There was only one other baby there (9 months old and petite, whereas Sarina is a giant, so they didn't look close in age). So the sweetest thing was that Sarina kept crawling her way over to the baby, trying to play. She tried to pass a ball to her, but I don't think the other baby was interested. Still, Sarina waved to her at the end of class. I nearly cried from adorable overload.
I brought her back this week, and there were bunches of babies! And what she wanted to do was touch the babies. She would crawl over to a little one, then touch a leg or arm or whatever. She often tried handing them her toys-- she's REALLY into sharing. No one took her up on her offers, though.
One baby boy was standing, and she used his leg to help her get into a kneeling position, then she touched his butt. Good thing his mom has a sense of humor. I apologized for the odd fondling, but really, I was elated-- I love that she's trying to make little friends. I didn't know what to expect, because I've read that babies normally aren't social creatures until around 18 months, but I've seen how she reacts to pictures of babies in magazines, and I suspected she might want to meet some in real life.
She's also picked up a fun new habit: dancing or conducting whenever she hears music. When the radio is on, she raises her hands like she's conducting an orchestra. When I sing, she just sort of bounces up and down like so:
P.S. Why, yes, those are more clippies from our friend Tabitha at Bow Baby Bow.
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Awww, here's hoping she finds someone a little more receptive to getting his tushy squeezed next time. ;D
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I'm always amazed at how stand-off-ish some kids can be, just sitting there looking owly at my kids who want to play. OR how they don't talk, don't respond to "Do you want to play?" type questions. Maybe just shy. Maybe aliens in disguise. Maybe I'll never know.
Aww Jenna, Sarina is such a happy baby!
ReplyDeleteCould be worse...she could have touched him on the other side...
ReplyDeleteSarina is SO CUTE! Fin does the conductor thing and dances like crazy when it's music he likes. He has been absolutely obsessed with other babies since day, well, 90, as soon as he could see them. He's about to start a 2 day a week daycare/playgroup thing and he can't stop talking about the "kids" and the "boys." He askes me every day when he's going to see the "kids" again.
ReplyDeleteI took Adelyn to meet her 3 day old cousin tonight. She was much more interested in her cheerios!
ReplyDeleteGlad those clippies are getting some use! I finally listed some gingham flowers - let me know which color you'd like and I'll send it to you!
That's so cute. Piper goes to KinderMusik classes and she does loves all the dancing and singing they do there.
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