22 September 2006
Raina has adjusted to daycare and it's been a smooth situation for quite a while. Raina knows that when she gets up, after a while it will be "brush teeth and put on shoes" time. At which point, she promptly goes to the garage door and waits to be let out. Raina likes to bat at the car and other peoples' cars and she finds it funny that there are so many cars to hit in a parking lot. MO Bapt is continuously astonished by how much food Raina can eat. Earlier in her time there, each party was wondering if the other one was actually feeding Raina. Of course, we all were: Raina just wanted three adult sized helpings of each item. I get the impression that this is not standard toddler fare. Raina also has grown attached to the rockers and rocking horse at MO Bapt and the Y and loves spending time at either location, provided that she can rock, rock, rock.
Raina grows more and more expressive with her language and body. When she gets sleepy, she waves bye bye to her parents, and recently has begun saying bye as well. She says "hi mama" and "hi dada" when we walk through the door and when she leaves she says goodbye to the person remaining at home. She is suddenly using all of her baby signs again -- even ones that I tried teaching her but never caught on before. She's close to vocalizing "more" -- it sounds like maaar or something like that -- and she uses the "uh oh" phrase at appropriate points in books. It's astounding.
We can ask for a hug or a kiss and she gives it. We ask her to help unload the groceries and she does it. We ask for her to put her toothbrush away and she does that too. We say downstairs? and she responds with "down" and trying to open the basement door. When I asked her to bring me a turkey, meaning the beanie baby turkey, she tried to open the fridge. This is a baby who understands a lot.
Raina grows more and more expressive with her language and body. When she gets sleepy, she waves bye bye to her parents, and recently has begun saying bye as well. She says "hi mama" and "hi dada" when we walk through the door and when she leaves she says goodbye to the person remaining at home. She is suddenly using all of her baby signs again -- even ones that I tried teaching her but never caught on before. She's close to vocalizing "more" -- it sounds like maaar or something like that -- and she uses the "uh oh" phrase at appropriate points in books. It's astounding.
We can ask for a hug or a kiss and she gives it. We ask her to help unload the groceries and she does it. We ask for her to put her toothbrush away and she does that too. We say downstairs? and she responds with "down" and trying to open the basement door. When I asked her to bring me a turkey, meaning the beanie baby turkey, she tried to open the fridge. This is a baby who understands a lot.
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