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Today, as we were sharing the fumes from a nice tea-tree decongesting bath (I in the bath, Linnea perched on Rob's lap), she learned to clap.

First she accidentally clapped in excitement at being in close proximity to a bath, and then she accidentally clapped from sheer excitement at having clapped, and then she did it deliberately. She's been doing it deliberately on and off ever since, and although sometimes her fingers still get in the way, there is usually a small, baby-sized clap noise from her corner of the universe.

I feel very proud; such well-honed clapping skills surely indicate that she is a genius, and only clapping so that her ears grow accustomed ot the sound of the applause which will foillow her where ever she goes, fulfilling all my abandoned ambitions, nobly disregarding the inevitable consequences to her therapy bills...

Or maybe not.

But she can clap, my baby! Isn't she marvellous?

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Date: 2004-11-21 06:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] datagoddess.livejournal.com
Yes, she's very marvellous!

And I think she's a genius. Of course she is - look at her parents :-)

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Date: 2004-11-21 06:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com
How exciting! She really is a marvelous baby.

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Date: 2004-11-21 06:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] k425.livejournal.com
She is marvellous. Do you find every day full of excitement? I still do.

YoungBloke is clapping Linnea's skills as I type. He is impressed - he was a late clapper himself!

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Date: 2004-11-21 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruth-lawrence.livejournal.com
Yes, she's marvellous indeed!

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Date: 2004-11-21 07:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiggsybabes.livejournal.com
Yay! How marvellous :)

You're making me broody for tiggle to be able to clap now *g*

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Date: 2004-11-21 07:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] born-to-me.livejournal.com
At 15 weeks we are just now beginning to figure out our fingers... grasping stuff purposefully is still a brand-new proposition, and holding onto things is really exciting. We've figured out that grabbing a plastic ring toy and pressing into our mouth will give us something to rub our sore gums on! That is *wonderful*.

I can't wait for clapping... Gabriel looks to Linnea to show him the development way! :-)

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Date: 2004-11-21 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] d-h.livejournal.com
...and claps for you too.

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Date: 2004-11-21 08:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mittelbar.livejournal.com
A hah!

You gotta warm up to that incessant applause slow-like, yes.

Also: what an interesting thing to think might be a strong innate inclination. To clap!

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Date: 2004-11-21 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elisem.livejournal.com
Aww! She is indeed.

Re: 6 months and 21 days

Date: 2004-11-21 09:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com
sometimes i don't know who is cuter, her or you. :)

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Date: 2004-11-21 10:56 pm (UTC)
firecat: red panda, winking (Default)
From: [personal profile] firecat
Awww!

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Date: 2004-11-22 08:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hitchhiker.livejournal.com
marvellous :)

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Date: 2004-11-22 12:51 pm (UTC)
ext_78: A picture of a plush animal. It looks a bit like a cross between a duck and a platypus. (Default)
From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
She is!

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Date: 2004-11-22 03:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] lovingboth
Ahhh. Raspberries are great too.

We couldn't find one for Jo Anna, but Liam-as-a-baby loved those noise-sensitive dancing plants: baby makes noise and something moves!

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