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I love it when they find their feet and not confident whether they are attached or not, or food or not, put them in their mouth! I guess toes could look like nipples if you had
foggy, new baby vision!

ALSO, I'm not familiar with the running through the forest bit. Fill me in, it sounds hysterical!

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Like many first time mothers (I assume), I read my baby book's baby development time-line like a freak when my son was born. So, when around whatever-week-it-was-"supposed"-to-be that he should have discovered his hands, imagine my horror when he still hadn't figured out they were actually attached to his body.
I remember very clearly when my son discovered his fingers because before that, he ignored them completely. Even though on all his ultrasounds, his fingers were shoved down his throat, from birth until around 8 or 9 weeks old, he didn't so much as touch his lips with them. Then, one day, magically, he was waving his hand in front of his face like he could see tracers (just like a little stoner) and then proceeded to shove his entire fist in his mouth. Now I'm lucky if I can get his hand out of his mouth to feed him.

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As soon as Elliot found his hands, he tried his hardest to get them in his mouth, in their entirety. This cracked me up. When he found his feet, however, I was constantly annoyed by them going to his mouth when they were socked. Also, he pulled off said socks multiple times a day. Now he goes barefoot, much to the chagrin of most people who gasp at my obvious neglect. By the way, it's 85 degrees here.

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As a former pot-headish high schooler, I know all about the running through the forest thing. I guess you do too, huh? ;p

*wildly chops hands parallel to the sides of your face*

What my 9 week old does that makes me roll is she grins when I pull my boob out to feed her. Piglet.

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It is cool-she has, he hasn't--but put them together and he tries to eat her fist.

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I find that this second time around just about everything my baby does makes me laugh. This is an awesome change from the incessant WORRY that permeated the first months of my three-year-old's life.

Devin doesn't spend so much time looking at his hands because he's always got them crammed in his mouth. In fact, the soundtrack to this comment is "slurp slurp slurp slurp".

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yes, when my now 12 month old found his hands awhile back, he promptly put them in his mouth but that didn't last long. he then put everything else in his mouth, and still does. he is full fledged godzilla walking too, and he loves to chase us around the house like a little Frankenstein. this is my third and last boy, I am going to miss these stages. but not enough to have another one!

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dang, my boys are 18 weeks old (11 weeks adjusted) and they still dont' realize that their hands are attached to their bodies. they still get scared by them (they're not so bright, my boys) but they have started stuffing them into their mouths. i think it's just random, though.

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The toe discovery is interesting. My son would pull his socks off and suck on his toes. It was slightly disturbing to see and hear the sucking coming from the back seat of the car while driving. My husband said my son's feet smelled like salad dressing......they did!!

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