Every day, I find myself in awe of the jumps Luna Blue is making in her development. Some days, it seems as if she practices and masters several different skills between dawn and dusk. Other days, she seems to still sleep the day away.
Yesterday was a "lots of learning" day. In the morning, I had her sitting up on the bed and I put a variety of sizes and colors of puff balls (pom poms) in front of her. For close to an hour, she practiced using her pincher grasp and would grab at the puffies and hold them, throw them, pick them up again. It was so cute to see her concentrating, focusing and really reaching out to grab onto them.
Later on, as I cleaned the kitchen, I set her on a quilt on the floor (with a boppy behind her in case she tipped) and gave her a few small plastic cups, a wooden honey dipper and a small stainless bowl. Within minutes, she was grabbing for the cups and banging them onto the bowl and squealing at the noises she was making. Her big smile of pride after making especially noisy clanging was heart warming.
Babies are just miracles. I am so thankful I can be home with her every day to witness the skills she masters. I would hate to miss a thing!
Another funny thing she did yesterday... Since she was born, I have often held her near one of our windows that has a bird feeder right outside of it. She looooooves to watch the birds, especially the chickadees. I talk to her and tell her "Pretty birdies... Chickadee-dee-dee." and sometimes whistle the chickadee song. Well, as she was sitting in the kitchen, I happened to whistle the chickadee song to her and she immediately craned her neck around and looked towards the window where the birdfeeder is. Her little brain recognized the song and what it meant and wanted to see if the birdies were on the feeder. Awwww....
How is your little babe learning and growing? Share some of those great moments!
Yesterday was a "lots of learning" day. In the morning, I had her sitting up on the bed and I put a variety of sizes and colors of puff balls (pom poms) in front of her. For close to an hour, she practiced using her pincher grasp and would grab at the puffies and hold them, throw them, pick them up again. It was so cute to see her concentrating, focusing and really reaching out to grab onto them.
Later on, as I cleaned the kitchen, I set her on a quilt on the floor (with a boppy behind her in case she tipped) and gave her a few small plastic cups, a wooden honey dipper and a small stainless bowl. Within minutes, she was grabbing for the cups and banging them onto the bowl and squealing at the noises she was making. Her big smile of pride after making especially noisy clanging was heart warming.
Babies are just miracles. I am so thankful I can be home with her every day to witness the skills she masters. I would hate to miss a thing!
Another funny thing she did yesterday... Since she was born, I have often held her near one of our windows that has a bird feeder right outside of it. She looooooves to watch the birds, especially the chickadees. I talk to her and tell her "Pretty birdies... Chickadee-dee-dee." and sometimes whistle the chickadee song. Well, as she was sitting in the kitchen, I happened to whistle the chickadee song to her and she immediately craned her neck around and looked towards the window where the birdfeeder is. Her little brain recognized the song and what it meant and wanted to see if the birdies were on the feeder. Awwww....
How is your little babe learning and growing? Share some of those great moments!
