I Have Hands!

Taelyn has officially discovered her own hands this past week and now loves to touch everything around her: her pacifier, blanky, mommy and daddy's hands, etc. But today, she did something amazing. As I was reading her a "touch and feel" book about baby animals, I noticed that for the first time, Taelyn was actually focusing on the pages instead of staring off into space. Each page contained different textures of material to represent a furry rabbit or rough elephant, and I would take Taelyn's hand and have her touch each page. When we got to the fuzzy gorilla, though, I let Taelyn look at the page on her own without forcing her hand to touch it. She was so fixated on the material, and before I knew it she lifted her hand up and reached for it on her own! It was such an "aha" moment, and I am so proud of my little girl.