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Turning Heads

Tuesday 01 May 2007 | 0 Comments

I'm constantly amazed at all the things L has to learn, and how quickly she learns them. She learned those things waving around in front of her face were hers, and then she learned to control them. She's figured out that those growths from her lower body are hers, too, and she's learning to control them too.

Both those examples are very concrete.

Lately she's been getting into the abstract.

We noticed last night, for instance, that she's figured out a major fact about the world around her: it generally stays in the same place, and it's she that moves. She was watching K load the dishwasher, and I turn around 180 degrees. She quickly turned her head and continued watching. And it took me just a couple of seconds to realize the significance of what she'd done. I turned back around again; she turned her head again, and giggled when K kissed her cheek.

A few new pics on Flickr

Monday 30 April 2007 | 2 Comments

Including this

Girl, Mother, Grandmother

The Laugh

Friday 27 April 2007 | 0 Comments

It’s something every parent eagerly awaits, I suppose — early laughs. Unlike early “smiles,” which are often the result of baby’s gas, laughs come from a sense of humor, and not a pressurized digestive system.

L has been laughing here and there, but only for a few moments, and then it’s just smiles. Recently, however, she has begun laughing for extended periods of time. Not extended enough for all of us huddled around her, but more than a few isolated seconds.

Sort of… (Redux)

Thursday 26 April 2007 | 0 Comments

Not only did I not provide the link to the video the first time. It turned out that the video hadn’t even uploaded properly.

Sort of…

Wednesday 25 April 2007 | 0 Comments

Sitting IThere's a definite developmental order almost all infants follow. Sitting comes before standing. Crawling comes before walking. Babbling comes before talking. Liquids come before solids. It's all very regimented in the child's development.

Or so I thought.

L has been challenging that preconception, though. Now, the Girl absolutely and very resolutely does not want to sit. She wants to stand. Sort of. We've been burping her simply by setting her on bottom and letting the pressure that exerts on her belly (when she leans over slightly) force out all the offending air. Now, she simply extends her feet when we move her from a horizontal to vertical position, and it's virtually impossible to get her simply to sit.

Sitting is one thing. This is quite another.

Update I somehow didn't provide the link to the video. That's been corrected.

Note to Self

Thursday 19 April 2007 | 0 Comments

For the Grandparents

Tuesday 17 April 2007 | 0 Comments

Nana finally got to hold the Girl for an extended period of time -- a genuine miracle when Pa-Paw is around.

Wednesday Afternoon Hands

Sunday 15 April 2007 | 0 Comments

The Girl is getting control of her hands. They’re still jerky, and this is a cause of great frustration. “Get used to it,” I say. “Not being able to get your hands to do exactly as you wish is something that plagues us for our entire lives.”

But she has, I think, finally realized that those things sticking out from her shoulders are hers and under her control. So she’s reaching for things. She’s holding things. She’s flinging things, though somewhat accidentally.

And once a little almost-four-month-old gets that ability, where does everything go? Straight to the mouth.

Tricks

Saturday 14 April 2007 | 0 Comments

The Girl has been learning how to grab things with her hands and then actually do something more -- move it, hold it, bring it towards her mouth. Lately, I've been putting a clean cloth diaper over her head and seeing if she can pull it off. If I leave some wrinkles for her to grab, she usually does.

Tonight, however, she used her head -- but not literally.

Roll

Thursday 12 April 2007 | 0 Comments

Lots of rolls -- bank-and-roll, dinner rolls, credit roll, drum roll, sausage roll, Charles Rolls, bank roll, spring roll, barrel roll, Swiss Cake rolls, fat rolls, egg roll, shake-rattle-and-rolls, rock-and-roll,

But none of them can compare to this roll.