Mom was in for a nice surprise today when I played with a toy, actively and fully engaged, for the first time.
It was past noon and I had just had my 'lunch'. I was lying on the Maclaren rocker, happily enjoying the vibration that was gently rocking and massaging my body. The rocker's toy bar has 3 stuff animals: from right to left - an elephant with purple ears and tail, a puppy with blue ears and tail, and a rabbit with pink ears and tail. Each would make rattling sounds when it is touched. Often Mom would just swing them one after another while lulling me to sleep, and I would just passively look at them or even ignore them altogether.
However, today, for the first time, I reached out with my right arm and used my own hand to swing the elephant, imitating what Mom was doing. To Mom's delight, I did that repeatedly, clearly enjoying the rattling sounds I was creating with every swing. Dad also noticed that and he was equally surprised and happy. He asked Mom to try the rabbit on the far left and see if I would use my left hand as well. The rabbit for some reason (manufacturing defect?) doesn't make the rattling sound so that did not catch my attention.
Later in the afternoon I also used my hands to grab Daddy's T-shirt's V-neck, pulling it repeatedly to get his attention. He was busy talking with Mommy at the time and didn't notice that I was making a lot of lovely cooing sounds to him. Boy, it's tough to try to turn his attention away from the beautiful women he seems to be always busy talking to. However, at least I got to practice using my hands in different ways...
It was past noon and I had just had my 'lunch'. I was lying on the Maclaren rocker, happily enjoying the vibration that was gently rocking and massaging my body. The rocker's toy bar has 3 stuff animals: from right to left - an elephant with purple ears and tail, a puppy with blue ears and tail, and a rabbit with pink ears and tail. Each would make rattling sounds when it is touched. Often Mom would just swing them one after another while lulling me to sleep, and I would just passively look at them or even ignore them altogether.
However, today, for the first time, I reached out with my right arm and used my own hand to swing the elephant, imitating what Mom was doing. To Mom's delight, I did that repeatedly, clearly enjoying the rattling sounds I was creating with every swing. Dad also noticed that and he was equally surprised and happy. He asked Mom to try the rabbit on the far left and see if I would use my left hand as well. The rabbit for some reason (manufacturing defect?) doesn't make the rattling sound so that did not catch my attention.
Later in the afternoon I also used my hands to grab Daddy's T-shirt's V-neck, pulling it repeatedly to get his attention. He was busy talking with Mommy at the time and didn't notice that I was making a lot of lovely cooing sounds to him. Boy, it's tough to try to turn his attention away from the beautiful women he seems to be always busy talking to. However, at least I got to practice using my hands in different ways...
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