red cow
twin plugs stand on collective headI have been meaning to do this post for a long time.
When Zoe was about 4 weeks old we started 'elimination communication' -- As I've posted before.
She often was a baby in a fog at that time -- at least like most little babies she got upset a lot
But whenever we took her to try potty she would start smiling and chattering in baby babble.
I think it was the fun of seeing herself in the mirror as much as anything else. In fact that's probably what it really was since she's going through a "potty strike" right now where even if she does have to go she doesn't want to. This is normal and common from what I've read.
So she gets mad if I try to potty her now sometimes, but if I turn around and show her the other mirror, her mood lightens considerably.
And then she has her friend Elephant Towel Hook to console her. I noticed one day that she was unusually interested in the towel hook. I then noticed it looks a lot like an elephant. It has screws painted blue by the last tenants forming the eyes, and a gold hook trunk. So I had fun with that and drew the rest of the elephant on the wall.
Now if she's upset, I can go show her the elephant and she'll start cooing and talking to him.
She's made other friends -- most notably Red Cow -- whose picture I shall post. She's not as enamored of him anymore since Mosha broke him in half. But besides the mirror, he used to be the main bathroom attraction. I was going to make a mini movie of her conversations with Red Cow, but the footage was never right. I will eventually try to get the sound on it since it was so cute.
She also had a brief friendship with Twin Plugs which I didn't want to encourage, since I don't think they make the best of friends....
