Day +178: big news!

No, not about Mina Brigitta. There's really no news at all about Mina Brigitta. She's pretty much in the same place she's been for several weeks now: cute, happy, energetic, and going to bed too late. We were a bit worried toward the end of last week because she'd had some not-quite-diarrhea and didn't seem to be eating quite as well. But that seems to have resolved itself so we can probably put that worry aside for now. She can go hours without eating anything, but then just when you start to get worried, she asks for "num-nums". Our next task is to try to get her eating healthier foods. Today she helped Keri make vegetarian lasagne. Sounds like it was pretty much an all-day project, but she had a lot of fun doing it. And she ate a reasonable amount of it. She noticed for the first time that broccoli looks like a tree. She was saying "Sissy eat tee" as she munched down the broccoli crowns.

The big news is that Isaac is walking! He took his first steps by himself on Saturday morning. We'd had him walk between Keri and me a few times, and he was taking several steps. But then Saturday morning I set him down on his feet in the hallway, and off he went! He took about 10 steps, then stopped and gently sat down. He still prefers to crawl, or better yet, have someone hold his hand. But that's probably just as well, given how many things there are to bonk his head on. The other fun thing he's doing is starting to climb. Yesterday I came into the kitchen to find him standing on the little kid chair bending over and leaning on the little table. We're going to need to start watching him more carefully.

We're also trying to figure out how to get Isaac enough nourishment. Our pediatrician told Keri it gets progressively harder to wean kids after 15 months, so she's trying to meet that target. The problem is, he's a picker eater when it comes to solid food. I think part of the problem is that he definitely has some molars coming in. I finally got him to eat oatmeal in the morning by giving him the bowl and letting him feed himself. He makes a total mess of it, but he eats it. Hopefully this phase will get over quickly, because he's been waking up a lot at night crying. Just what we need, more causes of sleep deprivation!