13 months

Two exciting things this month, we took away the binkie and Isaiah's taking 4-5 steps on his own! Last Thursday he was exhausted from being at daycare all week. I was home the next day and we didn't have any plans for the weekend since Brian was on call. I laid him down for bed, covered him up with his blanket and said goodnight. He was a little confused and opened his mouth for his binkie and cried for a few minutes when I left, but fell asleep within minutes and slept all through the night. Since then he hasn't had the binkie at night or naps and has done great. Today was the first day at daycare without it, so hopefully it went as well there as at home. As for walking, he started to gain more and more balance when we walked around the house with him. He's been holding onto one hand for a while now and standing on his own for a few weeks, but as soon as he knows you've let him go he'll plop down on the floor. Now he'll walk 4 or 5 steps before he looses his balance and falls. Brian started working with him a lot last week, but the funny part was the more he worked with him the more Isaiah started thinking it was a game. Brian would stand him on his feet and Isaiah would get jello legs, fall, and laugh so hard. Hard to make any progress after that point!