Look at those bottom teeth!
Want a sandwich?
R and S
R and J
Saturday, July 12, 2008
The cuteness, some teeth, a sandwich, and us
The cuteness.
Look at those bottom teeth!
Want a sandwich?
R and S
R and J
Look at those bottom teeth!Want a sandwich?R and SR and J
R's Sign Language Dictionary: "Light"
Here's a video of R signing "light"--this sign is a little trickier for her, I think, because it's not like she asks for the light to get turned on or anything, so there's no real context for her wanting to use it other than to make us happy. But I think you can see she's got the idea in this video--she even almost says it!
R's Sign Language Dictionary, "Please"
By Jove, I think she's got it! She's finally--after much coaching from me and J (and Grandma and Grandpa when they were here)--signing please by putting her hand on her chest. This is a welcome improvement over her previous "please", in which she wiped her hands together as if she was saying "be done with it already!"
Friday, July 11, 2008
More photos soon...
I'll try to get some more photos uploaded soon. J took an adorable one of R and me today that I can't wait to get up here, and we have a few videos to share as well. I can't believe how well she's walking all over the place now. But now I have to get to bed!
Goodnight Moon
Every night to get R down to sleep, I read (more like recite) Goodnight Moon to her. I don't really understand why it's called Goodnight Moon, though. The moon doesn't appear prominently in the book, nor does it appear at some climactic or culminating moment.Most of the second half of the book is the little rabbit saying goodnight to the things named in the first half of the book, and the moon isn't one of the things mentioned in the first half.
In the first half, there is: a telephone, a red balloon, a picture of the cow jumping over the moon, three bears sitting on chairs, two little kittens, a pair of mittens, a little toy house, a young mouse, a comb, a brush, a bowl full of mush, and a quiet old lady who is whispering hush.
Then, in the second half, he says goodnight to: the room, the moon, the cow jumping over the moon, the light, the red balloon, bears, chairs, kittens, mittens, clocks, socks, the toy house, the mouse, the comb, the brush, nobody, mush, the old lady whispering hush, stars, air, and noises everywhere.
So, why, exactly, is it called Goodnight Moon? I mean, isn't Goodnight Room a more descriptive title for the book? I can come up with a number of reasons why it's called Goodnight Moon but none really satisfy me, yet. Is it just because "moon" is more poetic than "room"?
Also, what's up with the blank page where he says "goodnight nobody"?
Passions
My friend t (who comments now and again on this blog) talks sometimes about how her 17-month-old son, S, loves books. From what she says, it sounds like books--requesting them to be read over and over again, sitting independently with a book and flipping pages, etc.--are one of S's passions.
What are R's passions?
Not so much books. She'll look at them for short periods. She likes to pull them off of whatever shelf they're on. If they're not board books, she spends more effort crumpling the pages to hear the noise it makes than looking at the pictures (which is why she doesn't really have access to many non-board books unsupervised). And only when she's tired--before a nap, and before bed, if she's not antsy to nurse--will she sit quietly and let us read a book to her. Even then, she's usually more interested in flipping the pages herself, often to the very last page before we've even read the first page. When we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar (one that she likes quite a bit), she lingers on the pages where the caterpillar's eaten through the fruit, because she likes to feel the holes. She also likes Pat the Bunny. Her favorite page there is trying on Mummy's ring. She tries it on every which way.
Really, we do try to read her a lot of stories. Sometimes we do this when she's sitting and eating, as entertainment. Sometimes I read them to her while she's playing and doing other things. I'll just sit on the floor and have the book open. She'll come over and listen but not always for the whole book. She likes books fine, but she's not really into them.
So. What is she passionate about?
First, without a doubt: Music. She loves music. If it is playing, she starts dancing, no matter where we are. In restaurants, she moves back and forth in her booster seat. When we are out and about, carrying her in our arms or in the Ergo, she'll wiggle in response to music playing in a store. Sitting on the floor, she'll move her head back and forth, and sometimes do this really nifty shoulder move. Standing up she bobs up and down or moves her head back and forth (here's a video of her doing this). And she makes the hugest smiles and sweetest laughs when she hears music she likes.
