Kissing

Anna didn't kiss us for the longest time. Dave was especially bothered by this. But, when you think about it, it makes sense. After all, kissing is a motor skill and Anna has low tone in her mouth. But all of our teaching has paid off because Anna loves to kiss now! Perhaps we taught her too well. :-)

And Anna kisses more than just people: bowls, utensils, toys, books, her pacifier, stuffed animals. Whenever we put anything away, it first gets a kiss and a 'bye bye'. In fact, she has learned that if she is sick of a certain food I've given her, she kisses it and says 'bye bye' in order to tell me she's had enough! Last week I couldn't blame her - I had given her the same left over chicken three nights in a row.

Now when she sees me and Dave kiss, she walks over for a kiss as well. We better watch out. Pretty soon, she's going to see perfect strangers kissing in the mall or super market and is going to lean in for her kiss. If anyone is putting together a kissing booth for a local fair, you may want to think about hiring Anna to 'man' the booth!