Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Hailey has learned to wave, well, sort of ...

Hailey has learned to wave! Well sort of ... As you can see from the picture below she proceeds to wave with her middle finger high up the air. You should see the looks we get! In all reality, would I really teach my 11 month old child to give people the birdie, I don't think so! Truthfully, we have noticed that her middle finger snaps when she bends it and she can move it in many "strange" positions. Our theory is that she is double jointed. She does bend it to grasp things, but when waving or tapping her fingers she keeps that one finger straight. We have had many nights of good laughs over this, but I am starting to feel bad since we get people who shake their heads at us in public. She thinks she is waving, so how do you tell her she can't wave?
Also, the physical therapist finally called to schedule Hailey's appt to see why she isn't crawling, o.k., so she is now not only crawling, but cruising. Well, the therapist said it was stated on the report that they were also concerned she favored her left side, which at this age shouldn't happen. So we decided to still have her come out and see how Hailey is doing. Worst that can happen is she gets some therapy, best is that its a quick appointment and we get a clean bill of health.
Lastly, we had our first MOPS meeting tonight. We had alot of fun and it was great to be around other mom's.
Here is the pix of Hailey "waving"!

By the way, I am holding her arm because the flash takes a moment and she kept putting her hand down before we could take the picture, usually she "waves" all by herself :-)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

LOL, that is too funny. I gotta show my husband. I am still cracking up. Don't be worried about what other people think, coz like you said, in all reality, would you really teach Hailey to do that? And if it really bugs you when other people look and get mad, just tell them that she's double jointed and thats why she does that. I'll see you tomorrow night.
Manda