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Dearest Darius,
You are the best thing that could ever happen to mummy...Wat an amazing year we had together...I never knew a little being could achieve so much in jus 12 months...It is a real adventure to watch you grow and develop into your own little self. At the same time seeing a little reflection of myself in you...makes me strive to improve myself to guide you to be a better person than mummy...
Thank you for opening up a whole new world for daddy and I, for bringing so much joy and love to our lives. You made our family complete and we work hard to provide a loving environment for you to grow up in. You never fail to bring us laughter with your every cute little silly acts.
The next 12 months is going to be a greater adventure for you and for us, as you discover the world of independent mobility on foot and expand your vocal abilities. We look forward to sharing your little world of new discoveries.
We love you, boy boy.
Mummy and Daddy.
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Summary of milestones in the past year...
1st Month - Able to hold head up steadily
2nd Month -1st laughter and lotsa babbling, starting to pay attention to his crib mobile and toys
3rd Month - Discovered both hands and mouthing everything, able to sit supported, trys to bat at toys on the playgym
4th Month - Bottom 2 teeth erupts, likes tummy time, grabs at everything within his reach, loves bath time, enjoys playing infront of the mirror
5th Month - Pass toys from one hand to the other, drops toys and see ware they go, blows raspberry. enjoys bouncing on the jumperoo, will smile back when smiled at, sits unsupported
6th Month - Rolls from tummy to back and back to tummy, likes to shake his head vigoriously side to side, pick baby biscuits with fingers, stretch out arms when he wants to be carried, stranger anxiety
7th Month - Seperation anxiety, creeping in preparation to crawl, lurge forward using his bum while sitting, develops pincer grasp, banging toys to create sound, had 1st haircut since birth on Victoria Day
8th Month - Starts crawling and pull himself to stand, self feeds, starts using sippy cup, flip pages of baby board books, plays independently, responds to own name, enjoying splashing in the pool
9th Month - Walks with support and cruises around furniture, masters hw to sit down from standing position, his first word spoken porposefully: mama
10th Month - Learns to clap his hands, crawls up stairs, stand unsupported and walks by himself, opens and closes the door,
11th Month - Waves bye bye, dances to music and clap along, expresses himself better, so active he does not want to slow down for meals
12th Month - Flips pages of books and "read", attempts to climb up and down the couch/bed, shows temper when he does not get what he wants, getting more talkative, loves playing the chasing game, put things in and out of containers, likes carrying things around the house a.k.a make a mess
