Get your hand out of my mouth

Kaylani's been chomping on her hand for awhile now, and it's kinda cute (except for the drool). But the part that is funny is when she wants us to chomp on her hand. She just sticks her hand right up in our mouth and expects us to chomp on it. Then she'll usually give out a little giggle and we'll do it all over again. Oh, and I forgot to mention that it drives Mommy crazy.

Apparently Mommy isn't a big fan of the Kaylani's hand in our mouth game. It's not because it's not fun or because it isn't cute. She isn't a fan because Kaylani does it while she's nursing, and that's when it becomes not cute and not fun. I mean, I personally still think it's both, but I guess it's annoying to Mommy. Let's find out why:

Daddy: Soooo, why do you find Kaylani's hand in your mouth so annoying?
Mommy: Ay, because! Somebody reaching for your face and blehhh and wanting to put her finger in my mouth. It's annoying! And I'm breastfeeding and it's annoying! If you did it, it'd be annoying too. And she does it everywhere! At home, in public, doesn't matter. All the time. So cut it out. Plus she scratches my face.

I was going to do that as a long interview session and write it as a back and forth conversation, but I haven't had a chance to ask anymore because Mommy is still going on about it (she's since added "it's just annoying! Look at her now!" and a few other things about facial cleanliness this late in the day).

I'm not convinced that I've taught her to do this to Mommy, and I think a large part of it is that she likes to hold on to something while she's nursing and Mommy's mouth just happens to be within her reach. But I get blamed for things like this. I just got blamed for teaching Kaylani to "blow bubbles" and the fact that Kaylani just spits bubbles all day. Luckily I'm used to getting blamed for things. And as long as putting Kaylani's hand in my mouth or blowing bubbles makes Kaylani happy, then I'll accept that blame anytime.

For now, I'm going to go take Kaylani's hand out of Mommy's mouth so she can finish nursing and go to sleep. You can take a look at the last couple of days of pictures in the meantime. And after that, this guy is officially on a 1 day vacation so he can head up to the new Yankee Stadium for the home opener. Maybe next year I'll take Kaylani with me.

Straight to the Mouth

Ever since Kaylani discovered her hands, they've been in her mouth. They go in, and come back out (with a whole lot of drool along with them). And once she figured out how to hold and grab things, that just gave her a whole new world of things to stick in her mouth. I have read that babies use their sense of taste to explore new things, but it's pretty silly to watch (and gross)!

I can't say that I'm too much different from Kaylani. Well, I don't put things in my mouth that aren't edible, but if it's food, in it goes (excluding my current dietary period). But with Kaylani, it's not food that goes in her mouth (although our pediatrician did say we can start food once we get back from PR next month...very exciting). It's everything else that goes in her mouth for now. Rattle? Mouth. Stuffed animal? Mouth. Daddy's finger? Mouth. Bib? Mouth.

Speaking of her bib, I thought bib's were supposed to catch drool and keep her clothes clean (at least her chest area). The way I've seen Kaylani use a bib is as an appetizer, or just another thing to put in her mouth. And the fact that it's conveniently strapped around her neck and doesn't go anywhere probably makes it the best thing ever for her! Imagine if you had food that never ran out strapped around your neck? Man, that'd be pretty sweet! I'd be able to eat steak whenever I wanted, although I bet I'd get attacked by more dogs then I do now (which is none...luckily).

They say the quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach (which is definitely true for me by the way). I'm not sure what the quickest way to Kaylani's heart is, but the quickest way to her mouth is definitely through her hand, or in her hand, or just her hand in general. We're just hopeful that in 3 weeks, when we give her rice cereal, fruits, and veggies for the first time, she's as willing to put things in her mouth and keep them there as she is now. Otherwise, food coming back out with a whole lot of drool to go along with it will be just a bit messier then her toys that go the same route.

Anyways, here are pictures from the last 2 days to close out Kaylani's 16th week with us. Can't wait for week 17, because it means we're one week closer to week 18, which is Puerto Rico time!