For quite a while Sophia has been playing with doors, opening and closing them and acting quite delighted with her ability. Tonight for the first time she used the door knob to unlatch a door and let herself out of a room. I think it helps her that the handles on our doors are ADA-style levers and not traditional knobs.I must admit that my initial reaction to this skill was to utter an expletive thinking of how much harder it will be to limit her access to the house. But, she seemed very proud of herself and I must reconcile myself to her growing independence and abilities. Plus, now we won't have to worry about her screaming when she accidentally shuts herself in a room.
As Paul put it, she has now officially advanced beyond the cat; Abby can't open doors.
