Our Determined Daughter
For a few days last week, Natalie worked hard at getting her hands in her mouth. Mostly she missed, pushing her fist into her eye, cheek, or chin, instead of open her mouth. A few times I helped her by guiding her fist into her open mouth. Even though she wanted to suck on her hand, half the fun of the game was to do it herself! When I helped her, her hand didn’t stay in her mouth very long—she went right back to hitting herself in the face.
After two days of solid effort and practice, she did it! We were so proud of our determined, independent daughter. For the most part, she has this trick down pat, but still has the occasional miss.
