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Dudelette is now eight days old. She still has the deep dark blue eyes of a new born. Earlier, she sat in my lap, meticulously mapping each feature and contour of my face, alternating between a full-on stare and a sly sideways measuring-up. She already has a wide, expressive repertoire of hand movements and loves to flex her arms every which way, like a Bali dancer or (when she’s having her nappy changed and doesn’t like it) in concert with her amazingly strong legs like an octopus.
Speaking of nappies, no-one told me that when little baby girls wee in the middle of changing, it’s omni-directional.
She likes her food. She also likes to sleep, though she’s starting to get more interested in being awake, now that she’s discovered she can look at things. Looking at things is definitely moving up her hit-list – toy cows, mummy, me, her big brother.
Supermum told me that dudelet (age nearly 4) saw her feet for the first time. “Aren’t they tiny and cute?” he enthused, and took hold of one with his own hand, which for the first time looked truly gigantic. Actually, her feet are tiny – but you can see that she’s got my long toes. Her feet aren’t going to be small.
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She sounds wonderous!
Yay for Dudelette. She sounds like she’s doing marvellously. I love those dark newborn eyes and swaying newborn hands; takes me right back, that does.
“Speaking of nappies, no-one told me that when little baby girls wee in the middle of changing, it’s omni-directional.”
Haha!
The first few months of his life, my son would make these amazing finger movements and positions…we called them baby mudras.
Funny how you can so clearly see family traits in such a new, unformed person. My daughter clearly has my mother’s knees, and her father’s toes, and a dimple all her own.
Sounds like you two are getting along swimmingly, omni-directional pee notwithstanding!
I wouldn’t know about the omni-directional pee thing. I love her eyes.
Girls are less likely to pee in your eye however.
Ah, the pee-in-your-face trick! How I miss it.
Baby mudras – that’s absolutely perfect. Supermum’s a little disappointed about the feet but she’s relieved that dudelette doesn’t appear to have inherited my ears.
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