The munchkin has a new game she’s playing with her daddy. I like to call it the Look At Me Game. Kevin discovered it the other night while getting her ready for bed. He put her in the crib, turned on the mobile, and turned to get her sleeper. As soon as he turned away, she started to cry. He quickly turned back and gave her a little toy to play with and then turned back to the closet. Yup, as soon as he wasn’t looking at her, the water works started up. He called me in as a witness as sure enough, every time he stopped looking at her, she’d start wailing. Now he wasn’t leaving the room or even going out of her line of sight. No, we was merely turning away and breaking eye contact.

Yes, our baby girl has turned into a little prima donna. It seems she expects us to spend every moment gazing at her lovingly. Of course, she probably expects this because, well, we do!

I also gave her her very first Chreerios and she went wild! I put about 20 or so on her little feeding tray and began unloading the dishes while she played with them. After a few minutes, I turned back and they were all gone! I figured she had pushed them overboard and Artie had cleaned them from the floor so I poured some more on her tray. A few moments later, they were gone too! Suspecting foul play, I added a new pile of Cheerios and stepped back to watch. Sure enough, things were not as they seemed.

As I watched, Artie sauntered up to her side and craned his neck over her tray. Sticking out his long tongue, he began to lap up the O’s. Leina, delighted, began pushing any wayward O’s toward him. In a few moments, both Leina and the tray was covered in a fine sheen of dog slobber. Needless to say, I spent the rest of the morning teaching Artie not to eat the food off of Leina’s tray. Instead, he resigns himself to waiting at her feet for those tasty O’s to come flying over the side which, inevitably, they do. But boy o boy does she love those Cheerios!