Eloise is interacting with the world more and more every day. In the past week or so she has suddenly become vocal as a way to interact! When people are talking around her she starts "talking" along, and when people are singing she "sings" along, too. It's the most adorable thing. She looks you right in the eye and makes her noises and sometimes you can see her focusing hard. She moves her mouth in different shapes (like us?) and makes a few different noises. One is "nnnn-gah!" And then a bunch of vowel sounds "oooooo!" "aaaahhhh!" and "ooohhhhh!" And occasionally a "bbbbbbbaaaa!" with spit bubbles. This morning I heard her talking as she played with the animals on her bouncy seat while I was in the shower. The lion plays songs if you pull it, so maybe she was singing?
This one plays songs!
Speaking of pulling, I can't believe how quickly she has been developing her grabbing and pulling hand-eye coordination! With this new skill things are starting to go in her mouth. Although much of the time she can't achieve it, or they'll get to her mouth for a second and then drop, I can see her working hard to make it happen.
Get... in... my... mouth
We still do daily tummy time with Eloise but she's not a fan. At home she'll get annoyed and cranky after a minute or two, even when I try to entertain her with a toy. The best tummy time happens at music class and at our moms group. Both places we sit on the floor in a circle and she loves to look around at all the other babies from her tummy. Generally, though, she prefers to sit up supported and look around. So we've been starting to introduce the bebePOD, seen in the above and below photos.
how cute- Gus used to talk to those animal friends as well! They must make babies feel like chatting :)
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