A-BEAN-O!
Since the day Abigail began crawling, the new catch phrase around the house is, "Abby NO!" Like most newly liberated toddlers, she likes to get into everything that she shouldn't.
First it was the wood stove, the shiny nickel parts seemed to call her name. Then it was the charger cord for the laptop, which she loved to put in her mouth. Next was the CD player which she figured out how to open and remove the disks. In the kitchen, she likes to crawl into the corner and eat the cat food or pull all the soda cans out of the boxes under the cook stove. If I had a nickel for every time I said, "Abby NO!" (which now sounds more like "a-bean-o" from constant repetition) I could easily pay for a weekly pedicure ($30).
After about a week I began to notice that when I said, "Abby NO!" she would stop what she was doing for a moment and wag her right index finger at me. I never noticed that I did that each time I reprimanded her negative behavior...she learned to associate this action with her new catch phrase.
She has been crawling for a little over a month now and is able to move around with great speed. Her new favorite toys are the TV and any remote control. She crawls over to the TV, stands up in front of it, and turns it on and off by pressing the power button. After getting a hold of the TV remote yesterday she managed to change the guide channel to Spanish!
Matt and I now know why baby clothing usually says stuff like, "Mommy's Main Squeeze" or "Daddy's Little Girl". It is to remind us to not get too mad at our children when they dump an entire plate of scrambled eggs on the floor, won't go to sleep without be rocked, or constantly crawl across the room to take away the toy that their brother was quietly playing with!
First it was the wood stove, the shiny nickel parts seemed to call her name. Then it was the charger cord for the laptop, which she loved to put in her mouth. Next was the CD player which she figured out how to open and remove the disks. In the kitchen, she likes to crawl into the corner and eat the cat food or pull all the soda cans out of the boxes under the cook stove. If I had a nickel for every time I said, "Abby NO!" (which now sounds more like "a-bean-o" from constant repetition) I could easily pay for a weekly pedicure ($30).
After about a week I began to notice that when I said, "Abby NO!" she would stop what she was doing for a moment and wag her right index finger at me. I never noticed that I did that each time I reprimanded her negative behavior...she learned to associate this action with her new catch phrase.
She has been crawling for a little over a month now and is able to move around with great speed. Her new favorite toys are the TV and any remote control. She crawls over to the TV, stands up in front of it, and turns it on and off by pressing the power button. After getting a hold of the TV remote yesterday she managed to change the guide channel to Spanish!
Matt and I now know why baby clothing usually says stuff like, "Mommy's Main Squeeze" or "Daddy's Little Girl". It is to remind us to not get too mad at our children when they dump an entire plate of scrambled eggs on the floor, won't go to sleep without be rocked, or constantly crawl across the room to take away the toy that their brother was quietly playing with!
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