12 January 2006

Happy New Year! Raina is an expert crawler and she happily travels from one place to the next in the house. She is teething again, so her travails around the house also include periodic stops to discover new items, shake them, throw them on the floor, and then deem them worthy of stuffing in her mouth. She especially loves the small circles that match her foam books and Titans cards.

Raina got sick again (who said that babies average only 6 colds a year?!?!) and to make matters worse she also contracted pinkeye. Her eyes oozed goopiness and her parents have had to administer medicine in a thoroughly frightening way. Raina loved the ear infection meds because it was just like food for her. The eye meds are vastly different because it's a goo that has to be applied directly on the eye. We have to hold her down in a prison-like fashion, pry open both eyes, and then swipe her eyes. Oh, does she ever hate it!

Raina has developed object permanence, we think. She likes to play peekaboo with inanimate objects -- it gives her a real thrill -- and a few times she's knocked away the hiding mechanism to find the toy herself. She also enjoys moving the full length mirror around to create new views of the room. This, coupled with playing peekaboo in the mirror, makes that $2 investment a worthy one indeed.

Speaking of worthwhile investments, Raina loves these toys:
- coins in a Walgreens container - a baby food jar lid - paper towel rolls - Titans cards - coasters - cups - Pringles cans - newspapers

Daycare workers frequently remark upon what a beautiful baby Raina is. We, of course, think she's a darling baby, but it's reassuring to hear other people agree. It means we haven't gone baby crazy in the head.

Unfortunately for the daycare, Raina and Gavin are the only babies remaining. They have six more spots to fill. While that's bad financially for them, it means Raina certainly gets lots of one-on-one time each day. Not bad for $962 a month.

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