Pointers on buttons

Gusi is now into pointing. He'll point at the ceiling, the lamps, the doorway--anything really--and babble. Not only does he grasp the concept of pointing at something, but now he is learning to look where you point instead of just looking at your finger. It's quite amazing to see these changes occurring.

He is also getting good at pushing with his pointer finger. And to boot, both index fingers are being used. One of his favorite board books "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" has holes cut out in the pages where the caterpillar has eaten--just the right size to poke his tiny fingers through. He pokes one finger in, then changes hands so his other finger gets a try. It makes story time more fun for him I suppose.

Gusi's real joy though is pushing buttons. One of his favorites are the buttons on the humidifier in his room. He now knows which button to push to turn on the humidifier. I suspect he may even know how to use the timer which I still haven't bothered to figure out.

When given the rare opportunity to crawl around in our home office he'll jump at the chance to push the buttons on the printer. It's at just the right height so that he can either sit or stand and push the buttons. While the humidifier buttons make noise, the printer buttons make a little screen light up and that makes them much more enticing.

But I'd have to say that his most favorite button of all is his Papa's belly button. I untucked my husband's t-shirt once and showed it to Gusi and now when he gets the chance he looks for his Papa's belly button. It's deep and a bit hairy--very intriguing for Gusi. The best part of all is when pushed, PapaGus laughs which makes all of us laugh...much better than a Tickle-me-Elmo doll.