Hands and Fists

 Hands. Abigail has recently (within the last 2 weeks) discovered her hands. She’s fascinated by them. She’ll stare at her hand and just watch it do tricks for her: she’ll close it into a fist, open it up and will repeat that over and over. She’ll also face her palm to her face then turn her hand around and she’ll repeat that over and over. Last week she used her newly discovered hands to discover her right ear. Although, it seems like she only notices she has a right ear when I’m feeding her. 

Fists. Fiona has taken to shoving her entire fist in her mouth and chowing down on it. She’s also become a non-stop fountain of drool.  Combine the two and this results in her hands occasionally smelling like feet.  Not that that stops her. I have a feeling that the fist chowing and the constant drool are telltale signs of teething – at least that’s what the internets tell me.  I’ve tried to give her toys to chew on but she hasn’t mastered her hand-eye coordination, yet, so she toy winds up in her eye, rather than her mouth.  And her mouth is still tiny so the toys don’t quite fit in her mouth, which leads her to drop the toy and shove fist in mouth.