Monkey K

Baby K is one of those babies that does not nap. At least not like other babies. Her normal schedule typically includes two 30 minute naps. Once in a while she knocks out for several hours, scaring me to death sometimes because I can't wake her up, but that definitely is not her norm. So what does she do instead of nap?

She discovers how the world works. Or plays. Same thing right? In her case it is. So far baby K been a little early at hitting milestones. She started teething, aka drooling nonstop, at 3 months. You can see the white spots where you know the teeth are going to cut through but still no teeth. Four little white spots but no teeth. Everyone keeps joking that one day she's going to smile she'll go from her grandma smile to a full mouth of teeth. At 3 1/2 months baby K started rolling over. At 4 1/2 months she was army crawling. Now at 6 months she has turned into a full-fledged monkey.

She is climbing everything. I was not expecting this yet! Baby K crawls on her hands and knees so I've been snatching up anything and everything but this pulling herself up to destroy things is overwhelming! She was crawling around on the floor while I stepped into the kitchen for a water bottle. When I walked back into the room I watched her reach up onto the bottom step and pull herself up all the way up to standing. Was that enough for her? Of course not.

She then proceeded to grab for the next step and pulled herself up onto the first step. What was my response? Sheer panic. My sweet little 6 month baby K can climb the stairs. Taking your eyes off her for one second now means: pillows pulled off the couch, leaves pulled off the houseplant, and DVDs pulled from the TV stand while turning on the Xbox, Wii, and Blue-ray player all at the same time.

baby K does much less of this (strapped in otherwise she climbs out)

and way too much more of this

Motherhood: tons of fun. This milestone: not so much. Is there anyone else who has struggled with this? I'd love to hear your tips on how to deal