Question for the relatives

Dear Relatives,

Abi’s hair is falling into her eyes. It is getting really long.  Should we get her a haircut?  I don’t really feel competent to do it myself, but am concerned about taking her to a salon because I doubt she will sit still while her hair is being cut with sharp scissors.  It also feels too early to put hair clips in her hair.

Any ideas?

Mommy

A few firsts

Today, Abi:

• Crawled into the kitchen, and pulled herself up against the freezer
• Splashed in her bath, and even got the floor wet

She also says the word “ma ma” a lot – particularly when she is hungry and close to Mommy.  Today, Mommy was working in her office behind a closed door.  Abi crawled to Mommy’s door, and said “ma ma, ma ma”.  Judging by the amount of food she ate soon thereafter, she was pretty hungry.  Daddy just pointed out that she clearly has object permanence since she knew I was behind the closed door.

So, there you have it folks, we now know Abi’s first word.  (She was saying it before, but it was not clear if it had any meaning for her since kids normally interchangeable call both parents “mama” and “dada” for a while.

We’ve also started her on sign language.  We are working on a few basic words, include “eat”, “drink”, “sleep”, “diaper”, “more”, “all done”, “stop” and “hurt”.  Daddy is working with Abi on “chicken” because he particularly likes the sign for that word.