"Sign" Language

Our dear friend Virginia, who studies astrology, told us that the hands are a very strong symbol in Lila's astrological sign and birth chart.  Lila clearly follows the stars, as since she was born, her tiny hands have barely stopped moving.  These curious hands often bring scratches to our little girl's face, forming a quotidian map of her tactile explorations.  Putting those little protective mittens on Lila was futile and felt cruel to force on a little girl who just wants to touch it all.

As Lila grows so do her hands- the little fingers that first gently clung to ours now have a vice-like grip that will latch on to anything she can- eyelids are particularly painful when falling victim to her curious grasp.  Lila is an explorer with her tiny digits, constantly reaching and stretching to discover just a little bit more of the world. 

Lila's newest dexterous fascination is the realization that two hands are better than one, hence we are serenaded with regular clapping sessions.  These sessions are typically accompanied by a chorus of consonants and vowels which every day grow closer to forming actual words and are music to our ears.

So we surrender to Lila's gestural language and protect her with an arsenal of nail files, clippers, and cream at the ready to soothe the scratches (on all of us) and just sit back and marvel at the daily orchestra that Lila so expertly conducts with her magnificent hands.



Multi-tasking



Clapping to her beat