Now that we have her CD player in the living room, all I have to do is say to her, "R, turn on your music," and she crawls over there and turns it on. When we sing to her (yes, even when I sing to her--which I don't do in front of people other than J and R) she dances and laughs. She loves things that make noise. If she gets a hold of something new, the first thing she does is shake it to see what kind of noises it makes. She loves to crumple paper, and rip it to shreds, I think because she likes how it sounds.
The other thing she's passionate about is Food. The girl has not met food she doesn't like. Except maybe green beans--these she wasn't too interested in when we started her on pureed baby food, but she's eaten them plenty of times since. She just doesn't go after them with the same gusto she goes after most other foods. R loves to eat. Oh man. If there's food around, she wants it, and she usually wants it now. I can't really think of any food she doesn't devour, although she really isn't interested in drinking milk. She loves water, but pushes away milk after the first sip.
What are R's passions?
Not so much books. She'll look at them for short periods. She likes to pull them off of whatever shelf they're on. If they're not board books, she spends more effort crumpling the pages to hear the noise it makes than looking at the pictures (which is why she doesn't really have access to many non-board books unsupervised). And only when she's tired--before a nap, and before bed, if she's not antsy to nurse--will she sit quietly and let us read a book to her. Even then, she's usually more interested in flipping the pages herself, often to the very last page before we've even read the first page. When we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar (one that she likes quite a bit), she lingers on the pages where the caterpillar's eaten through the fruit, because she likes to feel the holes. She also likes Pat the Bunny. Her favorite page there is trying on Mummy's ring. She tries it on every which way.
Really, we do try to read her a lot of stories. Sometimes we do this when she's sitting and eating, as entertainment. Sometimes I read them to her while she's playing and doing other things. I'll just sit on the floor and have the book open. She'll come over and listen but not always for the whole book. She likes books fine, but she's not really into them.
So. What is she passionate about?
First, without a doubt: Music. She loves music. If it is playing, she starts dancing, no matter where we are. In restaurants, she moves back and forth in her booster seat. When we are out and about, carrying her in our arms or in the Ergo, she'll wiggle in response to music playing in a store. Sitting on the floor, she'll move her head back and forth, and sometimes do this really nifty shoulder move. Standing up she bobs up and down or moves her head back and forth (here's a video of her doing this). And she makes the hugest smiles and sweetest laughs when she hears music she likes.
Now that we have her CD player in the living room, all I have to do is say to her, "R, turn on your music," and she crawls over there and turns it on. When we sing to her (yes, even when I sing to her--which I don't do in front of people other than J and R) she dances and laughs. She loves things that make noise. If she gets a hold of something new, the first thing she does is shake it to see what kind of noises it makes. She loves to crumple paper, and rip it to shreds, I think because she likes how it sounds.
The other thing she's passionate about is Food. The girl has not met food she doesn't like. Except maybe green beans--these she wasn't too interested in when we started her on pureed baby food, but she's eaten them plenty of times since. She just doesn't go after them with the same gusto she goes after most other foods. R loves to eat. Oh man. If there's food around, she wants it, and she usually wants it now. I can't really think of any food she doesn't devour, although she really isn't interested in drinking milk. She loves water, but pushes away milk after the first sip.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Clapping
Clapping is one of R's favorite things to do. She claps whenever she hears "Bingo" or "If You're Happy and You Know It" playing on her CD player (in fact, this is usually how I figure out that one of those two songs is playing, because she'll stop what she's doing and clap).
This afternoon she was standing in her room digging some blocks out of a box, and I said to her, "R, clap those blocks together!" and what do you know, she started clapping!
It's really exciting to see that she's starting to understand what you say to her and react to it accordingly. So much fun. And her clapping is too adorable.
She's walking circles around the living room now. Speaking of which, on another "isn't this adorable?" note, she likes to walk towards us and then give us a big hug when she arrives! And she gives kisses! Sooo cute.
Today J let her play with a comb, with which she immediately started trying to comb her own hair. She had fun combing my hair, too. She's interacting with all sorts of things in new ways, and starting to really imitate everything we do. She certainly wants whatever we're eating. If there's some kind of food on the table that's not on her high chair tray, you better believe she wants it.
This afternoon she was standing in her room digging some blocks out of a box, and I said to her, "R, clap those blocks together!" and what do you know, she started clapping!
It's really exciting to see that she's starting to understand what you say to her and react to it accordingly. So much fun. And her clapping is too adorable.
