Sadie Loves Books and More
I wrote this the night before last, was interrupted, didn’t finish, and have no idea what else I might have planned to say. Figured I’d post what’s sitting in the editor anyway…
Looks like books will be the single biggest thing on Sadie’s Christmas list this year. She is absolutely nuts about them, to the point she has us convinced she’s going to learn to read as early as humanly possible.
The trouble is, they still have to be board books or similarly sturdy ones, as she still lacks the coordination to turn regular pages, and is kind of hard on them, despite having improved dramatically.
She has to have books in her crib, which she will sit and “read” before going to sleep, and in the morning when she first wakes up, if she doesn’t hear us or doesn’t feel like getting our attention yet.
Even if people ger her duplicates, she has and will be tough enough on them that it might be as well.
She also loves her water book we read in the tub. It floats, so you can let it set on the water and turn the pages without holding it. Bob the duck can also use it as a raft if he doesn’t feel like bobbing directly in the water.
She rotates through other toys, but books seem to be eternal. However, if there is one thing she’ll especially want that is a toy, it would be blocks, whether wooden or Mega Blocks. Those seem to be in current favor over the dolls and animals.
She confounds us by making objects that aren’t toys into her favorites. The latest is my hairbrush. She’s into grooming and hygiene to a strange degree for her age, and walks around attempting to brush her hair, and otherwise playing with the brush. She loved her an empty Kleenex box the other day. She stuffed her glass into the slot, where it was held fast, then held the whole box up to drink. She also experimented with putting other stuff in there.
She likes to “help” clean, above and beyond her fascination with the Swiffer as a toy. If you let her loose, after a while she gets most of the dust off the floor, even though it’s random and she doesn’t get larger stuff. She’s moved away from throwing her toys in the rubbish and toward throwing trash in there instead.
Modeling clothes is another of her favorite things. She’s already started not fitting into some of the 18 month stuff, having a challengingly overlong torso compared to her legs. I am not sure if there is anything specific she needs, but we tend to have an overabundance of clothes generally, and the ones we have to buy are minor. For instance, her first shoes for $10 several weeks ago, which are about ready to be replaced with the next size up. And oh she loves shoes! I called her Imelda one day. There are some nice hand me down ones that are not quite her size yet.
One thing we can’t get soon enough is more Baby Einstein videos. She has only the neighborhood animals video, which she stands raptly watching for the duration, and asks to watch regularly.
We have “Baby Bach” and “Language Nursery” for Baby Einstein videos. They keep Julia’s attention too. Something about those bright colors and music I think. Julia is pretty much obsessed with books too, which is a good thing and not at all surprising given the family she was born in to! The hair brush thing too...she in constantly trying to brush her hair and is frequently seen putting a headband on or attempting to put a barette in. Too funny!
Posted by Sharon on 11/08 at 12:12 PMJay, you’ve definitely got a girl there
Too cute!
Posted by caltechgirl on 11/08 at 01:23 PMWith that book obsession of hers, I’d almost start wondering if Sadie was mine somehow, except that its physically impossible.
Posted by Ian Hamet on 11/08 at 08:24 PM
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