Over the past couple weeks, Abby has met a few more milestones, one of which is the ability to grasp and hold things. She is able to grasp big things set in front of her (like her bug book here) but her brain-to-hand signals need a little more exercise before she has full control to grab smaller things. Her dexterity is really quite amazing because you can see her focusing in on something and trembling as she streeeeeeetches out to grab it. I think the main reason she is so driven to perfect this skill is that she has discovered that there are much more exciting things to chew on than her hands. She's an odd ball because she abhors pacifiers and bottles, but she will chew on almost anything else. Go figure.
I also noticed earlier today while doing tummy time that she is using her grasping skills to get a good grip on the floor blanket and pull herself forward. Of course, she doesn't get to far because she has a lot of chunk to drag across the floor (insert "Your daughter's so fat " joke here). I'm sure once she gets her legs under her and coordinated she'll be inch-worming her way around the entire house and into the guns, drugs and liquor cabinet.
Call me a sensitive sucker, but the thing I like most about her grasping is that she now clings to us when we hold her. One of her favorite things to do when we are cradling her and rocking her to sleep is get a tight grip on the collar of our shirts. When we try to put her down in her crib, she just tightens up in an act of comfortable defiance. When we have her upright and she is awake, she hangs on to us with tiny little hugs. I can only hope that she will be more inclined to snuggle and fall asleep on my chest than Eli was around this age.
(Oh, by the way, you can also tell from the picture that Abby is getting is getting a little stronger and is able to sit up in her bumbo seat on her own!)
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