Comments on: Walk On By.

By: Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect

Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:44:52 +0000

You guys are sweet. :) Thank you.

By: Porter

Porter — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:39:27 +0000

I was asked a lot of those questions at the Parents as Teachers screenings and felt like you did!
Annalyn is a wonderful little girl! I have no worries that she will turn out just fine. :-)

By: chelleybutton

chelleybutton — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:39:32 +0000

Yeah, I think only people in "the business" would pay attention to things like that (stacking blocks, etc.). And it's not necessarily a good thing to know about all those milestones in some cases — it can make you hyper-aware of them and paranoid when they don't happen right when you think they should, but all kids are different and have different rates of development in different areas! I think Annalyn's definitely got a lot of kids beat in the area of friendliness! :) And I agree that she's smart too :)

By: Erin Welch

Erin Welch — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:46:38 +0000

PS Annalyn is SO adorably cute. Love the photos, especially the last one: you can tell she's thinking, "Yes, oh yes, I am pushing the cart. I ROCK!"

By: Erin Welch

Erin Welch — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:45:08 +0000

Mary, you are so hysterical. Your writing style cracks me up almost every time I look at your blog! Who counts the blocks as baby stacks them? But thanks for the warning–I'll be sure to count when Linc gets there. :)

This should make you feel better: yesterday I had to stop to think how old Lincoln is when someone asked me. He's not even 6 months yet and already my brain is gone!

By: triplesalchow

triplesalchow — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:23:36 +0000

Hooray! I can tell she's smart. Especially verbally (why is that not a surprise?) Eliza has the exact same stroller. It was the first item to motivate her to walk (we tried other wheeled toys before the stroller and she just wasn't interested; then Grandma brought over the stroller one day….). There must be something about the height, positioning, handle bar, etc, that babies love. Or maybe they like it cause they like pushing around their baby dolls.
My SIL is an early childhood specialist and I sometimes ask her what Eliza should be doing right now. I'm sure she uses the same list because I've heard the block stacking one before, but I would never have any idea that stuff was important without her around!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:40:28 +0000

Hurray for walking!
And go for it- feel really good about how smart she is! It's perfectly normal for a child to excel in one area and then have troubles in others. We all only have so much brain space. I bet Einstein walked REALLY late! :)
And hey- Aiden still can't follow two consecutive commands! :) Katie can, but we're still working on eye contact with Aiden. To each their own issues!

By: Kim H.

Kim H. — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:13:52 +0000

Mary, first of all -- don't beat yourself up cause you couldn't answer a few dumb questions. You know your child. You know her needs. You know her likes and dislikes. You love her up like the perfect child she is. You are doing the next right thing for her. Period.

And even if it isn't the timeline you'd hoped for, God gave her to you because he knew YOU could handle what she needed.

Thank you for sharing her progresses with us. Your hopes, your fears, your stresses. Thanks for keeping it real and know you make a difference to people by sharing.

And I'm just sayin'...could that baby girl get any more adorable? I want to eat her up!!!!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:32:03 +0000

My 8 year old son was diagnosed with autism at 3.5 years old. We were asked the same exact questions. They are from the MCHAT questionnaire (it's a screening test for autism). My 20month old step grand-daughter also can't do those things…