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Life with a toddler can be crazy, hectic and sweet. Here's an update on all things Maya.

Potty Training

We are in the beginning stages of potty training. Maya did great on her first day - and then not so great on the second. I think she is ready..but something that I've certainly learned in my seven months with Maya is that she does things in her own time. So...we'll see. Daycare said that they'd give it a go for a week and them let me know if they think she's ready. I will default to the opinion of those who've done this a million times over!


update: Maya is not ready for potty training - she was 'kicked out' !!

Puppies and Shoes

This girl cracks me up. Lately, she's been pretending to be a puppy. Funny..since she is deathly afraid of the real ones. Early one morning (3:30ish), I was awoken to the sound of a yappy little puppy. Apparently, Ms. Maya was awake and bored, so she woke momma up with a fun little show. She then asked, repeatedly, for her shoes. Um..no..baby girl..we're not getting out of bed at 3:30am..nice try!


Words

She's got lots of them. And she'll use them when she feels like it. She continues to suprise me with full sentences every now and then. Last night, we saw her cousins hanging out on their porch down the street. Clear as day, she says to me: I want to see Carly. She'll do that from time to time...and stun us all.


Extra-curricular activities

We've been having fun at swimming lessons and now tumbling. Maya really likes the water. This class that we were in is an introductory Mommy & Me class. We hang out in the water and play fun little games. She LOVED going down the slide and splashing into the water.

We are alternating swim lessons with tumbling. We took a tumbling class over the winter that was mostly just playing on a variety of gymnastic equipment. It was structured, but the kids could pretty much play on whatever they chose. The next level up is for 2-3 year olds and the first thing that they said yesterday was that it is more structured..and that they begin to expect the kids to sit and watch..and wait their turns for each activity. My first thought was "uh-0h" Maya's not going to like this. But..she did beautifully! She needed some time to warm up to the teachers but once she did, she allowed them to help her out on each activity. She really enjoyed it!


Walking, Climbing, Running, Swinging

We spend as much time as we can at the park. Maya loves the swings. She will sit in the baby swing for a looooong time, commanding me to 'push, momma' -- she's also starting to get the hang of the big girl swings. The first time that she was on one at daycare, I got really excited and said something that got her excited and she just kinda plopped off of the swing. Since then, she's learned that you need to wait for the swing to stop and get help in getting down. Oops!

Maya is developing so nicely in her gross-motor skills. She's beginning to walk faster and faster and can even run a little bit. She likes to climb and can get herself up onto a lot of things.


Funny monkey

Some of my favorite things:


~ Maya will be walking away from me...stop and turn around...stick one finger out at me and say "back" -- as in, I'll be back. It's uber-cute!


~ Maya will also motion for me to come with her by curling her cute little fingers, motioning to me and saying 'mon momma.


~ My momma (or maw-maw or paw-paw). Maya likes to walk between the three of us, hug our legs and pronounce "My ...." She gets confused when Grandma (maw-maw) says...'and you are my Maya' -- she usually shakes her head no..points to herself..and says Maya.


~ Maya really likes our Laurie Berkner CDs. We have come up with funny little movements and motions for many of the songs. It's funny to see Maya doing a little car-seat boogie to the music! She mouths/sings a lot of the songs as well.



That's about all I've got right now.... I'll try to update more frequently!