From the picture of the day, you can probably guess that Eila is learning how to use her hands to hold things. This is very cool for holding her rattles and helping her self soothe with teething toys, but for trying to drink or do anything else we are entering the danger zone. A case in point, while nursing this morning I was drinking a glass of water and Eila reached up and knocked the glass spilling cold water on both of us.
While she is working hard on this new skill, she still has no real control and often is much stronger than she needs or wants to be. She also has very poor aim. For instance, in trying to get her favorite star rattle to her mouth, she usually smacks herself upside the head, often poking her eye in the process.
Eila is also great at taking her pacifier out of her mouth, but not as good at putting it back in. This is very disturbing to her especially when she is on the verge of sleep or has just fallen asleep.
Her hands that grab most often end up grabbing at mom's hair and getting all tangled in those little sweaty palms. So, today Eila's mom will solve this by chopping the long locks.
And, just this weekend, Eila has figured out that she can grab her own feet and that those feet provide lots of amusement. At the current time, this is very helpful during diaper changes as she holds her feet out of the way and sort of rocks up on her back.
It's pretty remarkable what a little baby can do with just two grabby hands... for good or bad.
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