Look who's standing...

Upright
No support
On his own
A few days shy of 8 months
Watch this space....

Conversations with Sarah

SAD Version 1.1
M: SARAH!! (high pitch of course)
S: I am sad, I am very very sad
M: Why?
S: Because you are bad with me ( translation: because you are angry with me)
M: I am angry because you have been naughty
S: Sorry mummy
M: Okay, don't do it again
S: I won't do it again, I promise. You not angry with me now?
M: (shakes head)
S: Yea....I am not sad now

SAD Version 1.2
S: Daddy, I am very very sad
D: Why?
S: Because Mummy is bad with me ( translation, see above)
D: Is she?
M: Eh? What?
S: Daddy....(sob sob)
D: Don't be upset Sarah
M: What happened?
S: Mummy so bad, I don't want Mummy, I want YOU Daddy
D: Oh, okay....
Mummy gives up and Daddy is confused, and once again she has him wrapped around her little finger

SLEEP
M: Sarah, remember what we talked about last night?
S: What mummy?
M: About big girls going to sleep on their own?
S: What mummy?
M: Big girls can go to sleep, and the mummy just sit outside?
S: Don't go away mummy. Stay with me
M: Are you not a big girl?
S: Tomorrow when I get bigger and bigger, I can sleep by myself. Tomorrow!!!
And so Mummy sits by the bed for another night....wrapped around her other little finger