A Fresh, Clean Start

Allison Clare and Gillian had their first real bath together on New Year's Day. Previously, I had once kind of dipped Gillian in while AC was bathing, but I didn't want to put them into the tub together until I was pretty sure Gillian could hold her own a bit, as Allison Clare's love is sometimes a violent thing. The following video footage makes clear how things could, at any second, turn unsavory:

Gillian also decided to ring in the New Year by crawling. She maneuvers around in a kind of awkward manner, reminiscent of a very slow crab--she is on her hands and one foot, with that knee bent out, and her other leg crossed under her. Her crossed leg sweeps the floor, and the other day, she laboriously made her way across the kitchen in a little jumper and when she arrived at her destination (me), I found two large toys under the skirt that had gotten swept along in front of that leg. Then tonight, as I was changing her diaper at bedtime, I noticed that one of her calves looked red . . . almost like sunburn. At first I wondered if she was having an allergic reaction, and then I realized it was that poor dragged leg. Little silly. I've been calling her Scooter.