Mia - 6 month update

With the 6-month mark now well behind us, we are starting to see some exciting developments emerge from our little Mia.

To start with, she is now able to crawl.

Backwards.

It’s actually quite a nuisance. Whereas before she was content to sit still and play with toys (ie: put them in her mouth), now when she sees a toy that catches her interest she gets down on her belly and as fast as she can, pushes herself away from it. Needless to say, this NEVER ends well. Our mild mannered child has turned into a frustrated screaming head that pokes out from under whatever piece of furniture she manages to back herself into (or under). The more she WANTS a toy, the more force she uses to try to get to it which just results in a quicker movement in the opposite direction.

I think I’d be frustrated as well.

Thank goodness the gross motor inadequacies are mitigated by some delightful language development. Mia has become quite vocal; when she is not screaming in frustration from underneath a chair, she is busy practicing various sounds, my favourite of which is (obviously) “Mum…mum mum mum mum”

She says “mum” like a proper English school child – quickly and precisely with a little accent. (I blame it on our Welsh friends who have just been over for a visit). After a few days of this Rob decided it was time to teach her “dada” and set to work on it. I kid you not- - the very next morning when I went to get her form the crib I was greeted with a smiling and elated, “Dada…dadadadada”

Our family, once again, is falling into the usual female/male stereotypes. Whereas Toby was crawling around the house at full speed by his 6-month birthday, he was not interested in the least in communicating verbally with us. Mia, on the other hand, is well on the way to proving that she will take after me and chatter away non stop while uncoordinatedly faking her way through the physical side of life.