A Monkey with Chicken Pox?

Kaitlyn beat the odds this week by actually contracting chicken pox from the chicken pox vaccine she received last week. The one saving grace is that she is too young to scratch the pox to a pulp like many older kids are inclined to do. And, she didn't actually get many on her face either. I guess she got a milder version, because, although she had well over 100 pox, they didn't really scab over like most pox do. But she was pretty miserable for a few days there, as were we!

Yesterday was the first day she started seeming to feel a little better and was totally back to her old antics--and then some! She accomplished two new feats yesterday, neither of which my boys ever even attempted at this age. The first happened while I was in my bedroom typing some emails. Kaitlyn wandered from the bedroom to the "child-safe" family room to play. I heard her making happy noises and banging toys. All of a sudden she got really quiet. As you parents know, that's when you need to go check on them. I sent Cotter in there to see if she was okay. He came back in saying, "She's fine. She's still eating." Hmm..."Eating what?" I wondered out loud. I ran into the family room to find Kaitlyn sitting peacefully in her highchair eating leftover crackers on her tray. There is absolutely no way for her to climb up the highchair and get around the over-sized tray to enter the seat. The only way she could have done it is to climb up the back of one of our living room chairs, step precariously (over the "air") onto the tray of her highchair and into the seat. Needless to say, I was a little amazed. She's definitely a problem-solver.

Kaitlyn also figured out yesterday how to scale a baby gate, which is actually a little depressing. I'm not quite sure how to contain her now! She didn't officially get to the other side, but she climbed the gate, her waist even with the top, and she was leaning over the ledge about to fall to the other side (kind of like a gymnast flipping over the uneven bars) before I caught her.

I'm guessing it won't be long before she finds her way out of her crib. Maybe I should invest in one of those crib tents!