It's amazing how much babies learn in
the first year of life. They start from zero, and have to gain all
of the knowledge we take for granted, like gravity, how to focus on
objects, and that objects don't disappear when they are placed out of
sight. Xander is currently working on that all important skill,
focusing on an object, grabbing it, and for some reason bringing it
to his mouth. He's got each of these skills down separately. The
third is the most perplexing. For some reason, babies do a lot of
exploring with their mouths, as his slimy stuffed animals will
attest. He will put his mouth on anything he can, including his seat
belt straps, my shoulder, and of course, his hands.
Yesterday we got on the floor to
practice his focusing and grabbing. I pulled out Sophie the giraffe
and squeaked her next to his head a couple of times. He was
intrigued. He reached his hand out towards her, and missed. He
tried again, and touched her neck, but he hadn't opened his hands
wide enough yet. The third time he succeeded in grabbing her neck.
Not prepared for this, he waved her around for a minute, then brought
her to...his eye! Missed again! He consoled himself by grabbing a
handful of mommy's hair.
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| Tummy time is becoming more bearable |
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| Babyra! |
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