Walking-good, Biting-bad

Maria has been progressing quite steadily lately, as we've said more than once. With this development comes good and bad things. Let's start with the good--yesterday and today, I was holding Maria in a standing position by grabbing her just under her arms (or maybe it was by the upper arm, I forget), anyway, I was rotating her body so the right side went forward, then the left side. On her own, Maria was picking up her feet and sorta like walking!! I don't know if that makes sense, but she took lots of steps on several different occasions, not just 2 or 3 steps one time, so it wasn't a fluke. I think if we keep doing that type of thing, it'll program her brain and will help her walk.

And now for the bad--2 times now, I have caught Maria biting on the electrical cord for the back massager we have on the glider chair in the living room. You've heard how hard she bites and how sharp her teeth are...could've been a very bad thing. I finally moved the cord after the 2nd time (duh). She must get that from Kijana, who, too, likes to bite cords, wooden bedside table corners, Maria's toys, etc. As "troublesome" as she's becoming (Maria, not Kijana, Kijana's been a trouble-maker for years...), it's still exciting--just a few short months ago she wouldn't have even thought to bite a cord or peek through the window of her stroller or roll all around the living room or grab nearby toys and play with them.