Today Daphne and I went downtown and visited Jack and the library. She has been so good today. Just a mellow little baby. It is a nice change from her insanity yesterday. She is the mercurial baby. Well, I guess all babies are mercurial. Right now she is sitting in her crib studying a flower quilt that hangs on the side like someone would study for the GRE. She gets so focused on an object that she doesn't notice anything else around her. It is a level of concentration that she must have gotten from her Dad because I don't have it.
We checked out several picture books from the library. She really likes big colorful books that have stories that rhyme. Would that be poetry? Anyway, we also checked out several The Wiggles DVDs. I wish that I could say that Daphne was developing a preference for Jazz or something, but she really likes The Wiggles. As I write this I am humming "It's a wobbly wobbly dance" which will soon turn into "Fun fun fun on the farm". Ok, I admit it. She is only 5 months old and doesn't really have such deep preferences for things. She just likes the colorful video and the simple songs. Maybe it is me who has the preference for The Wiggles. It isn't like I have great taste in music. The proof of this is that I can sing Helen Reddy's "I am Woman Hear Me Roar" from beginning to end. It also could be my ever growing infatuation with Anthony. I think it is the genius of The Wiggles that they have these four somewhat attractive men singing children's music. Any mother would much rather watch that than Barney. Children's music plus sex appeal. Genius!