Conversations With My 3 Month Old Baby

A few days ago (10/15), Andrina reached another milestone-Babbling! It was amazing! So amazing that I didn't even blog about it that day. Becca and I had our usual lunch date with our babies but aside from that, I spent most of Andrina's waking moments talking with her, not to her. Andrina almost always initiates smiling during diaper changes (she initiates smiles at other times too, playing and being held and smiles back but she doesn't' have that almost 100% smile initiation rate that she does during diaper changes). So it was no surprise to me that it was during a diaper change that she stared making some "ahh blah guhh bah geeh" type sounds-stringing them together. It just blew my mind! So I started imitating her babbling and she loved it! She'd pause for a second then give me one of her full-body smiles that I am addicted to, and then start babbling again! So amazing! I love knowing that her mind is processing what is happening during those pauses-that she can influence other people. I also love knowing that she is learning that my imitation of her sounds means that she is important to me (that's an understatement-she's more important than water or oxygen)! This is the beginnings of her having a greater understanding that Mommy loves her. And it seems that with each new stage in Andrina's development, I fall more in love with her than I was before. This "babbling" process that we now share, it shows how close we are, all that love there is between Mommy and Baby. I thought I knew what love was before I knew Andrina. I was wrong. Baby love is the BEST love! Romantic love has NOTHING on Baby love!