Mommy's shrinking comfort zone

There was a time when all I had to do to keep something out of Diana's reach was to put it on a desk. The desk could be as low as a coffee table - it didn't matter since Diana couldn't see or reach anything a foot off the ground.

Those days are over. Diana has recently figured out how to stand and she loves to stand up over and over again. No location is too perilous to prevent her from rising to her feet.

My worst experience with this so far has been, you guessed it, giving Diana a bath. No matter how often or how carefully I would set her bottom back down in the bathtub she would clamber up to stand at the side. In fact, she very nearly pushed herself up and over the side of the bathtub as mommy was still filling it with water.

Though she doesn't always stop what she's doing when I tell her, "No," I believe Diana does understand the word, "No." Just as I did with Amelia I have been trying to teach Diana the head motions associated with "Yes" and "No." However, unlike Amelia, Diana does a very funny and very obvious head shake when she hears mommy say, "No." Today I had to stop Diana from eating bark and grass on a couple of occasions while working with Amelia in the backyard. Diana eventually got to the point that when I would say her name and give her a stern look she would look down and shake her head, "No."

Now that's something I need to get on film.

Lisa