A Bug's World

Since Madeline has started walking around more, we decided that it was time to buy her a pair of real shoes. These shoes are made for walking. After church on Sunday, we took her to a shoe store and had her fitted for a pair of shoes. She apparently has short wide feet. Well, wide is definitely in line with us, but SHORT? Andre’ wears a 13 and Jennifer wears a 10 usually, but has found some 8.5-9.5’s that fit.

So, the lady goes back and gets this adorable little pair of shoes, we put them on Madeline and what does she do? She sits down on the floor and throws a tantrum. The lady asks us what she thinks and Jennifer responds, “Well I like them, but I am not sure she does.”  We decided to buy them thinking she would get used to them. After all she has not worn shoes much. We mainly used them in the winter when going out to add a layer to her feet.

That evening after the stress of shoe shopping should have been off of her mind, we put the shoes back on her and put her on the floor standing up. She just stood there for several minutes without moving and looked up at us like “what would you like me to do now exactly?”

Madeline has started getting used to her shoes. It did take several days for her to even take a step in them. But she finally started walking again.

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Year Two

From August 10-16

Madeline has recently had two firsts. She had her first sips of cow’s milk from a sippy and she took her first steps on August 7th. Both are a work in progress.

To Madeline, only water goes in a sippy and so she refuses to drink more than a sip of it. It is now back in her bottle and we’ll keep trying to get her to drink it from a sippy. There is after all no rush.

She also decided to let go of the ottoman one night and take a few steps to retrieve a block from her daddy’s hand. With each attempt to take steps, she goes a little further. She is slowly gaining confidence. We’ve included video in this post of her early walking that was recorded two nights after her first steps.

Trying Cow’s Milk

About to Walk to the Ottoman

“Made It!”

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Year Two

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