The Max Report

Maddux has hit that stage where she changes so much each day that it's hard to keep up. She finally started successfully eating finger foods in the last week. For over a month now she's been working with Cheerios and such, but dexterity has failed her, so she usually ends up dropping them on the floor in frustration. Now she shovels them in her mouth, handfuls at a time. She also eats Gardenburgers, graham crackers, strips of pears, asparagus, zucchini and apples, and pasta with her hands. On the new mommy-fed diet is tofu and chicken. As much as we can, we feed Maddux what we're eating for dinner these days. Some days go better than others.

Although she's talking up a storm, no 'real' words have come from Maddux's mouth yet (except the ever-present 'mamamamama'). She is starting to sign a little though. She knows "all-done" ends her meal and lets her out of her high chair, and I've caught her using that sign a few times when she wants out of the bath too. Though it's not totally clear that she's doing it intentionally, Mad Dog does clap her hands a little when she wants more food (similar to the 'more' sign).

Still no independent walking, but Max uses the walker all the time now, and she cruises whenever possible.