Monaloca

Gaining mobility has its drawbacks. Melina spends much of her day rolling back and forth on the floor or scooting around in small circles in an attempt to reach distant toys. She doesn’t stop at night, and sometimes ends up backing herself into a crib corner, or worse, falls asleep with her legs between the slats. We caught her on camera the other day. Needless to say, she woke up screaming when she tried to pull her legs back in and couldn’t.

Our baby has more or less graduated to the big kid tub. She gets absolutely giddy at the sight of water pouring from the tub’s spout, and once inside she somehow manages to make as big a splash mess as her brother. The other day we put the two kids in the tub together. Melina was so enamoured by the tiny tub tide and colorful cups that I don’t think she paid much heed to her brother’s presence – even when he poured water on her head.

Melina is talking up a storm these days. She often talks herself to sleep, then wakes up talking until we come to pull her out of her crib. Her sounds are suddenly more distinct, and her intonations indicate she’s trying to tell us a story.

All her seven- and eight-month old friends speak the same language. It goes something like this: yayayayaya, yaiyaiyaiyai, k—, b— (lips vibrating), ka, ba, a-lalalala, eye-dadadada (Joey’s favorite – it sounds like she’s saying Hi Dada)… but alas, no mamamama – yet.

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