I’m doing this with a baby on my lap so if it’s not as entertaining as you like…get over it.
So I knew from the beginning that loving and caring for our child was going to be amazing. What I was not prepared for was how awesome it was going to be to watch her learn. She is learning how to use her hands. It all started last Wednesday night. She was in her exercise saucer just staring at these things that she can spin (check out the video and you’ll see what I’m talking about). I played with them to encourage her, but her hands never quite got there. On Thursday night, I was on the phone and noticed that she had picked up a rattle. Then, she stared very intently at the spinners…and slowly got her hands to them! She did it over, and over, again. (I have a lot more footage, but I can’t upload it.) Now, a week later, she starts playing with them as soon as you put her down. She’s not interested in anything else but those spinners. However, the child has a short attention span so I expect her to move on any day now.
A couple of days after that, I had her in her purple Bumbo seat and noticed that she had her hand on her sock. She was looking at her foot! So I pulled the sock off and let her play with her foot. She watched it in amazement…trying really, really hard to get it into her mouth. Oh, that reminds me. It’s the most fun thing to watch her try to put toys in her mouth. Lots of times, she gets the back of her hand, but she’s getting better.
There’s something new almost every day. I seriously had no idea. I can’t wait to watch her learn to walk and talk. (no she’s not rolling over yet but she’s getting close…still hates tummy time)
On another note, we are going to pick up our “new” car tomorrow. It’s a 2002 Suburban. That’s right. I’m going to be driving a land yacht. They are so huge, but they have so much cargo space, it’s ridiculous. I can’t wait until I have to try to park this thing.