Sit up, roll over, beg- it seems Petra has mastered all the main doggie tricks. Sitting up started more than a month ago, but now is pretty darn solid. She's learned to catch herself with her arms to keep from tipping sideways, so backward is the only "danger" direction now. Rolling over was first accomplished this Friday, but by Saturday afternoon she was doing it pretty regularly (she clearly has a system that works for her, and follows it carefully). Stomach to back is more frequent, mainly because she hates being on her stomach (so why would she roll onto it at all?).
The begging part is more problematic. It seems she has developed a whiny "eeehhhhh, eeeehhh" that she will repeat over and over when she isn't getting what she wants (what she wants now is usually for us to help her be standing up). It gets pretty annoying after an hour or so, and makes me long for the good old fashioned pouty lipped cry. As with all things, I'm sure it is just a phase that will go away (I hope!).
Standing up is definitely what she wants to be doing every moment of every day. She'll play a little, but quickly whines to be stood up. She is only a hair's breadth from being able to stand herself up when she has something to grab on to, so our lives are about to become VERY scary. She saw a little girl walking at a hipster art garage sale we visited this weekend (more on that later), and she was transfixed. Clearly, she has set that as her goal, and won't be happy until she is doing it on her own (any week now I'm sure).
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