Excuses, Excuses

I've been watching the baby for some time now sit in her exersaucer attempting to put her binky in her mouth.

Pick it up, shove it in mouth at an odd angle, get frustrated, drop it, pick it up, put it up nose, get it in mouth backward, get frustrated, drop it, pick it up, manage to insert it perfectly, look at Mommy and beam ear to ear causing the binky to fall out again, look at Mommy like it is all her fault, pick it up...

The sad thing is not even that it takes multiple attempts to get it just right, the sad part is that while watching her short stubby fingers, I can see that they just don't work. They aren't long enough to get a good grasp on anything and they don't seem to work together as a team to achieve the goal. It must be so frustrating for her to be able to see the binky and want the binky but just not be able to pick it up and get it in there just right. It's like her fingers are all shot up with novocaine. Poor Baby.

Maybe if I were short and fat and my fingers didn't work I'd be pissy enough to cry all night too.

Comments

[heather]

Where have I been? I haven't commented in ages! I'm so sorry! So here I will 'catch up' on those posts I have been unable to comment on!

First and foremost, I, at 21 years of age, have short fat fingers. I would just like you to know that she will "grow into them" as time goes on lol and they will work just fine eventually. I still have issues sometimes dialing cellphones, but I've learned to grow my nails and use them instead! yesssss... Besides, by the time she has her own cellphone, they'll be built into sunglasses and she won't need to use her fingers! (Ps. that actually exists, so I hear...)

Those pictures you posted of BabyJuju a few posts ago are absolutely adorable! She may cry all night, but at least she's easy on the eyes! And she looks a lot like you!

I too am dreading winter. Winter sucks.

I hope you and the children are feeling better, not sick anymore. Sure, that was millenia ago! But, hey, well wishes are here!

I hope LittleJuju had a wonderful picture day at school - he's such a charming little guy, I'm sure he looked just dashing in his photo!

I can't say anything about root canals because I've never had one... some people say they're not so bad... so, I hope you're one of those people!

Lastly, I wish you many many more nights of BabyJ sleeping through the night. It happened and then it stopped, but I hope it picks up again AS OF TONIGHT and sticks around until she's 17/18/19 which will be when she's out until all hours of the night - which of course, will mean that you will be up again at all hours of the night... at least then you'll be able to reason with her! :-)

hope all else is well,
ttys,
xo heather

[The Greatest Aunt]

Makes you wonder if all of a baby's limitations piss them off, doesn't it?

[Chris]

Don't forget the whole diaper thing. I know that would make me cranky too.