Lillian's World

I filled this post in with a bunch of 'firsts' then was going to fill in the details later and never did, now I will fill in what I can remmeber.

abc's: We started singing the abc song while we brushed our teeth, then we noticed Lillian trying to sing along with the rhythm. Then when she decided that she loved to brush her teeth she would tell us she wanted to do so by reaching for the bathroom counter and saying a, b, b, b, b, e, b and smiling, she sang right in the correct rhythm too. Later on we would sing the ABC's all the time for her and she would say l, lalala(moving her tongue all around) P it was regrettably not caught on video.

first time sliding: we took her to get ice cream and they have a litttle kiddie center at ritters with a slide so Jared got on and held her and slid down, he said her little belly tightened up and while going down the look on her face was not the best but once down she smiled and ran around to the stairs again and again.



frustration yelling: there was about a little less than a month where she was not talking really well enough to describe what she wanted so she would 'scream' at us, I am VERY glad that was a short stage.



first butt spanking: we have a neighbor boy who is 4 and darts for the road every chance he gets and he is never reprimanded, I have seen the child almost get hit more times than I can count--it scares me to death. So, I decided that was one thing that a smack on the butt was worth. Lillian was about 14 months old when I was trying to teach her 'the line' which at our house is the sidewalk. She continued to run across towards the road so after telling her 'no' and talking to her I smacked her butt (I doubt she could even feel it with the diaper and how easy I did it) well instead of it hurting her feelings and having the desired effect she continued to stare me down and do it again, we did this 4 times and each time she looked more resolute in her decision. Finally, mommy won and since then she doesnt dart for the road, I figured great, I look like I am out here beating my toddler but oh well she wont get hit by a car. Of course I felt horrible spanking her since I am not a huge fan of it, ironically I did it before Jared did and he is very pro-spanking---he was miffed and let me know that 'spanking' was supposed to be his milestone!


keys bye bye: early on Lillian loved going bye-bye and she learned that if she heard the keys that meant someone was going somewhere--whether or not she was invited she would yell BYE BYE the minute she heard them move, often it was jsut Jared putting his keys away but she would still yell it and then be disapointed when we didnt go outside.