She's walking circles around the living room now. Speaking of which, on another "isn't this adorable?" note, she likes to walk towards us and then give us a big hug when she arrives! And she gives kisses! Sooo cute.
Today J let her play with a comb, with which she immediately started trying to comb her own hair. She had fun combing my hair, too. She's interacting with all sorts of things in new ways, and starting to really imitate everything we do. She certainly wants whatever we're eating. If there's some kind of food on the table that's not on her high chair tray, you better believe she wants it.
Baby's First Year Plan
(WARNING: Whiny rambling rant ahead).
This is for all you new parents out there. Don't get suckered into a "Baby's First Year" photo plan that sounds too good to be true.
When we were visiting pediatricians, before R was born and we were trying to decide which one to use, we saw that this one photographer had his photos on display in the office, along with a brochure advertising his "Baby's First Year" photo plan. You got 5 photo shoots (newborn, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months) plus a framed panel photo with one 3, 6, 9, and 12 month photo displayed in a row, all for $49.99 and no obligation or pressure to buy anything else. I thought it sounded great, so I signed R up after she was born. J was a little skeptical, but I was so excited I didn't want to think everything through.
Of course, though, there was a catch. We learned this the hard way when J went to pick up the proofs from the newborn shoot to bring home for everyone to see, and found out that there was a $195 non-refundable deposit to take the proof book home to look at. Yes, $195 to look at the proof book for a week and decide which photos you wanted to buy. Then, when you ordered photos, the $195 got applied to your order. So basically, you commit to ordering $195 worth of photos just by taking time to think about which pictures you want. And the proof book was just images printed out on regular printer paper--not actual proofs printed on picture paper--so why he needed the $195 fee is beyond me, other than to try and drum up sales.
So we sucked it up and ordered more newborn photos than we would have otherwise (and it worked out really well because I loved our birth announcement photos, which we pretty much only ordered because we had already spent that money on the proof book). But we'd learned our lesson. For the subsequent shoots, I made appointments to go in to the photographer's office and view the proofs in person to choose the one I wanted them to use for the final panel because this was the only way to avoid the $195 fee.
I diligently did this, despite grumbling every single time about how much freaking money this guy charges for prints (for example, he charges $70 for one 5x7; the price goes down to about $45 if you get the 5x7 in addition to a package, but the cheapest package is in the neighborhood of $350). So as you can imagine, J and I did not order any more pictures. But I was darned if I was going to miss out on getting this panel after I'd already paid this guy all this money. Grr. You can see above the proof he emailed us of the panel. It's really cute and I'm glad to have it, but I've definitely learned my lesson.
So. Don't get suckered. Even if the deal sounds great--and I do think $50 for 5 photo shoots and a framed photo is an okay price (for comparison, a photo session costs $14.99 at Sears, although you can almost always find a coupon that waives the session fee)--it really sucked to feel like we couldn't order any prints from any of the sessions because we couldn't justify his prices.
To be fair, the photographer kind of redeemed himself in my eyes a teensy little bit because he sent R a birthday card before her 1-year photo session and offered 24 free wallets if we brought the card in when we ordered photos. I brought the card in, not really expecting to get 24 free wallets if we didn't order any other photos, but sure enough, we got them! He did stick to his promise that there would never be any pressure from him or his employees to purchase prints.
The moral of the story though is to be careful when signing up for these things. They can be great deals, but be sure you know what you're willing to pay before going into it. If you think you'll want more photos than just whatever comes with your plan, check into the print prices. Otherwise, you might be better off going to Sears or Target or staging your own photo shoots at home.
ADDED: When J read this post, his reaction was that this is the kind of thing that most normal people would see coming a mile away. It's just me who didn't anticipate these issues. Oh well.
This is for all you new parents out there. Don't get suckered into a "Baby's First Year" photo plan that sounds too good to be true.
When we were visiting pediatricians, before R was born and we were trying to decide which one to use, we saw that this one photographer had his photos on display in the office, along with a brochure advertising his "Baby's First Year" photo plan. You got 5 photo shoots (newborn, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months) plus a framed panel photo with one 3, 6, 9, and 12 month photo displayed in a row, all for $49.99 and no obligation or pressure to buy anything else. I thought it sounded great, so I signed R up after she was born. J was a little skeptical, but I was so excited I didn't want to think everything through.
