Okay, now I'm really getting sick of all this attention. I just want to potter around and explore and do my thing, but wherever I go, there's Mum hovering around me. We went to the park Wednesday afternoon with Claire and Amelia and Mum stuck by me the whole time and hardly let me go. I didn't mind too much at the time, but by the next day, when we went to playgroup, I was really sick of her. When I got into the hall I made straight for the little slide and tried to climb up it; Mum pulled me off. I climbed up a chair onto the table; Mum pulled me off. I climbed up onto the minitramp and bounced up and down; Mum tried to help me bounce. I walked to the doorway to go outside; Mum picked me up and took me there. JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

When I do get some spare time at home, I've been practising my first real word: 'Bye'. I'm pretty happy about that and have been waving at everyone and calling, 'bah'. The second word I've been working on is, 'hello'. I pick up the phone, hold it to my ear and say, 'ah-ooo'. If I can't find a phone, then a remote control will do, or failing that, a bookmark. 'Ah-ooo!'