A child in growth
House on Red Corner · 2007-06-27
I have been meaning to write this for a couple of days. EJ has been having drippy nose and a hacking cough lately. Seems like she clears up for a couple of days and then suddenly its all back again. I’m not terribly worried, but am setting up in appointment to get it looked at by the Doctor. But that is not what I’m writing about.
We have reached a couple of landmarks in her development. The first is the result of several visits to the playground. Each of these visits there was another little girl, a different one each time, who had an age appropriate bicycle. EJ filpped out every time the little girl wanted her bike back or would not let EJ ride it. It was so bad that Saturday, the first thing that happened when we arrived on the playground was the bicycle battle. And I mean immediately.
So we packed up, got on the Q train and arrived at Target to look for a bike that she can ride and play on. We found a big, red, plastic bike made by Fisher-Price that converts from a trike to a bike by means of a clever little mechanical trick. EJ loves it, and already expresses great interest in riding it frequently. She is still slightly too small to completely ride it, in other words she is not quite strong enough to pedal it, but she’s determined to get there.
The other milestone was passed last night. It was distinct, and I’m certainly not really pleased with getting to this point.
We have struggled with getting EJ to go to bed lately. It started about a month ago, on Friday nights, when Steph is visiting with her friends, I let the Squeaker fall asleep on our bed. Lately, she will not go to bed, unless it is on our bed, with us. The deal is, if she gets off our bed, I put her in the crib.
Well, last night, I put her in the crib.
She cried.
She screamed.
She cried.
She cried much louder.
She Screamed much louder.
She beat on the door to her room.
I opened the door and she came rushing out and grabbed my legs, while crying. Yes, that’s right, we have now reached the point where the crib can no longer contain the child. She is quite a climber, and I am not certain if I should be proud of her skill or not. Nevertheless, we are now officially into a new phase.
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