Of course, though, there was a catch. We learned this the hard way when J went to pick up the proofs from the newborn shoot to bring home for everyone to see, and found out that there was a $195 non-refundable deposit to take the proof book home to look at. Yes, $195 to look at the proof book for a week and decide which photos you wanted to buy. Then, when you ordered photos, the $195 got applied to your order. So basically, you commit to ordering $195 worth of photos just by taking time to think about which pictures you want. And the proof book was just images printed out on regular printer paper--not actual proofs printed on picture paper--so why he needed the $195 fee is beyond me, other than to try and drum up sales.
So we sucked it up and ordered more newborn photos than we would have otherwise (and it worked out really well because I loved our birth announcement photos, which we pretty much only ordered because we had already spent that money on the proof book). But we'd learned our lesson. For the subsequent shoots, I made appointments to go in to the photographer's office and view the proofs in person to choose the one I wanted them to use for the final panel because this was the only way to avoid the $195 fee.
I diligently did this, despite grumbling every single time about how much freaking money this guy charges for prints (for example, he charges $70 for one 5x7; the price goes down to about $45 if you get the 5x7 in addition to a package, but the cheapest package is in the neighborhood of $350). So as you can imagine, J and I did not order any more pictures. But I was darned if I was going to miss out on getting this panel after I'd already paid this guy all this money. Grr. You can see above the proof he emailed us of the panel. It's really cute and I'm glad to have it, but I've definitely learned my lesson.
So. Don't get suckered. Even if the deal sounds great--and I do think $50 for 5 photo shoots and a framed photo is an okay price (for comparison, a photo session costs $14.99 at Sears, although you can almost always find a coupon that waives the session fee)--it really sucked to feel like we couldn't order any prints from any of the sessions because we couldn't justify his prices.
To be fair, the photographer kind of redeemed himself in my eyes a teensy little bit because he sent R a birthday card before her 1-year photo session and offered 24 free wallets if we brought the card in when we ordered photos. I brought the card in, not really expecting to get 24 free wallets if we didn't order any other photos, but sure enough, we got them! He did stick to his promise that there would never be any pressure from him or his employees to purchase prints.
The moral of the story though is to be careful when signing up for these things. They can be great deals, but be sure you know what you're willing to pay before going into it. If you think you'll want more photos than just whatever comes with your plan, check into the print prices. Otherwise, you might be better off going to Sears or Target or staging your own photo shoots at home.
ADDED: When J read this post, his reaction was that this is the kind of thing that most normal people would see coming a mile away. It's just me who didn't anticipate these issues. Oh well.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Going Bowling
Yesterday, another birthday package arrived for R.
The first thing she wanted to do was climb on the box.
Then we helped her open the wrapping paper.
And the tissue paper.
It was a bowling set!
She was bowled over with joy. She clutched the ball, laid on the floor with the super-ultra-soft bowling pins, and participated in general merriment. It was awesome.
These bowling pins are so soft. The type of so soft that generally belongs to little baby blankets. The kind you touch in the store and then have to call over whoever else you're shopping with to feel them: "isn't this so soft?" And the whole group then stands around going, "wow, I can't believe how soft this is" "it's so soft!" etc. That's how soft these bowling pins are.
She doesn't really bowl with the ball yet. She's more of a human bulldozer. The minute we stand the pins up, she knocks them all over by crawling into them, walking into them, or falling on top of them to give them all kinds of love. She's been having fun picking one up, and then squatting down to try and pick up another, while dropping the first one, and then getting interested in a different pin. It's hilarious, and so much fun.
Thank you, D&S!!!! We love it!
The first thing she wanted to do was climb on the box.
Then we helped her open the wrapping paper.
And the tissue paper.
It was a bowling set!
She was bowled over with joy. She clutched the ball, laid on the floor with the super-ultra-soft bowling pins, and participated in general merriment. It was awesome.These bowling pins are so soft. The type of so soft that generally belongs to little baby blankets. The kind you touch in the store and then have to call over whoever else you're shopping with to feel them: "isn't this so soft?" And the whole group then stands around going, "wow, I can't believe how soft this is" "it's so soft!" etc. That's how soft these bowling pins are.
She doesn't really bowl with the ball yet. She's more of a human bulldozer. The minute we stand the pins up, she knocks them all over by crawling into them, walking into them, or falling on top of them to give them all kinds of love. She's been having fun picking one up, and then squatting down to try and pick up another, while dropping the first one, and then getting interested in a different pin. It's hilarious, and so much fun.
