Watch Her Grow

This Week's Focus: Language


Interactions with Materials

• This week Q-ball finally met her Learning Tower! (I must brag- I found it at a thrift shop for $11.95 because there were some stickers on it and stray pens markers on the easel. For those who don't know, MSRP is $150...)  She seems to really enjoy being on level with Mama and watching her cook (which we had to do a lot of this week), but her favorite thing so far is to pick items off the counter and drop them on the floor.  Learning about gravity, I suppose. 
• She's taken an interest in doorbells.  She likes to say "ding-dong" whenever we enter the house.  
• She has really enjoyed talking on the phone when Mama is on the phone, using an old cell phone.  She loves saying, "bye-bye.."

Interactions with Others

• This morning at a event we attend, she let a stranger hold her hand and even pick her up! I was so surprised! 
• She has also become quite the performer.  See yesterday's post. Even if she won't let a stranger near her, she'll be happy to smile and dance for them.  So, it's  a

Interactions with Space

• Now that Q-ball is opening doors, her favorite door to open is the pantry.  This can be a bit of a mess, but it gives us lots of practice to clean up after ourselves and allows Mama to practice her relaxation breathing exercises.  Something that can't be "cleaned up"- the fact that potatoes, apples, and oranges look a lot like balls and get thrown and bruised.

Interactions with Life 

• She seems to be in the phase where she learns signs pretty instantaneously.  Now, Daddy and I just have to learn more to keep up!

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