June 17, 2004: On her way to toddlerhood

My baby is determined to walk! She made it around half of the coffee table today, holding on and cruising! She usually stands holding on to something with one hand and doing other stuff with the other - like picking stuff up from the floor or emptying the magazine and video racks. But now she's really getting into letting go of things altogether, which leads to major balancing acts, but she thinks it's hilarious. Many times when I help her walk she will just let go and stand there, thinking about taking a step, but instead she just sort of leans forward and I have to catch her.

I've also decided to nightwean her. She barely drank anything when she woke up at around 10 and 2 so I gave it a try. Sometimes she wakes up around 5 a.m. but I had decided a while ago not to get up for that one. 5 a.m. was just too brutal - I would come back to bed wide awake with the birds chirping and the sun out - it was impossible to fall back asleep. Well, it's been two days I started doing that and already yesterday she just woke up at 10 p.m. and then slept until morning. I think she is still confused why she doesn't get the breast but most of the time she will go back to sleep with only a little fussing. It helps that now she's older and can understand what a lovey is. She has this little bunny-blanket (Hasi) and usually holds on to his ear or arm when she goes to bed and also in the morning. It's so cute. She is so cute. I'm so in love.