I decided to cook porridge yesterday, and so strapped Baby K into her carrier, facing her out so that she had something to look at and not feel bored, and went about preparing the ingredients. She watched quietly as I took out a carrot, some baby corn and enoki mushroom from the fridge and soaked them. Then, I took out the carrot and started to peel it.
That's when it happened; a soft, but excited, tickled sound. At first I thought it was just her making her usual baby noises, but I realised they coincided with each time my peeler went down the length of the carrot. The more I peeled, the more she made that curious noise. I slowed down, peeling deliberately. There it went again, that delighted little tinkle. She was laughing!
This was her first real, sustained laughter. She had let out squeals of delight and short little chuckles before, but nothing that lasted more than a fraction of a second. Something about the sound of the peeler was obviously very funny to her, more so than any other rattle we had held in front of her. I tried to peer over to see her facial expression, but as I'm not a giraffe, I obviously failed. I think I overpeeled the poor carrot as a result.
How I wish I had a mirror with me then! Shall try it out again with The Hubbers so we can both witness this developmental landmark! There is much we could potentially peel for hee entertainment, and ours.
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