Thank you, D&S!!!! We love it!
(Plastic-Covered) Silver Spoons
J has been working with R on using a spoon. Here are two recent attempts.
You'll see in video 1 R's skill at alternating between dipping the spoon in the bowl with her right hand and grabbing oatmeal with her bare left hand.
In video 2, she, rather inefficiently, and not without a certain amount of waste, gets some yogurt in her mouth.
The video password is sutherbaum.
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You'll see in video 1 R's skill at alternating between dipping the spoon in the bowl with her right hand and grabbing oatmeal with her bare left hand.
In video 2, she, rather inefficiently, and not without a certain amount of waste, gets some yogurt in her mouth.
The video password is sutherbaum.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Anniversary Dinner
My parents announced before they came that they wanted to take us out to eat for our 3rd wedding anniversary, which was June 25. Tonight we went to this really nice restaurant just on the edge of town. The food was awesome, and the service even better. R was an absolute angel the entire meal, even charming several waiters.
J and I both had salads (I had the house salad and J had a roquefort apple salad, sans roquefort) and we shared this terrific Greek platter with hummus, baba ghanouj, feta, olives, pita, tabouli, and dolmas. My mother had a bowl of this amazing tomato, basil, and parmesan soup and my father had a New York Strip steak.
R's chair was a little low for the table. Here she is peeking over the edge and reading the children's menu.
For her dinner, she ate most of our tabouli--she couldn't get enough of the stuff.
My mother and I ordered dessert. Mmm, chocolate cakes--hers flourless and mine with flour. We both agreed that hers was better.
J and I both had salads (I had the house salad and J had a roquefort apple salad, sans roquefort) and we shared this terrific Greek platter with hummus, baba ghanouj, feta, olives, pita, tabouli, and dolmas. My mother had a bowl of this amazing tomato, basil, and parmesan soup and my father had a New York Strip steak.
R's chair was a little low for the table. Here she is peeking over the edge and reading the children's menu.
For her dinner, she ate most of our tabouli--she couldn't get enough of the stuff.
My mother and I ordered dessert. Mmm, chocolate cakes--hers flourless and mine with flour. We both agreed that hers was better.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Trying to instill the Buckeye spirit early
For her birthday, R received two Ohio State t-shirts--her first pieces of Ohio State gear--from my college roommate and her husband. She was so excited!
J took a few shots of me trying to get her to do O-H-I-O. She wasn't too thrilled about this, though.O
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She got a lot happier when I put her sunglasses on.
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She got a lot happier when I put her sunglasses on.
There was a farmer . . .
As I've mentioned, my parents are in town visiting--primarily to see R, but also to help us get things sorted for our move. We've gotten a lot of packing done over the last few days because they've been able to hang out with R or help us chase down boxes or prepare meals, etc.
It has been really great watching them interact with R. My mother, in particular, can get R laughing HYSTERICALLY, often when we're in the car. It's so awesome.
Yesterday evening all five of us were sitting out on the deck. R was on my lap, and I started singing one of her favorite songs, "Bingo" (she starts clapping once it starts playing on her CD player or she hears one of us singing it).
We sing the song through (I, of course, screw up twice) and R is still a little restless. My father takes her in his lap and my mother, who is sitting next to my father, starts singing, very animatedly, "B-I-N-G"-Clap!, "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap! And R, wow, R was dying. She was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe, watching my mother sing this. "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap!
Over and over and over. "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap!
I do think sweet baby laughter is one of the best sounds in the whole entire world.
It has been really great watching them interact with R. My mother, in particular, can get R laughing HYSTERICALLY, often when we're in the car. It's so awesome.
Yesterday evening all five of us were sitting out on the deck. R was on my lap, and I started singing one of her favorite songs, "Bingo" (she starts clapping once it starts playing on her CD player or she hears one of us singing it).
We sing the song through (I, of course, screw up twice) and R is still a little restless. My father takes her in his lap and my mother, who is sitting next to my father, starts singing, very animatedly, "B-I-N-G"-Clap!, "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap! And R, wow, R was dying. She was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe, watching my mother sing this. "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap!
Over and over and over. "B-I-N-G"-Clap! "B-I-N-G"-Clap!
