Thirteen months and seven days

Alice is suddenly able to clap her hands, having previously shown a resolute lack of interest/ability in that area despite keen demonstrations from all family members. However, rather than enthusiastically joining in with games of pattacake, she tends to reserve her applause for musical entertainments on the television, chiefly Dancing on Ice and Christina Aguilera concerts. I KNEW there was a reason we don't have a TV of our own...

She continues to thrive in every other way, eating like a horse (if the horse had a habit of flinging handfuls of food to the floor without warning), cruising the furniture at high speed (though not standing or walking unaided yet), and chattering constantly. Tentatively identifiable words include: mama, dada, banana, grandma, dog, book and - wouldn't you know it - 'no'.

Alice getting her five a day