Hi
Shira,
Your sister has a library book from the Sister Magic series. The key characters are 3rd grade Mabel and kindergartner Violet. Violet has magic powers. But you and Sidra have a different kind of Sister Magic. When I was lying on the bed with you as you were emerging from a sleep Sidra hopped up on the bed to greet you. As soon as you saw her you broke into a wide grin and cute dimples. Now that's what I call Sister Magic.
You're a pretty good crawler now. It took you awhile to get it down but you're loving being free to explore. A few weeks ago you were on your hands and knees and had the strength to do it but didn't seem to understand just how to do it. You spent a lot of time sitting, lunging, turning over, and then checking to see if you had gained on your target. It was sort of like moving a cube diagonally by rolling it once to the left and then once to the right. Now you're a relative speedster. Today you saw your sister zip past on her Ariel scooter and your eyes lit up and you took off in pursuit. Never mind that she zoomed past you in the opposite direction seconds later. Undaunted you turned and chased that way. You were thrilled just to be trying.
This morning when you were napping I had the monitor near you because I wanted to know when you were stirring. You've fallen off our bed a couple of times after waking from a nap. Today I looked in when I thought you might be waking and saw you just open your eyes. I left you and listened to the monitor from downstairs. Not trusting my ear I went back to check on you in a few minutes. When I looked in you were sitting up in the bed paging through Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom. That's one of the photos here.
There's something I'd like to tell you about. I like the way you use your hands your hands in various situations. When I'm holding you in the 'standard position,' propped on my (left) hip and you are upright, you have your right hand dangling behind me. When you're feeling the most comfortable or maybe when you want to show affection, you give my triceps muscle little squeezes. It makes me feel good when you do that. When you're in that standard position you sometimes tip your head towards mine so they touch gently at the temple. That's definitely a feel good gesture, too. Back to the hands. When I'm 'walking you' to get you to sleep or back to sleep your hands tell the story again. When you're not ready to sleep you are grabbing fistfuls of shirt, skin or hair. When this is going on I am holding your head in the crook of my left arm and your left hand is in front of me and your right hand is behind me. As you begin to fade into sleep your hands open up and you gently touch me with your open palms. When you're falling asleep in a bed you are touching things (usually a blanket edge or pillow) softly with your hands. As you can see from the photo your favored sleep position is now face down.
You like to swing. In this video you are in your favorite kind of swing. Our local playground has swings like a chair with straight jacket straps and you don't seem to get as much out of that. In this video seems like the only part of the 20 minutes you swung that you weren't beaming from ear to ear.
Love, Aba
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