She's walking!

In my last post, I said that Daisy was doing a couple of steps independently - well now it's more like 5 or 6, so I think I can confidently say that she's walking.

Jamie went from walking with his walker, to walking properly, in the space of about a week at age 15 months. Daisy on the other hand, has been walking with the walker since she was about 9 months, but is only now daring to let go and take steps on her own. She looks so pleased with herself as she totters around, and I think she's had a light bulb moment where she's realised it's going to be quicker to walk than to crawl.

She's been quite a handful with her crawling and climbing for a while now - heading up stairs and climbing onto toy boxes, etc. so I don't think this new stage is going to be too much of a shock. What I am finding difficult, is taking them outside and letting them both run free - I need eyes in the back of my head to keep watch on them both. Last week, we went to a family fun day in Pittville Park, where there were lots of bouncy castles, slides and ball pools, and also LOADS of people. Jamie of course wanted to run around the various activities, but Daisy also wanted to be put down to crawl around. I had a heart-stopping moment at one point, where I took my eye off Jamie for a moment to check on Daisy, and when I looked back, he'd gone! Luckily I was with friends and they quickly spotted that he was playing on a slide not too far away. But it was terrifying for those few seconds. I can see there are going to be lots more moments like that in the future now that I have a little toddler.