By the way...

They say the second child's triumphs are not nearly as celebrated as the first, and I guess that's true...but it's also true that most of them have come so late with Littler that we kind of stopped thinking about them for a while... For instance, although Littler has been able to sit since she was six months old, it was only if I sat her up myself. Her options until very recently were sit or lay down on her back (at least if she could talk and you asked her, I'm sure that's what she would tell you). Due to her lack of tummy time, she didn't start 'locomoting' until she was just shy of turning 1 year old, and when she did, it was not traditional crawling. We have a picture video we'll put up very soon showing what it looks like, but the way she moves is by sticking her legs out and then scooting her bum toward her legs, using her legs to propel her. It is very cute and silly looking, but it gets her from room to room and across the playground, so at least it works, even if it isn't as efficient as crawling. Her next big physical accomplishment happened today! Yay! As of today, Littler can officially sit herself up from lying on her back! This will be very useful for the several times a day that Little pushes her over flat on her back...