Sassy Jane

I think the first thing that ought to be done upon Jane's waking is a bum change or "change da bun" according to Jane. But she has other ideas. She prefers to try on shoes for at least 10 minutes, put on her necklaces and tromp up and down the hall. Here's Jane's usual morning garb.



Here are some other funny Jane-isms from the last few weeks.

We've tried a few things to pre-empt tantrums and cut short fits. One thing Eric says is "Don't freak out, use your words. Tell Daddy what you want." The other day Jane was talking to herself and trying to climb up on to our bed and was having some bedding difficulties. We heard her say to herself "don fweek up" then she stopped and looked thoughtful, "off. fweek off." She stopped again and then got it right. "out. don fweek out. DON FWEEK OUT!!" We were dying laughing and she got back to climbing.

Speaking of training, Jane has a nasty habit of saying "no" or her more yucky version "ehhn." We try to encourage her to "say no nice. say 'no thank you' or 'I don't like it,'" etc. For "ehhn" we point out that it's a yucky noise and to use her words, since "ehhn" has multiple meanings. I'm continually amazed at how much repetition it takes to teach certain things. And then I'm also amazed when it seems to finally stick. Again, the other day Jane was playing with something and for whatever reason said "ehhn." But then she said "no say ehhn, ehhn yucky noise" over and over a few times. I love ease dropping on her and listening to her constant narration of her life. At least most of the time. I do have headaches on occasion where silence is more appreciated...

Since newborns nurse ALL the time and FOREVER, I watched Dear John over the course of a few days (an OK movie). During one feeding, Jane was watching it with me on and off. One of the characters has dark, longish hair and a small beard and other facial hair. It was to this character that the hunky main character, who's strange name I can't remember, vents his frustration and says "Jesus!" Jane was playing with a puzzle but when she heard that name she looked up quickly, just in time to see a frame of a close up of the bearded man. Jane started shouting "Jesus! Jesus! Mommy, Jesus Movie!" She was quite excited. We've read stories about Jesus and looked at pictures of him, but no movies yet...

Speaking of pictures of Jesus, the other day we were in my brother's room. Since we've been at my parent's house, Jane has been sleeping in the crib in there. Attached to his sparse bulletin board was a picture of Jesus in the red robe. Jane said, "Jesus! Jesus jacket on. Red jacket. Time to go?" I thought she was just trying to get out of her nap, but she kept repeating. "Jacket on. Time to go!" And then came the real LOL moment: "Jesus get your shoes on!"