Just Like Her Brother
In 2001 when we adopted Newman from the SPCA, we stocked up on food, prepared his sleep area and bought him some great new toys. He was with us for about a week before we learned that his favorite toy was an empty plastic water bottle. He loved the crunchy sound it made when he chewed the bottle’s round middle, and he had fun chasing it around the room when it slipped out of his jaws. He gnawed and gnawed on the cap until, triumphantly, he removed it from the bottle’s neck.
So imagine our surprise (you know where this is leading) when one recent afternoon Penny was playing on her tummy and saw a (clean!) empty water bottle across the floor. Never before has our little girl been so determined to propel herself forward. She reached towards the bottle with resolve, and with mom and dad’s help, she got her little butt forward and grabbed the bottle...and she started chewing on the cap.
As it turns out, this isn’t her “brother’s” only trait she’s mimicking. She’s enamored with her fluffy pal, and likes to watch him bark. She’s even started to make her own little “woof-woof” noise, sounding something like, “uhh-uhh.”
We’ve even had a major communication breakthrough regarding the canis lupus familiaris. During Easter weekend, we asked Penny, “Where’s the dog?” Held aloft by a parent, she looked toward the ground and searched for a four-legged friend.
posted by New Parent @ 9:55 AM
2 Comments:
Hello!! My children didn't have remotes or cell or wireless phones!!! They did share a like with Penny, however--Tupperware of all kinds--especially funky green measuring cups. (Let me know when a two-legged brother is on the horizon!) GM
Beware! Baby drool can short out most of the above - to include key fobs (a friend paid $150 to have hers replaced!). My kids preferred anything that was a potential choking hazard. --mom of AJEM
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