Eating and more!

What a difference a night makes! Last night after Callie ate most of the yogurt in the tub, I thought, why not give it to her and see what happens. There is hardly any left, so she can't make too much mess. And she wasn't too messy, but she also didn't use the spoon for eating, and really only licked her fingers once. In case my description doesn't quite do the trick, here is the video.

First Time Attempting to Self Feed

And then tonight she started whining for the spoon when Mike was feeding her. He gave it to her, and she was able to get the spoon in her mouth, and get most of the food off the spoon. Then we started the camera, and she was able to do it again! And even tried to scoop some more food onto the spoon. Once again, here is the video if you want more than my description.

Second Night of Self Feeding

Also, Callie has started giving kisses when asked, or at least 75% of the time. You ask, "Callie, kiss kiss?" and she leans into your cheek and gives you a big wet one. Unless you are Grampy (aka Gordy, but she has taken to calling him Grampy, or at least that is what she calls him when he is sleeping on the couch and not playing with her) and then she will give out kisses.

She is obsessed with pointing at things. She points at everything, and wants you to name it. She will keep pointing until you name what she is pointing at. She is also starting to learn to whine when she wants something...not my favorite. So we have started working on please. I think "geesh" or something along those lines might be her attempt at please.

Mike tells a story that on Sunday, they were looking out the front window, and she reached out, grabbed his hand, and said "Dad." We have also heard something close to "Hi there" several times, and some possible attempts at "I love you."

She may also be trying to sign "more," which looks like her clapping (more is holding your fingers and thumbs together, and then bringing both set of fingertips together, so clapping is close). She is adamant that she will not walk just holding on with one hand, and will hold onto the same hand with both her hands if we don't offer two hands.

And, most importantly, Callie shared her toys without crying last Sunday! We had our baby group over to our house, and this time around there were not any tears when the other babies played with her favorite toys. All that time at family gym is paying off!