My Little Twinkle Baby

When I first gave birth to Eva I couldn't imagine doing anything else besides hold her and stare at her. It felt like I could have literally stared at her all day... and all night, as it goes :) After a few weeks of that I realized it was going to be necessary for me to find other ways of interacting with Eva - can't just stare at each other for the rest of lives. My next thought was: "What does one do with a baby?". I didn't know! So, I asked other moms what they do with one baby and I discovered that you go to the library, of course. Much to my amazement, the library has a class for babies!

Eva and I now attend Twinkle Babies once a week. Eva is the youngest baby (but NOT the smallest!), however they're all under the age of 15 months. Basically, we all sit on the floor around a large multicolored rug and sing songs; learn new rhymes with coordinating hand movements and music; chew - I mean, read books; play with toys, pop bubbles and socialize.

Eva loves Twinkle Babies! Everybody knows Eva. She's the cute little baby with the crazy hair that talks and squeals through the entire 30 minute class. Not a week goes by that she doesn't startle a mom or two with her spontaneous outbursts of enthusiasm. Last week, the instructor informed me that Eva was going to be a talker. I immediately drifted back to my memories as a middle school teacher. Hmmm, I remember the "talkers". This should be interesting :)


Eva enjoys the part where she gets to put things in her mouth!


You don't really experience something until you taste it, right?


Here's a snapshot of a normal scene at Twinkle Babies.

We love our little twinkle baby! I can't wait to hear all the stories she has stored up to share with us some day very soon.

Lisa