She knew she needed to do something. Boop just doesn’t quite
have it, yet. Mom has been trying to get Boop to reach for her Grandma to pick
her up. One of Boop’s daycare teachers, Miss T, said that her mother made her
daughter reach before picking her up; she learned because she had to. I’m not
sure if it’s developmentally appropriate for Boop at 4 months. When the
pediatrician asked if she was reaching, I responded that, yes, she reaches for
things, but no, she doesn’t reach for people. The pediatrician didn’t expect
that she would. So, I’m not so concerned. I still reach and give her a chance
to reach, in case she will.
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| Reaching for her bottle |
One thing I’ve noticed that she’s done for a while, she will
arch her back when she wants to be picked up. However, a few days ago, she did
something that I thought was pretty clever. I leaned over on the futon to pick
her up, and instead of reaching out to me, she spread her arms straight out and
away from her body, in the shape of a T and looked at me expectantly. Why the
shape of a T? I thought about it. Whenever I pick her up, I slide my hands
under her arms by her shoulder blades to give her neck a bit of support. And
what happens to her arms?…Wait for it… They move in the shape of T.
Coincidence? I think not!
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