Whitney's Baby

Whitney LOVES babies. And, when I say LOVES I mean "can't leave them alone and gets VERY frustrated if she's not allowed to touch them." This past week, a friend of mine came to pick up her girls, (who had been playing with Kallie), and brought her 2 month old son over. We ended up talking for a while and my friend put the baby on the couch. Whitney immediately crawled over and started touching him and trying to give him "loves," (not-so-gentle pats on his face). I kept pulling her away and giving her other toys to play with and she would ditch the toys and crawl right back over to the baby until we finally picked him up to avoid accidental injury from an over-zealous 1 year old.

Whitney also LOVES to maul love her cousin, Marne, who is just older than my friend's baby. If Marne is in her baby carrier with a blanket over the top, Whitney will crawl over, lift the blanket, and start patting or poking Marne. We've learned to keep Whitney away from the baby carrier.

Just this week, while Whitney was playing with toys in the front room, I said, "Whitney, where's your baby? Can you go find your baby?" Whitney immediately turned and crawled through the kitchen, down the hall, and into her bedroom--where she found her baby in the pile of stuffed animals. She crawled back to the front room with the baby in tow and then snuggled, rocked, and loved her little dolly. It was so incredibly cute! Then, she put the baby in the carry bed. Whitney also picked up the sign for "baby" this week. I think she picked that one up faster than any other sign I've ever tried to teach her! Kallie was never into babies--especially not at this age--so it has been a lot of fun to watch Whitney really enjoy them like I used to.