Toys

Sunny is shining through! She is starting to show us her personality which is great fun. She is also growling. Seriously. Just this morning, she was laying on her changing table, "grrahhh, grrrrr, grrkkkk, grrrrr". You sort of have to be there, but it is so cute. She sounds kind of intense and frustrated when she makes the sound. More than anything, she likes the way it feels in her throat. That and the reaction she gets from grown-ups. It totally cracked me up this morning.

Below is a great picture of Sunny that Lesley's daughter, Holly, took while we were visiting a month ago:



Sonia is not just playing with her voice. Toys have become more and more interesting, although she is still pretty happy with faces and hands. For her, variety is a top priority. We are trying to avoid a mountain of unnecessary toys, but lucky for us, she is content with the ten or so we have on rotation.




It has been really fun introducing her to veggies and fruits. So far she has tried carrots, bananas, green beans, apples, yams, spinach, and squash. All of them except the spinach either I or Tammy just cooked and pureed. Mostly, I think the pure stuff just tastes better but I also want her to have a taste for real food. Not that I am a purist about it. We often add the rice ceral flakes and I do not hesitate to give her a jar when it is what we have. She always makes crazy faces when she is trying something for the first time so it is difficult to know what she really loves, but we tried apples and spinach enough to know she would rather avoid those two.

Of course, there is no toy like an edible toy.