Amy seems to love words. That is at least what it seems like, but at just over 3 months perhaps it is just my wishful thinking as I love words and written and verbal ability appear to run in the family. Yesterday I was wearing my psychology honours top and she stared at the word “psych” for ages. She also has discovered the warning sign inside her car seat and turns her head and stares at it, totally engrossed. It really seems as if she is trying to read it! Of course in both cases it is probably just the colours she has noticed. I have just read Mari’s blog about Bayden growing so fast and not so long ago Pia said the same thing about her son, Adam. It is true, they grow too fast. Strangers, who stop and admire Amy, all sigh and say the same thing to me. Already I miss my little newborn baby and yet I am excited about how she is growing and changing on a daily basis. She loves moving her legs. She knows what “kicking” means and whenever I say it, she kicks those little legs like crazy. She gets so excited and pleased with herself, it is really funny to watch. The other night I bathed her and she started kicking so fiercely, the water was overflowing. By the time I was finished I was drenched. She is now also able to take hold of her rattle and shake it. Today she has her rattle in one hand and her fabric book in the other and was waving them both about. She is too cute and I could just eat her up.
On a totally different note, I was reading one of my baby magazines today and came across a section on fascinating facts. Some of them are decidedly odd, so I feel compelled to share them with you. One mentions how “an office desk carries 400 times more bacteria than a toilet seat”. Another, that “constipation kills twice as many people as diarrhoea”, a fact I feel would work well in an All bran flakes ad. Yet another claims “children conceived on airplanes never suffer from motion sickness”. I couldn’t quite figure that one out, but the one that takes the cake is, “Human tonsils can bounce higher than a rubber ball of similar weight and size, but only for the first 30 minutes after they’ve been removed”. If I was a comedian, this would now be where I pause to allow the audience to fully take in what I have just said…
….I mean, for goodness sake, I would like to know how they know that? Who actually tested such a ridiculous thing? It conjures up images of a surgeon removing a person’s tonsils and instead of saying “pass the scalpel please nurse’, saying “game, set and match”. It gives new meaning to the term Theatre Sport.
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Oh my word!! Too funny! I can actually picture the silly doctor doing that now. Oh and it also brings new meaning to the expression ‘tonsil tennis’. Hahahahahahahaaa
I am almost tempted to have my tonsils taken out and have a trampoline nearby…just to see
I can totally see how you could die from constipation though
So little amy is looking about at everything. Lily spent most of her time in the car trying to focus on that label. strange what attracts them but yes I do think she is trying to read hee hee
from 3 months I find babies are so fun. they learn a new thing every day such a change from the little newborn that just lies in your arms
hugs
xxx
It’s actually quite painful when you snort water up your nose because you’re laughing too much. Come on, we’ve all watched House and Greys, I can well imagine McSteamy and McDreamy playing pingpong with a set of tonsils while House tries to whack them with his stick. I shall value mine more now I know how versatile they are
Louise
That is just so funny. I can just imagine tonsils bouncing all around the operating theatre – yuk!!! Anyway keep writing and making us laugh please and make sure you eat your all bran religiously every day!!!! Love Nana Fi xx