Cora has now discovered her hands and is obsessed with them.
She will stare at them for half and hour or more at a time - watching them, moving them, playing with them, and even talking to them. She also uses them to grab things, like hair and ears (no, I don't want to talk about how I know this...let's just say we're working on that). And when she's feeding, she has started putting her top hand up on my chest and just dancing her hand all around while she eats. I think it entertains her.
The rest of the time she has them stuffed in her mouth, but my friend Sara (a speech pathologist) says this is actually good. Apparently babies need to do this - even shoving them in so far that they kind of gag themselves - so that they can desensitize their gag reflex in preparation for eating solid foods. She's so smart.
Anyway, I got a couple of pictures of her doing this the other day.
This is one of her just talking away
Look how intently she focuses in on them
And this is her talking TO them
Look at that face! Is that stinking cute or what?!
Darn cute! That's for sure. Just like her Mama.
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