More Adventures in Toddler-hood!

Shoshanna has had a couple of firsts in the past 2 days, which pretty much sum up life with a toddler.

Yesterday, she went off the diving board for the first time. We were having mommy-n-me swim class in the deep end (with floaty belts on toddlers & adults alike) and the only kids there were Shoshanna and her friend Courtney. C is a little bit of a daredevil, and she's been going off the board since the beginning. So C did it and Shoshanna clearly thought it looked like fun, so we figured we'd give it a try. Liz, her swim teacher, took her to the board, they walked the length of it (with Shoshanna holding Liz's hands), and then Liz lowered her to me. (This is the same way that Courtney goes off of the diving board.) She was never actually airborne, and she really really wanted to go again.

Today, Shoshanna had her first time out. We were playing in her room and she sunk her teeth into my leg REALLY HARD (hard enough to leave a bruise & almost break the skin - through my jeans!). When telling her very firmly "No! Don't bite!" was met with the same "proud of myself" grin that she had after the diving board, I scooped her up and deposited her in her crib for a minute-and-a-half (or thereabouts... I didn't actually time it). She howled, but hopefully she'll get the message that biting is not acceptable.