Learning to Walk, Talk, and So Much More

William has been cruising along furniture for quite some time. The end of March, I was thrilled to watch William take his first step. Since then, he has learned how to take up to 5 or 6 steps at a time. His balance is slowly improving and he is getting much better at being able to stand up without holding on to anyone or anything. He is still much faster at crawling than walking, but he prefers to walk if he can hold onto someone with at least one hand.

William has also added to his vocabulary. He can now say hi, bye-bye, uh-oh (one of our personal favorites), and bath. He has started saying Mama again and usually says Daddy now instead of Dada. These words are in addition to the others that he had before: Dada, doggie, and kitty. He even has a sentence: Hi Daddy. Of course, most people might not be able to understand all of his words, but we are very proud of him none-the-less.

We have been working on a few baby signs. William has two signs that he does: bottle and more. It took us a while to figure out what he meant by his "more" sign since it was not the same as what we were showing him. He can also wave hi and bye.

We recently learned that William loves music. We play CDs with children's songs on them and he likes to clap his hands. When we stop, he does the sign for "more". One of his favorite songs is "If You're Happy and You Know It". He also likes to play the piano with his Daddy. Today, he actually learned how to play one key at a time. Then he went back to banging away with his hands. He loves sheet music. My theory is that it is another book to him and boy does he love books!