Thought Process of a 1 year old

Most adults really don't give babies enough credit for their intelligence. Sometimes I think my baby is smarter than some adults.

Now that she is 1, she is mastering the walking thing. She had taken a few steps before her first birthday, but a couple of days after, she decided this walking thing was okay. She will walk, and walk and walk. Sometimes she has walked in circles for 30 min, just because. As of Monday, she no longer needs a source to pull herself up on. No one showed her how, she just figured it out.

She has also learned that if mommy tries to eat something secretively, that its usually something Zoe wants. The other day she realized I was just finished chewing something and she pryed my mouth open with her finger and tried to pick chocolate out of my teeth.

Although we were initially opposed to baby sign language, when she started screaming to get what she wanted, we saw the value in it. She knows more, please, milk, thankyou and all-gone.

She also comprehends a lot of what I say. I have to spell milk out otherwise she starts signing it to me and tries to pull down or lift up my shirt. She does understand no - but often doesn't want to listen. If there is something she isnt supposed to have, she will try to go to the other room so I dont see her.

Yesterday, after calling moommm for several minutes from her crib, and me not responding to her, she quickly changed her tune to dadde dadde.

Every animal is a "daw" even if it isn't a dog. She also tries to say banana, and Grandma. She also taught her cousin Hailey to call the cat a "daw" much to Auntie Shelley's dismay.

Zoe understands to a degree the different roles that mommy and daddy play. She knows she doesn't see daddy as much as mommy. She can be perfectly content playing with daddy in a room, and then she will come find mommy - because she has pooped!! And she knows that daddy has never given her a clean bum.

I'm always amazed to see what new thing she will come up with. The amount of information that babies learn is their first year is mind-boggling. I'm surprised they dont have a constant headache!

Zoe keeps me busy with her antics, but I wouldn't change her one bit.

PS: As I was just blogging this, she put her toy in the recycling bin and managed to get the kitchen garbage can lid open (its one of those small step cans) and pull out a wrapper. The fun never ends.