Caíthlyn's Blog

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Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Water and Remote Controls

Not a day goes by where Darren and I are not amazed at the wonderfulness that is our daughter. There are so many (little) things she does in a day that invoke either full blown belly laughs or exclamations of "Aaaaahhh, look!" that it's almost hard to keep track of them all.

We are trying to faze out the bottle. She get's one first thing in the morning and one last thing at night. (Once this teething nightmare is over and she is back to "normal" we will cut these last two bottles out too. I am thinking 1, maybe 1.5 more months tops)
So, during the day she get's her water/milk in a non-spill cup. She LOVES her water, nice and cold and fresh. No fizzy or neon-colored drinks filled with E-numbers for our Little Miss! She will toddle around the house happy as a pig in muck with her beaker in her hand. She will have 1.5-2 beakers a day.
Last week she was sitting in her highchair, head tilted back to get the good flow of water from the cup going and being a generally happy bunny. Darren was the first one to cop it..... Little Miss was taking big gulps of water and then letting it trickle down her chin. Like a little mini waterfall. She was doing it so subtle that her bib and t-shirt were drenched by the time we copped it!
Once she realized that we had seen her and thought it was dead-funny she squinted her eyes in this laughing face. She also moves her lips in to this shape as if she is biting the inside of her cheeks whilst trying to make a "fishy" face. So FUNNY!! We have to pay double-attention now because before we know it she will be soaked!

Remote Controls! Those wonderful Magical things! If Caíthlyn walks in to the sitting room and the telly is off, she will grab the remote and start pushing buttons until the telly switches on! Also, when the channel changes, she will look around to see where the remote is. She knows that that things has to be near for anything to happen. Last week, she had her hands on it and turned the telly off by accident. Whoops! Horrified she looked and the telly whilst walking back to me. Then she whipped her head back to me and gave me back the remote with both hands. Looking at me intently as if to say:"Fix it Mamma!" Bless her cotton socks!

That child does not need to learn to speak, she communicates with her eyes. There is no mistaking her intent when she just focuses those blue peepers on your face. Be it her soother (which she only gets when she goes to sleep or when she is really out of sorts. I HATE the idea of her walking around with that thing in her mouth all day and do not allow it) or more water or something else. I am really impressed with her non-verbal communication skills.
My favorite is the "I love you" hug. Can't top that with anything. Because she is so Daddy-Mad, he get's the lions-share of the hugsies. But sometimes, she will just wiggle off his lap and in to my arms for a great big "I love you" hug. It's the best!

Mamma loves you too Honey!!

Trui Beppe Jantsje March 19 2005