Lexi's development is really happening fast, even by the week and day. Case in point: When she has dropped something that she was holding, she can now recognize where it went and look down and, if it's reachable, pick it up again. This was not happening even as early as last week. And already, in just a few days, she is pushing herself forward in her walker chair after doing it only backwards for a couple of weeks and can get through doorways or over to a shelf or the stove to play with things (like the dish towels hanging from the oven door handle). We need to do some baby-proofing around the house.
Second, yesterday I was sitting at the dining room table, eating my lunch. Jane (our nanny/househelp) was in the pantry, sitting on her plastic chair (don’t ask my why she relegates herself to this confined spot in this huge house, but yes, the pantry off our kitchen is big enough for shelves of food, a clothes-drying rack, and a tiny sitting area for Jane), with Lexi on her lap, feeding her her lunch. Lexi made one of her noises, a repetitive sound that I’ve heard many times before (though not a lot lately). Jane did it back to her, and then I realized – it’s the same sound the birds in the trees above our backyard make (well, Lexi doesn't squawk exactly like them, but she makes the same rhythm)! Jane said that yes, Lexi has been imitating these birds for a while when they sit outside on the plastic chair together, which they do a lot every day.
This also explains Lexi's constant arm flapping – she’s trying to fly! We've got a baby bird on our hands here! We've been trying to raise her as a human this whole time. How did we get it so wrong? And how did we end up with a young one of a different species?
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