I do think sweet baby laughter is one of the best sounds in the whole entire world.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Come in and say hello!
If you're visiting, leave a comment and say hello! Let us know you're here. It's fun to know who's on and reading.
Happy Fourth!
Here's our "Li'l Sparkler" enjoying the holiday with Grandma and Grandpa (my parents). R had a most excellent day, spending the afternoon actually walking between pieces of furniture. She's graduated from simply moving her feet while lurching to remaining upright for at least 4-5 steps before falling down.
Striking her best cheerleader pose!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Larry the Cable Guy on girls' clothing
According to this post on the Celebrity Baby Blog (yes, I confess to a shameful enjoyment of seeing pictures of celebrities and their kids), Larry the Cable Guy, talking about his 8-month-old daughter, said:
You always dress [baby] girls up as old people. The other day, my little girl was wearing a purple spandex flowery pair of pants and a top with a basket of fruit on it as a design. My mom came around the corner wearing the same outfit [Reagan] had on!Tell me that this quote doesn't describe this outfit: a tiered shirt and matching pant set with an embroidered pineapple/watermelon/strawberry on top in the front. (I really need to get a better picture of the front, but you can see most of the fruit thing in the picture below). Could you not totally imagine a little old lady in this?
Four teeth?
We think R is cutting four teeth (yes, four!) right now--all of the ones on top in the front. Poor baby! Two of them may have already broken through, and I hope the other two come through soon. It is no easy feat to look at a 1-year-old's gums, so I haven't gotten a really clear look, but from what I can tell, I really think each of those teeth are ready to pop out, if they haven't already. J's gotten a better look and he says the two on her right have already broken the surface, and that the other two are almost there.
I hope when they come through that it means the end of her night wakings the last few days. She usually gets right back to sleep, but we think the only reason she's waking up at all is because her gums hurt.
I hope when they come through that it means the end of her night wakings the last few days. She usually gets right back to sleep, but we think the only reason she's waking up at all is because her gums hurt.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
R's Sign Language Dictionary: "More, Please"
At one point when my brother, A, sister-in-law, M, and nephew, G, were visiting us last month, I found myself alone in the kitchen with G while he tapped his hand on the top of his head and babbled loudly. He obviously wanted something, but I couldn't tell what. So I called out to A & M in the living room asking what G was "hollerin' about." When M came in, she explained that G was asking for Daddy--his head-tapping was him signing "Daddy."
I'm really impressed by how many signs A & M have taught G. He signs a lot at 18 months and is really responsive to what you say to him. But, G's sign language, like pretty much any baby talk, is somewhat indecipherable to other folks without a translator (i.e., A or M) who can tell you what he is signing.
R's sign language is turning out similarly. So, to facilitate comprehension when y'all come visit or when you see R next, here is the first installment of
M actually taught R "more" when the gang was here last month, and we followed M's advice to add "please" once "more" caught on. R isn't great at saying please--we often need to prompt her more than once--but I think it's catching.
I'm also not quite sure why she does it the way she does. Typically, the sign for please looks like this, and what R does looks more like she's washing her hands of the whole business. (And also, just for reference, here is the sign for "more.")
I'm really impressed by how many signs A & M have taught G. He signs a lot at 18 months and is really responsive to what you say to him. But, G's sign language, like pretty much any baby talk, is somewhat indecipherable to other folks without a translator (i.e., A or M) who can tell you what he is signing.
R's sign language is turning out similarly. So, to facilitate comprehension when y'all come visit or when you see R next, here is the first installment of
R's Sign Language Dictionary: More, Please.
M actually taught R "more" when the gang was here last month, and we followed M's advice to add "please" once "more" caught on. R isn't great at saying please--we often need to prompt her more than once--but I think it's catching.
I'm also not quite sure why she does it the way she does. Typically, the sign for please looks like this, and what R does looks more like she's washing her hands of the whole business. (And also, just for reference, here is the sign for "more.")
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Turning the music on
Anytime there is music on, wherever we are, R will dance to it.
Today I was folding laundry in R's room while she goofed off with various toys. I had her CD player on playing some nursery rhyme songs, which she loves, and in crawling over to the bookshelf, she discovered that she can reach up to the CD player and push the pause/play button. You can see how pleased she is with her discovery in the video.
p.s. I've added another "mouthful" picture to my earlier post, as I got one today of her with laundry in her mouth.
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