise to update more often!

Erin

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