I put Punky down for a nap yesterday and sat at the computer for some long-awaited "me" time. After ten minutes, and before I got totally engrossed in writing, I went back into her room for our usual routine.
At both naptime and bedtime, I always tell her I'll be back to check on her. And she never falls asleep till I do. She waits for me to pick her up, sway back and forth, sing her a song, and kiss her little head one more time. When I put her back in the crib, she falls asleep within minutes. I'm not sure how it all started but it's been our routine for months.
Anyway, I could hear her singing over the monitor but I was shocked when I pushed open her door. In hindsight, I should have grabbed the camera and snapped a picture, but at the time I couldn't help the burst of laughter. She was standing on her head.
Her head was in the center of the crib and she managed to walk her little feet all the way up the wall so her back was facing the door. She was almost perferctly vertical and surprisingly balanced. She seemed to know exactly how to position her little toes on the wall to keep her steady. And she was still singing away...my little multitasker.
I've mentioned her monkey-like antics many times. The running, jumping, bouncing, dancing, diving off the couch face first into a pile of throw pillows, climbing on everything, and lately she's been trying so hard to do a tumbleset on her own. She usually falls over sideways but it won't be long till she gets it.
I was the same way as a kid. I was forever standing on my head, jumping and flipping on the bed, and climbing anything I could. I asked my mom if this is what her mother's curse was about...you know the one...the one all mother's say at some point or another. Something like "I hope someday you have a kid just like you."
She said yes.
It obviously worked.
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