Jess is 14 months old today and is no closer to walking than she was 6 months ago! She bum shuffles her way around the house most efficiently and when she gets to her destination she stands up and holds onto the nearest things, ie, couch coffee table, legs.

She is starting to use intonation in her babbling and mimics what we say to her. “Good Girl” is her favourite thing to say, and while we are the only ones that would understand what she is saying, it gives us great joy to hear it!! She also says, “uh-oh” when she drops stuff on the floor, Nanna, dadda, mum-mum, bub and lots of other jibberish. She was gurgling away the other day and Meg came to me very sad and crying. I asked her what was wrong and she replied “Jessie called me bum-bum”.