I'll do it myself, thanks!

Vanessa has been making some of the decisions around here. For example, although we put her on her back to sleep, she decides to sleep on her side.

Sometimes she doesn't want mommy or daddy to feed her, she wants to do it herself. Sometimes she's so focused on her spoon that I can't pull it away from her to refill it. I've tried introducing an extra spoon to distract her, but somehow that makes feeding her even more complicated. (And entertaining!)

Now that she's becoming a little more mobile, we decided to put up a safety gate to keep her out of the fireplace and the entertainment center. You never know what she'll decide to do next!