Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Annoying instincts of Ella

When babies are born they have a number of built-in survival reflexes such as the sucking reflex and moro reflex. As they develop towards their first birthday a number of other reflex actions start to make an appearance. The purpose of these reflexes is not clear but it may be to test their parents patience. Ella has been showing the following reflexes:
- change table turnover -- must turn over when parent is trying to change nappy
- reject the last spoon of food --if there's one mouthful left must not eat it
- bed side drawer attraction -- must empty out contents of bedside drawer messily

Brownian motion simulator

that is what ben is when he is trying to get back to sleep at 4 in the morning in our bed!

Lost in translation

Ben has started to talk a lot more. The only problem is that you don't always know what he is saying. Here are some translations:
Yar = yoghurt
den = devon
shard = sandwich
shaw = strawberries
tom = thomas
an = twister (the game)
Sar = Simon