Climbing into the bed

It's one thing when your child climbs OUT of the crib, but it's another thing when your child climbs INTO the crib. And that's exactly what Millie did over the weekend. She got her one foot onto the bottom of the rail, put the other foot onto the mattress and proceeded to pull herself in. The next time she tried, she was having some trouble. So as I was standing by with the camera, she asked me, "Get chair?" Sure, why not. So she got her blue play chair, pulled it over to the crib, climbed onto the seat, stood up and held onto the rail, put her feet on top of the back of the chair, and climbed into her bed.

Needless to say, I've let the crib rail down to act like a transition from a crib to a toddler bed. So far she has done really well with it. So that's what will be next. Soon....

Millie climbs into highchair

Here's a video of Millie climbing into her highchair - all by herself. She does it with ease!

Millie climbs to the top

On Saturday, we had dinner with our friends, Gordon and Nilsa, at their house in Griffin (they are just a couple of streets over from us).

They have a swingset and "treehouse" for their son, Alan (who is 8 and I don't think he really plays with it anymore). But it has a ladder on it - I'm going to try to describe it for you. It is like 10 pieces of wood slats stacked like a ladder. Well, Millie walked over to the playset, got on the "ladder" and climbed right to the top. No hesitation, no turning around asking for help, no problems. Went on up and up and up. We were both shocked. Well, maybe we shouldn't be because she is quite the climber (she gets it honestly).

She is definitely all over the place, but in a good way. I was very proud of her.

Millie is our little climber

Millie is really an active child and she has recently been trying to master the skill of climbing onto the furniture. If it's too high, she will turn to you and ask for help. She holds out one hand, you take it and then she holds out the other one and you take that and she pushes her feet up to get into the big chair/couch. She is a smart girl and we encourage her to keep trying/don't give up.

She is also cruising the furniture a lot more lately, and has taken a few steps too. Before too long, we will be chasing her around the house.