Growing and Changing

Julia certainly is growing and changing.

When Julia was a little over a year old and we decided to put her in a daycare, she was extremely shy. She would cry and scream when I dropped her off everyday. She had a hard time being comforted by the daycare workers, because to Julia they were strangers and strangers scared her. Even outside daycare she would only really allow me, Jerrod, Jerrod's parents and occasionally my mother hold her. If anyone else tried, she would scream from fright. She could not stand being around more than a couple people at a time.

Now, less than a year later things have really changed. She is still really shy around new situations and lots of people, but it is like she is a different child. She eagerly goes to the daycare workers and cannot wait to play (although she is just as eager to see me when I pick her up). She is constantly giving the daycare workers hugs and lovings. She still plays a lot by herself, but she has made friends and talks about them often (She is always talking about Brooke and Ayla, two of her friends at daycare).

Julia is also getting better at entertaining herself. It used to be that if she was wake, I had to be right next to her. She did not wait me to leave her sight. It went even farther than just me being next to her, I had to be actively engaging her at all times. I could not get anything done while she was awake. Well she is finally starting to play by herself some. I can now take a quick trip to the bathroom or just sit on the couch for a few minutes while she plays on her own in the living room.

Last night we were driving home from daycare I hear Julia playing. She was playing Peek-A-Boo by herself. I would hear her put her hands over her eyes and say "Where Julia go?". She would then remover her hands and say "Peek-a-boo, there she is!". It was just too funny to hear!!